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Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, 2009

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Epilepsy Action are proud to announce the 2009 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, the local emergency services and Airedale Athletics.

  • Date: Sunday 29 March 2009, 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: £13 UK Athletics affiliated/ £15 unaffiliated

Race features:

  • UK Athletics approved course 
  • 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

  

 

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Sign up online


You can sign up for the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k and pay your registration fee online. Fill out our online application form.

Or you can download our application form and post it back to us. Please print them out and give them to your friends and family so that they can take part as well! Download an application form.

Alternatively, you can pick up an entry form from Sports Shoes Unlimited in Bradford City Centre (Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 5SD).

If you would like to help us advertise the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k to get more runners, then please download and print out our poster and display it where lots of people will see it! Download our poster.

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 Melanie Taylor in the Fundraising department on mtaylor@epilepsy.org.uk or 0113 210 8800.

The deadline for entries is 22 March 2009. No entries will be accepted on the day.

 

They're offThe course

View the course on http://www.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.

 

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:

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 Director, 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 Melanie Taylor in the fundraising department by emailing mtaylor@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 this years event.
It was a great day which was enjoyed by all.

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

 

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