Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k

Sunday 21 March 2010  

Epilepsy Action is delighted to announce the 2010 date for our very own annual city centre road race, the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k.

The event has been organised with the support of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and Airedale Athletics.

• Date: Sunday 21 March 2010, 9:00am
• Location: Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, UK, starting and finishing in Centenary Square
• Distance: 10km
• Race style: Mass participation (over 1,000 runners), flat, city centre road race
• Cost: £14 UK Athletics affiliated / £16 unaffiliated. No entries will be accepted on the day.
  

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:

• Sign up online
• 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

Sign Up online

You can sign up for the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k and pay your entry fee online. Just complete the online application form. Alternatively you can download our application form and post it back to us.

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 too.

If you would like to take part in this event or help out with marshalling please contact Katie Stocks in the fundraising department at kstocks@epilepsy.org.uk or 0113 210 8800. The deadline for all entries is 14 March 2010. No entries will be accepted on the day.

The course

The race is perfect for serious as well as novice runners (to take part in the race you need to be 15 years old or over). As the course is flat, it is ideal for runners to record fast times and even personal bests (with results recorded by chip).

View the course on mapmyrun.com

Fundraising and sponsorship

The registration fee covers the cost of the event and this cost is non-refundable and non-transferable. Your entry fee does not include a donation, so every pound you raise in sponsorship will enable us to continue our work in supporting people living with epilepsy. 

Sponsorship forms will be sent out to you in your race pack. Alternatively forms can be downloaded below or you can contact the events fundraising team on 0113 2108800. 

• Download or print a sponsorship form

Race packs

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

In your pack there will be:

• Your running number and race chip
• Race Information Leaflet
• 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 six 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…

• 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 2009 results

Results from the 2009 Bradford 10k are available below or can be seen on the Race Ahead website at www.raceahead.co.uk

• View results
• Download results (PDF)
• Further photographs of the event, taken from Arts Photography, are 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

Fundraising guide

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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