Does anyone know if there is an age restriction on the 3k for this race please? The website suggests it might be 11-16. My children want to enter (aged 5 and 7) with Mum and Dad running with them. We did this for the Reading Greenpark Challenge and all enjoyed it. I tried emailing the race organisers last Tuesday but haven't heard back. Thanks in advance.
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I have now heard from the organisers. Disappointing but never mind:
Apologies for the delay in replying We have a minimum age of 11 to comply with British Athletic Federation rules, and also as requirement of our event insurance. We are also mindful that road running ( i.e on a hard surface) on public roads during delicate developmental age can cause problems in later life - probably this is why BAF set a lower age limit. Sorry to disappointI'm desperate to run but I see it's full.
Email me!
Mathewrowland@live.co.Uk
Just to make a point woodley, might help for next year, I've run quite a fee events now and just my thoughts
Pro
- Free Tea / Coffee for runners
- Goody bag with choc. bar, apple, lucozade and medal
- Relatively good mashalling - Had to dodge a few cars out of turnings
Cons
- Lack of start line organisation, had runners come up and ask me where start line was
- Mass wide start line leading towards bottleneck
- Some really, really narrow pavements
- Was shunted into the (not closed) road by a stupidly placed water station
And a late start! It's an 11am start which gives plenty of time, we could have gained a few minutes by not having some insanely bouncy personal trainer leading everyone through a strange warm-up (but I'm personally against mass warm ups - you're about to run 10km quickly - preserve all the energy you can, just stretch out)