Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, 2009

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k race on Sunday 29 March 2009.

The race was a huge success and has already raised in excess of £23,500! Thank you for all your support. 

Results are now available below or can be seen on the Race Ahead website at www.raceahead.co.uk

• View results
• Download results (PDF)
• Photographs of the event, taken from Arts Photography, are now available to view online at www.artsphotography.co.uk
  To gain access to the images, please click on Arts Events and enter the following URN and password:
  
  • URN: 329-JR-09
  • Password: funrun
    

Race features:

• UK Athletics approved course - licence number 11441
• flat course
• route closed to traffic
• chip timing
• computerised results within 24 hours
• text message results on the day
• first aid
• accurate kilometre markers
• drinks station and drinks at finish
• baggage storage facilities
• free T-shirt for all runners
• prizes for male and female first, second and third as well as veterans
• training clinics and year-round running support provided by Airedale Athletics

On these pages:

• Entries
• The course
• Fundraising and sponsorship
• Race packs
• The ‘B Active campaign’
• Training and Airedale Athletics
• Thanks to…
• Contacts
• The 2008 Epilepsy Action Bradford 10K
• Fundraising guide
• The Telgraph and Argus coverage of the Bradford 10k

Entries

Entries have now closed for the Bradford 10k. 

It would be great for you to join us on the day and for you to help us make the event a huge success – if you are not a runner, then don’t worry, we have plenty of opportunities for willing volunteers to help us out!

If you would like to help out with marshalling or if you have any queries about the event, then please contact the events team at events@epilepsy.org.uk or on 0113 210 8800.

No entries will be accepted on the day.

The course

View the course on mapmyrun.com

The race is perfect for serious runners and first-timers alike. If you are a serious runner then you will be attracted to the course because of its flat route, ideal for runners to record fast times and even personal bests (with results recorded by chip).

Alternatively, if you are a novice runner and you just want to ‘have a go’, then everyone is welcome (although to run you do need to be 15 or over). A ten kilometre route is ‘do-able’ for most people – we can even help you out with a training plan!

Fundraising and sponsorship

Your entry fee will only cover the cost of hosting the event. If you would like to support our cause we ask that you raise sponsorship for the event. Sponsorship forms will be sent out in the race packs or can be downloaded below, or obtained by ringing the fundraising department on 0113 210 8800.

• Download or print a sponsorship form

Race packs

If you have registered for the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, you will be sent out your race pack at the middle of March. Please contact us if you have not received it within seven days of the event.

In your pack there should be:

• Your running number and chip
• Race information (for example information on car parking, baggage storage, etc) and Epilepsy Action information
• Sponsorship forms

Please note, the above race pack contents are subject to change.

The ‘B Active campaign’

The Epilepsy Action Bradford 10K is supported by Bradford Council’s ‘B Active Campaign’, which was launched by the Sport and Leisure Service over four years ago and is now well established and well respected in the area.

The aim of the campaign is to encourage all of Bradford’s residents to be more physically active regardless of their age or ability, to raise awareness of the benefits of regular exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle and to develop, through investment, new and improved sports facilities across the district.

The Sports and Leisure Service have also agreed to officially include the event as part of Bradford’s 2012 Olympic programme of events and activities.

Training

Download a training plan for the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k:

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Runners in the Bradford Epilepsy Action 10k will be able to benefit from training clinics, supervised by qualified coaches, in the lead-up to the event, courtesy of Airedale Athletics (a partnership of three running clubs – Bradford-Airedale AC, Eccleshill Road Runners and St Bede’s AC).

For information about Airedale Athletics, joining a running club in the Bradford area, training clinics and annual running support, please contact Simon Forde by emailing Simon.Forde@brepols.net. Please note, Airedale Athletics cater for all age-groups, backgrounds, abilities and running disciplines.

Thanks to…

• Yorkshire Building Society 
• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council for their support in organising the race.
• Peter Rawnsley, the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k Race Referee, who has been on hand since day one lending us his technical expertise.
• Airedale Athletics for offering training clinics and running support to all runners in the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k and for providing volunteer marshals on the day.
• The local emergency services for their cooperation and support.

Contacts

• For information regarding any aspect of the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, please contact the events team by emailing events@epilepsy.org.uk or by calling 0113 210 8800.
• For information regarding Airedale Athletics please email Simon.Forde@brepols.net.
• For information regarding the ‘B Active campaign’ and the Council’s Sport and Leisure Service, please email andrew.burns@bradford.gov.uk

Bradford 10K - Sunday 20 April 2008  

Thank you!

Epilepsy Action would like to say a huge thank you to all the runners who took part in the 2008 event. It was a great day which was enjoyed by all.

• Running Times (PDF)
• See the photos on Flickr.com

If you have any photographs or any feedback from Sunday's race please email events@epilepsy.org.uk.

Fundraising guide

Index · Advice · Ideas · Money · Publicity · Training plans
A to Z of fundraising ideas

• Download or print our fundraising guide
• Download or print a sponsorship form
• Get one of our excellent Epilepsy Action events T-shirts