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Bath Skyline Day Race

University of Bath, Bath, Somerset

University of Bath, Bath, Somerset BA2 7JY

Sun 12th January 2020

Starting at 11:00

Organiser's Description

The Bath Skyline is a magnificent 6 mile route managed by the National Trust. It takes in breath-taking views of the City of Bath, Solsbury Hill and Sham Castle. The whole run is off-road to best capture these magnificent sites, along open countryside, through forest trails.... and given that this is Winter, through a healthy dose of good old mud! So be sure to pack your off-road shoes!

This race takes in two 3 mile laps along the Skyline route. We also have a 5k, a 500m fun run, and Canicross races, so there are events for all the family.

Races

  • 5 Km

    Min Age 12 Yrs

    £16.20

    UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00

    CLOSED
  • 10 Km

    Min Age 16yrs

    £21.60

    UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00

    CLOSED
  • 10 Km Canicross

    Min Age 14 Yrs

    £21.60

    CLOSED
  • 5 Km Canicross

    Min Age 12 Yrs

    £16.20

    CLOSED
  • 500m

    No Min Age

    £5.40

    CLOSED

Book

  • 5 Km

    Min Age 12 Yrs

    £16.20

    UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00

    CLOSED
  • 10 Km

    Min Age 16yrs

    £21.60

    UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00

    CLOSED
  • 10 Km Canicross

    Min Age 14 Yrs

    £21.60

    CLOSED
  • 5 Km Canicross

    Min Age 12 Yrs

    £16.20

    CLOSED
  • 500m

    No Min Age

    £5.40

    CLOSED
What's Included

All our runners receive a top of the range custom medal. A new medal for the 2020 races will be revealed in the Autumn!

We also recognise a few of the speedy runners on the following basis:

  • Top 3 men and top 3 ladies
  • First U20 male and female
  • First 20-39 male and female
  • First 40-49 male and female
  • First 50-59 male and female
  • First 60+ male and female


A buffet of fresh fruit and other tasty treats.

Portaloos on site.

Catering from Bath Organic Farms (bacon rolls and hot drinks)

Bag drop area

Location

University of Bath, Bath, Somerset BA2 7JY

This world class facility is the training base of the British Paralympic team, Bath rugby and a huge host of other international athletes.

How To Get There

By Road: The city can be accessed from the M4 motorway. Take the junction with the A46, towards Bath. Turn right at the London Road West, then left onto Bathwick Street to cross the River Avon, left again at the roundabout onto the A36. Do not enter the University at the main entrance. Follow postcode BA2 7JY, along Quarry Rd, to the West Car Park.

Public transport: Bath Spa train station has regular inter-city services to London Paddington via Swindon, Reading and Chippenham, and to Bristol Temple Meads (and onward to Weston-super-Mare, Taunton, Devon and Cornwall).

The station is served hourly (two-hourly on Sundays) by the Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour and Gloucester and Bristol to Westbury and Weymouth regional trains.

The venue is about 2 miles away from the City centre, and can be easily accessed by bike, or on foot.

Parking

Follow the Relish Running signs to the car park.

There is free parking on Saturday and Sundays for all participants in our event car park. Please note there may be parking charges in place if you park in other parts of the University.

From the car park, please follow the smaller orange or pink signs to get to registration.

Event Details

All numbers will be available to collect on the day.

Registration 09:00am -10:45am

Registration will be located by the car park entrance and will be under a white marquee. There will be desks for on the day registrations (assuming the race has not sold out); 10km, 5km and 500m.

As there are some narrow and technical sections, we will be starting the event in waves so everyone has a clear run. There will be waves of about 100-150 runners setting off at 5min or 10min intervals. All waves are open to all runners.

There will also be desks for Number Collection with signs; Wave 1, Wave 2, Wave 3, Wave 4 which refer to the 10km race. If you did not select a wave when you registered we will have assigned you to the earliest available wave.

Results will be posted to our website a couple of hours after the final finisher.

There is no on the day prize giving because of the multi wave, multi start time format of the events. Prize winners will be contacted mid week via email.

The final number of prizes awarded is determined by the total number of finishers (male and female combined) in a given race distance. If there are more than 100 finishers then the full range of awards are made as shown above. If there are between 50 and 100 finishers then the top 3 male and top 3 female runners will receive a prize. If there are less than 50 finishers then the first male and first female finisher will be awarded a prize.

This event will have 10k and 5k options. There will be no canicross or kids' 500m race option for this race.

We will have a selection of caterers serving hot food and drinks before and after the race. There are on site toilets and bag drop, but there are no changing rooms so a warm change of clothes would definitely be recommended!

Race Schedules

Collect your race numbers from the desk linked to your Event Wave:

10:00 - Canicross (Time trail start)

10:40 - Kids 500m race

11:00 - 10km Wave 1

11:04 - 10km Wave 2

11:08 - 10km Wave 3

11:12 - 10km Wave 4 & All 5km.

The final schedule will be published on the Wednesday of race week, once we have all registrations in, and can confirm the intervals between the waves.

Our timing system relies on people starting in the correct colour wave. If you start in the incorrect wave you will throw out the results and the prizes, and therefore be removed from the results entirely (DQ).

