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Pre-2009 Fun Run Newsletter sent to all entrants

Posted May 2nd, 2009

Welcome to our pre-Fun Run newsletter, it contains IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RUNNERS – PLEASE READ IT ALL

 

Please forward this on to all runners entered from your email address

 

On the day

  • There is no parking available at the school. It will be at a premium in Knowle car parks. Why not leave the car at home and limber up by jogging to the school

5 mile Fun Run

  • Bring your confirmation email with you. It will help us process your registration more quickly
  • You must pick up your chip and running number from the school hall - from 9.30am. Check they have the same number on them. If you ordered a t-shirt collect it at the t-shirt stall outside.
  • Bring a pen to write your emergency contact details on the reverse of your running number
  • Only runners with Red numbers can start in the first start at 12noon. Everyone else, Blue (& Purple for the 1 lappers), must hold back by the PA stage for the second start at 12.10. It makes no difference to your recorded time. Start areas will be clearly marked
  • If you want to run with someone and you have different colour number, wait for the second start
  • Remember your chip is yours and yours alone, do not swap them with anyone else. We don’t want a Dad winning the Junior Girls race again!
  • Ensure you secure your chip around your ankle, and give it to the collectors at the finish. They are worth £8 each to us, so if you don’t finish for any reason be sure to hand it to the Lions at the school
  • You must record 3 mat times, one at the start/finish, one half way (by the Brooks arch) and one at the finish/start to record a finish
  • This year’s course will exit Arden school via the front entrance turning right along Station Road to the High Street
  • Beware of speed bumps as you leave the grass and along the school drive
  • The course will be traffic free, but please note that if you are walking you should walk on the paths and take care because the roads will be re-opened before you finish, as soon as the final runners enter the school fields
  • If you are an early finisher and you want to get away you will not be able to drive within the route whilst the run is still in progress
  • If you are a One lap Junior be sure to keep to the RIGHT and head for the Finish line when you return to the playing fields. Everyone else keep LEFT and go around again

 

Mini Runs

  • Mini Runners must pick up their running numbers and free t-shirts to wear outside the hall from 9.30am
  • The Yr3/4 Mini Run (Green numbers) will start first at 11am and the Yr1/2 (Yellow numbers) at 11.10am – under the Brooks arch as usual and run anti-clockwise to the Start/finish line

 

Warm Up

  • This will take place in the middle of the field as usual at 11.40am

 

Results

  • We shall publish the results as soon as practical on www.KnowleFunRun.org.uk

 

Finally

  • Most important of all please remember it is our Fun Run. Enjoy yourself, run, or walk if the need takes you, and if it hurts remember that you are taking part in Knowles biggest community event, and the day is not about winning, but raising money for good causes
  • Please be courteous to your fellow runners, it’s their Fun Run as much as yours
  • Have a great Fun Run

& good luck from

The Fun Run Team

 

Next year’s Fun Run will be on Sunday 16th May 2010. Entries will open on New Year’s Day as usual