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The race starts in Green Park, 250m from the race site at Madejski Stadium. The route will be exactly the same as in 2011.

Starting at GreenPark , A33 to Bennet Road , Basingstoke Road to Hartland Road, Whitley Wood Road to Shinfield Road and follow the old route to the Reading University loop. Turning right out of the university the route continues along Christchurch Road to Kendrick Road and down into the town centre via London Road, London Street and Mill Lane. A left turn takes the course over the Kennet and past The Oracle complex, then right into Minster Street and right into Kings Road as far as Abbey Square where it takes left and passes under Abbey Gate to the Forbury Gardens (half way).

From Abbey Street the route loops round the old Town Hall and into Friar Street, left into West Street and right onto the Oxford Road as far as Russell Street (second climb) and then right into the Tilehurst Road. The route follows the Tilehurst Road to Lienbenrood Road and Prospect Park before turning left into Bath Road and heads back towards the town before turning right into Coley Ave and then left into Berkley Ave. Another right into Rose Kiln Lane sees the course onto the A33 dual carriageway, it then heads for over a mile towards the Madejski Stadium; just before the stadium the route takes the customary right into GreenPark but only as far as the first roundabout and then returns back towards the Stadium and the finish. Following the GreenPark loop the race makes its way up and into the stadium finishing in front of the stands.

There is the main loop of 3 miles approx although there is an option to take a short cut…this is marked on the map in green which will reduce the run down to 2 miles approx!!  There is also the option to add on further distance…taking the run up to around 4.5miles approx!! This add on is marked on the map in red.

Berihu Tesfay comes from Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, he has just finished his second year at Aksum University as a Sports Science student. He is an excellent student and runner making the most of limited opportunities. Together with Cathy Newman he has set up a project to help runners from his home town of Wukro; they have received sponsorship from Cathy and Pete Newman, Ironbridge Runner and Exmouth Harriers. The project provides running kit for the athletes, three meals a week (after key training sessions) and expenses for races. The athletes also receive help for their education: so far the project has paid for notebooks, pens and lessons for the participants.

We hope to be able to take more shoes, running tights and spikes back to Ethiopia in September. Anyone wishing to help by donating money or running kit should contact Cathy or leave new or nearly new kit at Ironbridge Runner in Exeter. Cathy will pay the transportation costs but as this is high it is better to take kit that will last a long time rather than kit that is worn.  Cathy says “Coming back from Ethiopia makes me increasingly more aware of how much we all have here, instead of plastic sandals and shared running kit most runners have a range of shoes and kit, stop watches, even iPods; there are more runners with a GPS here than runners with a basic stop watch in Ethiopia!”

Cathy Newman is working for the charity Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) as an English trainer in Ethiopia. She met Berihu at Aksum University when she interviewed him, following his gold medal win in the national universities championships, for the University magazine. Cathy worked for two years at Aksum University and will be returning to the south west of Ethiopia (near the south Sudan border) to take up a new post with the Regional Education Office in September. Her husband Pete is an ex-fire-fighter and a photographer. Photos of Ethiopia can be seen on his website.

The famine in the south of the country, Somalia and Kenya has made the news but in Ethiopia poor nutrition and malnutrition are never absent. Through helping a group of athletes we want to help more people and help them to help themselves that is why we encourage teamwork, mutual support and education.

Website: http://www.ironbridgerunner.co.uk http://www.peternewman.co.uk
Cathy: catn2002@yahoo.co.uk 07798562227
 

5 DAYS - 5 RACES AROUND EXETER - OVER DIFFERENT DISTANCES AND TERRAIN

The event will take place in Summer 2011 between - MONDAY 15th AUGUST - FRIDAY 19th AUGUST

Click here for Entry Form
 

STAGE ONE | 15.08.11:
Hilly Time Trail - King of the mountains stage | University of Exeter

STAGE TWO | 16.08.11:
Cross Country Race | King George 5th Playing Fields

STAGE THREE | 17.08.11:
10km Road Race | Riverside Valley Pack
This event will include an open race

