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Two Tunnels Railway Races - Oct
Brickfields Park, Bath
1A The Hollow, Bath BA2 1LX, UKSun 25th October 2020
5 races
£8.64 - £37.80
Organiser's Description
Cutting right under the city of the Bath, the two tunnels offer a truly unique running experience. The Somerset & Dorset Railway closed in 1966 and until April 2013, the tunnels had been sealed and inaccessible. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Two Tunnels Group and Sustrans over a period of 7 years, the two tunnels now have a new lease of life as a shared use path. The first tunnel, the Devonshire Tunnel is 408m long and the second tunnel, Combe Down Tunnel is 1672m long. Both tunnels are well lit and well surfaced and have recently been converted into a shared use path for the enjoyment of runners, walkers and cyclists looking to make the most of the city whilst remaining on flatter ground.
Races
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500 M Colourburst
No Min Age
£8.64
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2 Km Colourburst
No Min Age
£10.80
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5 Km
Min Age 12 Yrs
£21.60
UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00
CLOSED -
10 Km
Min Age 16 Yrs
£27.00
CLOSED -
Half Marathon
Min Age 17 Yrs
£37.80
CLOSED
Book
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500 M Colourburst
No Min Age
£8.64
CLOSED -
2 Km Colourburst
No Min Age
£10.80
CLOSED -
5 Km
Min Age 12 Yrs
£21.60
UK Athletics (UKA) save £2.00
CLOSED -
10 Km
Min Age 16 Yrs
£27.00
CLOSED -
Half Marathon
Min Age 17 Yrs
£37.80
CLOSED
Location
Brickfields Park, 47 King George's Rd, Bath BA2 1LX
How To Get There
The Two Tunnels events are being staged at Brickfields Open Space (BA2 1LX) in the city of Bath.
If you live in Bath please consider walking or cycling to the site in the spirit of our event partner Sustrans. We will provide bike racking for cyclists.
If you are driving to Bath please park at Odd Down Park & Ride (BA2 8PA) and catch the Two Tunnels bus to the race site. From here it is a 500m walk to the race site which will be signed with pink or orange signs.
Oldfield Park train station is approximately 800m from Brickfields.
What's Included
All runners collect one custom medal with each race and there are four medals to collect over the year.
If you are doing the challenge race, you can enter any distance race as your fourth race to get the fourth medal.
Format & Waves
At present all our starts are individual, at 15-30 second intervals. Runners are seeded fastest to slowest to help spread people out across the course.The only exception is that a pair from the same household may run together on the basis that you run the whole event together and that you run in single file, not side by side.
All runners need to provide a predicted finish time to help us organise the start lists. This doesn't need to be too exact so don't worry if you think it might have changed come race day. If you wish to run as a household pair please select the same slightly obscure predicted finish time. Rather then selecting 50mins 0secs, select 50mins 1 sec for example.
We are working towards larger wave sizes in time. We have therefore added a check box to the registration form where you can tell us the largest wave size you would feel comfortable running in; 1, 5, 25 or 50. If we get permission to have larger starts then we will provide starts on the basis of the wave sizes indicated.
Colourburst Info
There are two distances to chose from; 2km and 500m, each with multiple colour stations along the route! All runners will be given a white t-shirt to wear (small, medium or large) and we strongly recommend that you bring goggles or sun glasses to keep the colourburst out of your eyes. We also encourage mums and dads to consider a change of clothes and shoes for the car ride home :-)
These events are open for runners of all ages, particularly runners who would be too young to do our 5km race (min age 12). There is no minimum age for these colourburst runs and they are not timed events! Registration is £10 (2km), £8 for 500metres and includes a white t-shirt, custom medal and a selection of refreshments. Please note it's £2 extra to register on the day
The colourburst is infact 100% food grade corn starch with coloured dye, it is 100% safe, edible but not at all tasty so eating it is not encouraged, and 100% biodegradable.
5K & 10K Courses
5 km
This route is an officially measured accurate route. The whole route is on a fast tarmaced surface with gentle gradients of no more than 2% in only a few places on the route. This makes this a great fast course, certainly the fastest Relish Running course out there and there is a great chance of recording a PB on this route! The official course measurement reference number is 236/2201.
10 km
The whole route is on a fast tarmaced surface with gentle gradients of no more than 2% in only a few places on the route. This makes this a great fast course, certainly the fastest Relish Running course out there and there is a great chance of recording a PB on this route! The official course measurement reference number is 236/2201
Competitor information
Please note there is a cut off of 3hrs for the marathon runners to complete the first lap (approx 13.3 miles). After this time runners will have to complete the half marathon course. They can still collect a half marathon medal but unfortunately we won't be able to provide a finish time. There are no cut offs for the other distances.
Runners with buggies are very welcome for the 5km, Return Ticket 10km and Return Ticket Half Marathon races only. The other routes have gates, steps or stiles which make them unsuitable for buggies. If you are running with a buggy you need to start at the back of your wave as there is some narrow, uneven ground after 150m for which it would be best if you were not in the middle of a group. Unfortunately none of the events are suitable for canicross.
Where two prices are show below this is for affiliated/unaffiliated runners. Where prices are shown as a range this depends on the distances selected as well as the affiliated/unaffiliated status of the runners. There are no hidden booking or processing fees in top.
Please note prices are £2 extra for on the day registrations, £5 extra for Mini Challenge/Challenge on the day registrations. There are great group discount rates for groups of 10 or more runners taking part in races of any distance, on the same date. 10-19 runners save 15%, 20-49 runners save 20%, 50+ runners save 25%. All bookings must be made in advance of race day to qualify for the discounted rate. We ask all groups to be registered at least four weeks in advance of the race date to we have the opportunity to top up our medal order if necessary.
Start Times
Colourburst. Start times 09:00 - 13:00. Start time by Surname
Half Marathon Wave 1. Start times 09:00 - 10:30 Approx
10km Wave 1. Start times 11:00 - 12:30 Approx
10km Wave 2. Start times 13:00 - 14:30 Approx
5km Wave 1. Start times 15:00 - 16:00 Approx
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