The race briefing will take place at 09:30 for the Canicross event, please do not bring your dogs to the briefing.

The race briefing for all other waves will be at the start line 5mins before each wave start. The start will be between the two start flags.

Results will be published online by 6pm on Sunday.

Prize winners will be contacted by the end of the week by email, there is no on the day prize giving.

FREE Race photos will be published on our Facebook Page a few days after the race

Other Information

Off -Road or Trail Shoes – It will be muddy and slippery on the course. Off-road shoes will be a great asset!!!

Music Players – As set out UK Athletics rules, in ear, or over ear headphones are not permitted. Bone conducting headphones are permitted.

Canicross - We are very pleased to have a Canicross (runners with dogs) specific waves over the 5km and 10km distance. There is a separate set of rules for Canicross events, please read these as you will need to acknowledge and sign that these have been read prior to registration if you are signing up on the day. These will start at 10:00am.

Course Details

This is a muddy and in places technical course! Be careful on the descents as leaves will obscure tree roots and rocks. Take your time on the technical parts of the course and save your energy for the more open parts.

5km runners complete 1 lap of the looped section of the course, 10km runners complete 2 laps. Note that all waves will get mixed together, so don’t just follow the feet in front of you, look out for the signs!

There may be members of the public on the course as it makes use of the National Trust Skyline route, please be mindful of them and politely let them know of your approach. It is vitally important that the race is seen in a positive light (ha ha) not only by those taking part, but those who see it pass by too.

Course Description - 500m

The 500m is a looped course, with the Start and Finish under the same gantry as the 5km and 10km events.

Course Descriptions - 5km & 10km

Runners head from West Car park and over the footbridge over Quarry Road and start a gradual climb along the footpath around the back of the University accommodation. Mainly flat, the terrain shifts from a sold stone path to a wood chip path as it goes, after approximately 1km. Runners will join the footpath which skirts around the edge of the golf course. On this section please keep to the right hand side as there will be runners moving in both directions.

After a few hundred metres runners will descend into Bathampton Woods where the technical terrain begins. The path slows meanders down Kennet & Avon canal below). This is the biggest climb on the course and definitely worth pacing as it is slippery underfoot and you have to do it twice!

Runners will now head into a privately owned quarry. The quarry has not been in use for many years, so you need not fear any large trucks rolling around. Note this is PRIVATE land for which we have been given special permission to use, it is not open to the public so please do not start running through here on training runs as you will put future editions of the race at risk.

After meandering through the quarry you will emerge into Bathampton fields with great views over the valley below and over to Solsbury Hill. It is nice and open, slightly downhill to begin with a great place to pick up speed.

After the 3km sign the track turns from grass to mud, lots of mud. At the far end of this track you will enter the golf course car park which is open to their membership during the course of the event. Please follow the marshals instructions and stick to the right hand side as you skirt the perimeter of the car park. You will now head down the access road to the car park, once again, please stick tight to the right hand side, UNTIL you reach the crossing point at the bottom of the slope. Please do not spill out in the middle of the road as we need to maintain normal access for the golf course users who have been big supporters of this event.

A short scramble from the road sides brings runners out at Sham Castle, a great little folly which is a prominent feature of the Bath skyline. With the castle on your left, there are great views over the city of Bath to your right.

At this point you will see the 4km sign. There is a bit of a drag for the next 400m where you come to a stone stile, hop over this and onto the footbridge which you first ran out on. Please stick to the right hand side to allow runners to flow in both directions. You will now skirt around the car parks in a slightly wider loop than previous years, before emerging in the start/finish area.

Remember it is a 2 lap 10km, 1 kap 5km course so please do not just follow the feet in front of you!

Reviews

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3 reviews

Matt

·4 years ago

Muddy but fun. Really enjoyed this fun. There was a great range of running; down hill through rocky woods, up steep tracks, open fields, wet tracks etc. Well organised, good comms good atmosphere- I'd definitely do it again.
GT
Georgina

·4 years ago

5k trail run. For a first time trail runner this was an eye opener! The course was great run with lots of muddy bits and hills to try and run. It wasn’t the easiest course to run for a first trail run but I enjoyed myself a lot and felt great post run for having attempted to run the course (the mud and slops meant walking was required if you’re not confident runner). I’ve now caught the bug for trail running! Down side was there wasn’t much contact from the organisers. The one email I received went to my junk and luckily I found it before the run but once I found it the instructions were clear on when to arrive and what start times I was part of.
kylie

·4 years ago

A bit ad-hoc but good spirit and fun muddy route. Fun course and great marshals and volunteers. I love this race's easy location for Bath and later-in-the-morning start time. I found the instructions for race wave vs event wave really confusing, and seemed to have no bearing on when or in which wave we actually started, but the color-coded race numbers were useful and good.

Who's In

See who else did this event

Cobi Snelson

Fiona Shields

Georgina Turner

Jasmine Farley

Kate Foley

kylie pace

Marianna Cordon

Mortimer Nutleg

Nigel Starr

Robert Turner

Samuel Malone

Location

University of Bath, Bath, Somerset

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