STAGE FOUR | 18.08.11:
5km Road Race | Flowerpots Playing Fields

STAGE FIVE | 19.08.11:
3km Track Race - Green Jersy Stage | Exeter Arena

**PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATES - THE TOUR WILL TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST NOT JULY AS PREVIOUSLY STATED

ENTRY
In a bid to make things easier for you, we are offering 2 payments options:

OPTION ONE - Up Front:
Members of EA Affiliated Club £44.00 / Unattached runners £46.00

OPTION TWO - Split Payement Option:
1. Deposit: EA Competition License Holder £25.00 / Unattached runners £27.00
2. Second payment due by 1st August: EA Competition License Holder £25.00 / Unattached runners £25.00

Please note we cannot provide refunds under any circumstances - if you cannot run we will allow number transfer up until Friday 5th August

THERE IS A 125 ENTRY LIMIT FOR THE FIRST YEAR SO ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN ON A STRICTLY FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS

Event Website - http://www.city-runs.co.uk/letourofexeter/index.html

The Dartmoor Vale races will be held this year on 16 October, in association with Sibelco UK.  The start and finish will be at the East Gold Works, Newton Road, Newton Abbot.  This is opposite the Newton Abbot Racecourse and next to Tesco.
The event includes a marathon, a half marathon and a 10 kilometre race and is now in its ninth year.  It is expected that the number of entrants will at least equal those of last year.
Entries are now being accepted from keen runners from any part of the country and beyond.
The three races are:
• Full marathon, 26.2 miles.
• Half marathon, 13.1 miles.
• 10 kilometre race.
The routes for the marathon and the half marathon take runners out on the roads of the Teign Valley to Chudleigh and back down the leafy country lanes alongside Ugbrooke Park.
The total number of entrants will be limited to 1000.  This includes 200 for the marathon, 400 for the half marathon and 400 for the 10k.
As last year, we will not have a headline charity but have told charities that they can register their own teams who will raise sponsorship and we will be fund matching.
Fund raising is an essential part of the Dartmoor Vale Races, with runners raising significant sums for charities each year.  More than £80 000 has been raised for charities over eight years and a over £25 000 raised by runners for their own charitable causes
We will not be accepting entries for the races on the day.
The closing date for entries is Friday October 7.

The Dartmoor Vale races will be held this year on 16 October, in association with Sibelco UK.  The start and finish will be at the East Gold Works, Newton Road, Newton Abbot.  This is opposite the Newton Abbot Racecourse and next to Tesco.
The event includes a marathon, a half marathon and a 10 kilometre race and is now in its ninth year.  It is expected that the number of entrants will at least equal those of last year.
Entries are now being accepted from keen runners from any part of the country and beyond.
The three races are:
• Full marathon, 26.2 miles.
• Half marathon, 13.1 miles.
• 10 kilometre race.
The routes for the marathon and the half marathon take runners out on the roads of the Teign Valley to Chudleigh and back down the leafy country lanes alongside Ugbrooke Park.
The total number of entrants will be limited to 1000.  This includes 200 for the marathon, 400 for the half marathon and 400 for the 10k.
As last year, we will not have a headline charity but have told charities that they can register their own teams who will raise sponsorship and we will be fund matching.
Fund raising is an essential part of the Dartmoor Vale Races, with runners raising significant sums for charities each year.  More than £80 000 has been raised for charities over eight years and a over £25 000 raised by runners for their own charitable causes
We will not be accepting entries for the races on the day.
The closing date for entries is Friday October 7.

SEE BELOW RACE ROUTE MAP - 1 LAP FOR HALF MAR & 2 FOR FULL MAR

My challenge definitely falls into the stupid things category, I will be attempting to run a half marathon (13.1 miles) in full fire kit which includes leggings,tunic,leather steel toed boots, helmet and breathing apparatus on my back!

Why, you may ask?
Well I did run the last year in full kit but finished outside the world record time, I was physically ruined and have never found anything so physically draining and tough on my body and not a feeling I ever wanted to experience again.
That was until a brief conversation with the Great West Run race director, who sewed the seed of a world record attempt in my head, and somehow an innocent trip to buy new trainers ended in me signing up to do it all again!!!!!!

