Race Day Information and Safety Briefing Fairford 10km Race, Sunday 9th June 2024 @ 10.30am
Thank you for entering the Fairford 10km Road Race organised by Running Somewhere Else, a friendly running club based in nearby Cirencester. We have included lots of useful information below and this is also your safety briefing so please ensure you read it before arriving in Fairford on race day!
Full Race Day instructions and Safety Briefing will be available here nearer to Race Day.
The Chester 10k is a fast race starting next to the iconic Chester Racecourse. The wide roads help over 3,000 runners achieve great times, as the route takes them out through the picturesque village of Mollington, before returning to the heart of Chester City centre and passing the historic Victorian town hall and Medieval Cathedral.
Running for RSE was Felicity Crotty, who achieved a great time on the popular course!
Felicity Crotty – 1:04:48
Considering there was snow on the ground on Friday morning up here, it was actually a warm start to the day! Run the race before as my cousin lives in Chester – this is the first race to complete the triple challenge we are doing this year.
Felicity Crotty
Bath Half Marathon – Two Tunnels
The Bath Two Tunnels half marathon comes in many different formats, with varying routes on offer throughout the year. What doesn’t change on each route, is the passage through the iconic two tunnels, which run for a quarter of a mile and just over a mile. This unique experience takes runners into a different world, as they run through the dingily lit tunnels, and contrasting condition and ambience to the outside air.
Well done to RSE’s Ben Mutlow, who ran a brilliant time!
Ben Mutlow – 1:38:31
This was my first half marathon race in a while, so not sure what to expect in terms of a time and also how I would feel at the start, during or end! A surreal experience, for anyone that hasn’t ran through the tunnels before they are dark and you have to be careful not to bump into other runners, though the massive plus point is they are nice and chilled in terms of temperature. A really well organised event and I will definitely be doing another one in the future!
Ben Mutlow
Minchinhampton 10k
Undulating is a generous way of describing the landscape around Minchinhampton, but alongside the uphills come some very relieving downhills. The course starts at Minchinhampton primary school and mainly follows the roads of the surrounding area, before a sprint across the grass of the common at the finish.
RSE’s Rachel Bodey and Paul Beaumont took part in the event, achieving great times on a tough course.
Rachel Bodey – 48:05
Paul Beaumont – 52.15
Definitely undulating with what seemed to me like a proper hill just after half way (unfortunately it went up rather than down). Really liked it – some interesting buildings; nice countryside – and the cows kept well away!
Paul Beaumont
A small, friendly and scenic race, starting on the common and passing through pretty villages on quiet roads. Free t-shirt, cow medal and creme egg for finishers! Oh, and THAT hill at km 6 gave everyone something to talk about afterwards 😀
Rachel Bodey
parkruns
Lydiard parkrun
Annie Burbridge – 26:15
Cirencester parkrun
Daniel Drayton – 23:56
Jon Campbell – 24:58
Steve Sandercock – 25:13
Phil Southworth – 26:05
Carol Sworn – 28:18
Maria Yates – 28:53
Sue Navin – 28:54
Sylvia Warman – 35:07
Save the Date!
Dates to add to your diary:
Sunday 11th June 2023: Fairford 10k
If you would like a run or race included in the club report, don’t forget to fill in the form below by Sunday 5pm
It takes a certain kind of person to enter a 6 hour run for ‘training’, but that’s just what club member Mark Manley did this week, completing 40 miles at the Salcey Forest 6 hour challenge! The event consists of 5k laps through Salcey forest near Northampton, the trail course taking in the beautiful countryside and woodland. Mark ran a total of 12 laps, completing the 40 miles in 6 hours 40 minutes! Fantastic work, Mark!
RSE Club Championship 2021
Chippenham Half Marathon, 2019
The Club Championship has been running in RSE since its foundation, and many club members now have some very shiny trophies in their homes (and some more than 1!). The championship is open to all members, and is an opportunity to aim for personal bests with the support of other club members. It is a great way to run as a club and paint the events yellow, red and black! And have some fun while we’re at it.
There is, of course, the chance to enter the Overall Championship, in which an accumulation of points across different events will lead to an overall winner in Men’s, Women’s and VET categories. In each race, the front runner of each category earns 10 points, second receives 9 points, etc. If you enter and finish one of the runs, you will automatically receive 1 point, so the more races you enter, the more points you receive. To be Overall Champion, you need to enter a minimum of 7 races.
This year, there have been some changes to the format of RSE’s championship, due to the government restrictions.
Highworth 5, 2018
Club Captain, Elaine Chapman, explains more:
The club championship is important for many reasons. It is an opportunity to be part of something bigger. When you are out there racing in your RSE vest, you are not on your own, you have your friends out with you. I love being at the start of a club race, having those nervous chats with my fellow RSE runners on the start line.
As a club we are proud of how well we support each other, and this support really shines during club races.
Club races give us the chance to put everything we have learned at club training sessions into practice too. Everyone has their own personal targets, we have a wide range of races so people have the chance to achieve their targets, be it run non stop for a 5km, or get a good for age marathon place.
RSE Club Captains, Elaine Chapman and Dave Witnall, at Birmingham half marathon
RSE Charity of the Year 2021/2022
The club is looking to choose a new charity to support for the following year. If you would like to nominate a local charity, please fill in the form by clicking the link below:
Following a highly successful return to running on Mondays, we are aware many of our groups are regularly fully booked. The coaching team have been working hard on capacity for our Monday night run groups and, with this in mind, from Monday 17th May we will be increasing our group size from a maximum of 6 to 8 runners. This small increase is well within the current Covid Secure guidance issued by England Athletics and will hopefully enable everyone to get a slot within the pace group they want. We have also reviewed our routes to introduce some of our more popular summer routes. These routes will be added to the routes page on RunTogether over the next week or so, for you to familiarise yourself with them before they come into active service from May 17th. Details for May & June’s groups, routes & leaders are below and bookings will be available on RunTogether from 08.00 on Monday 3rd May.
Joining RSE/ Club Renewal
April is renewal time for membership and also a great time to join a fantastic, friendly running club!
Click the button above to join or renew membership – you will need to complete a form and then will be prompted to make a bank transfer for the membership costs.
If you have any questions please email Tracey Pitts – membershipsecretary@runningsomewhereelse.com
