This year’s edition of the Green Belt Relay will be held on the weekend of 18th and 19th May 2024.
For those that are not aware of the event, the Green Belt Relay is a team relay covering 220 miles around London. The start point of the relay is Hampton Court and the finish is in Bushy Park however we go the long way round! The distance is divided into 22 stages. 11 of the stages are run on Saturday by 11 different runners in each team. The same runners then run a second leg somewhere else on Sunday. Stages vary in length and difficulty (both by terrain and navigational challenge). All stages have a fixed start time so being quick to arrive for the next runner is not necessary, in fact nearly nobody arrives at the finish before the next stage starts.
More details can be found here: http://www.greenbeltrelay.org.uk/
In particular, the details of the 22 stages are here.
26.2 RRC will be entering 3 teams into the event. This means we will need 33 runners. We will be entering one more competitive team and 2 mixed teams.
As this is a relay around London, some runners will be running far from home late of Saturday and again early on Sunday. To make this easier, some runners may need to stay out in subsidised hotels. Hotel arrangements are more complicated this year as our usual hotel is a lot more expensive than usual. We will work out something though!
The relay is very much a fun event. As well as the competitive aspect, just completing the relay is a challenge and very rewarding experience. If you want to know more, ask on a club run for more details.
To cover the cost of race entry and help subsidise hotel costs where needed, we will be asking for an entry fee of £20 per runner. Places will be confirmed once this has been received.
If you wish to take part, please sign-up here: >>> 2024 GBR Sign up <<<
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We encourage all members to take part however as the minimum distance to run on Saturday is 7.5 miles and then 6 miles on Sunday you need to be comfortable running these distances on back to back days within the course cut off times (around 10.5 – 11 mins/mile).
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