Stupidity you my think and why put my body through it all again, because with the lessons I have learnt from my last attempt I'm confident I can break a World Record!
My last effort was on the back of running the London marathon and only had 6 days rest in between so started the race still fatigued and I didn't do any specific training wearing the kit and subsequently suffered, particularly my feet!

So hopefully with better preparations I can become a World Record holder along side the likes of Usain Bolt and Halle Gebrselassie.

Please read my blog to get updates on my training and preparations to become a world beater!!!!

An interview with Jamie Town of Devon & Somerset Fire Brigade who will be taking part in The Follett Stock Great West Run 2011 in his full fire fight kit in the bid to be the fast person ever to complete 13.1miles in full kit.

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The Wukro Devon running project was started to help athletes in a poor rural area in northern Ethiopia. Wukro has a population of 35 000 and is at an altitude of 2000m. It is in the centre of many famous ancient rock hewn churches and is therefore an important tourist destination and religious centre. The project supports 15 athletes providing food and clothing, travel expenses and coaching support. Team members are encouraged to stay in school and help each other to develop their running whilst working towards financial independence. This is a region where the vast majority of people are subsistence farmers living on less than £1 a day. Runners rarely have shoes, athletics clothing or adequate diets. Runners have to work as well as attend school and train. Most work is farming or other manual labour.

A coach was appointed, Gebremedhin, the sports teacher at the secondary school, and he selected the team members. He leads three training sessions each week, selects athletes for races and administers time trails to check on progress. Athletes continue to be supported through illness or injury. Race opportunities are scarce and consequentially highly valued. The team made its first appearance in a regional competition in Adigrat (a northern Ethiopian town). The competition culminated in a clean sweep of the medals for the 800m and one athlete, Abraham, achieving gold medals in both the 5000m and 10 000m. Subsequently Abraham was invited to join the team of a local leather factory, Sheba.

The next major competition will be the regional championships in February 2011. The project was set up by Cathy Newman, winner of many Devon races including the Great West Run, the Grizzly, the Last Chance 10k, and the Bicton Blister, and Berihu Tesfay, a Sports Science student at Aksum University. Berihu has won several National Junior Gold medals at 800m and it is hoped that he will come and race in Devon in the summer of 2011. Berihu has been invited to join full-time athletics camps in Addis Ababa but he has turned these opportunities down in order to complete his university education and to help his mother (he is her only child) who is unable to work.

Perhaps the Devon Wukro running project will be able to find an athlete like Gebregzabher Gebremariam, winner of the New York Marathon, who comes from Sinkata, a town very close to Wukro. The athletes have huge potential, but they need funding to help them realize this potential.

The project has received highly valued support from Ironbridge Runner and Exmouth Harriers. Pictures of the team can be viewed at http://www.peternewman.co.uk

A two loop circuit on quiet roads giving a total distance of 3miles. Can be used to build up mileage or as a time trial route to measure fitness and progression.

The Women’s Running Network and Ironbridge Runner have linked up to put on a Women’s Only Half Marathon & 3 Person Relay around Exeter Quayside River Valley Park.

The route is on a 3 lap flat and completely traffic free course, consisting of tracks and cycle paths.

Entry:
Paper Entry Form | Online Entry Coming Soon

A 2 lap course taking in Exeter City Centre. Fear not, there will be no shortage of support with spectators offering encouragement all around the course!!

There are also a number of events so there really is some thing for everyone whatever your age or fitness. The Great West Run is not just a sporting a event but also a community event, a massive amount of money is raised for local Exeter and South West charities every year through the various events.

This proud Exeter event is going strong and now in its 28th year! The Half Marathon will again start and finish at Exeter Arena, Athletics Stadium and follow a 2 lap course taking in Exeter City Centre. Fear not, there will be no shortage of support with spectators offering encouragement all around the course!!

There are also a number of support events so there really is some thing for everyone whatever your age or fitness. The Great West Run is not just a sporting a event but also a community event, a massive amount of money is raised for local Exeter and South West charities every year through the various events.

5.2 miles all within the park

3.7 mile route all off road consisting of grass, tracks and paths