To celebrate 100 years of the Hastings Marathon, the town will stage a special marathon on the 14th December. Fifty-one competitors took part in the original Hastings Marathon in December 1908, including six Olympic runners.
Organisers are trying to trace the descendants of the winners of the original marathon. Race director Eric Hardwick said he hoped relatives of the original winners would bring along their medals.
The first Hastings runner home in 1908 was George White, while Edmund Catt won the Silver Cup. "We want some of these local people or anyone else that took part in the 1908 race - any descendants or people that know about it - to please let us know," said Mr Hardwick.
The overall winner of the 1908 race was WT Clarke, of the Sefton Harriers in Liverpool, in 2 hours 37 minutes and 16.8 seconds.
Mr Hardwick said Mr Clarke's descendants had already been located.
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