Dorset Coast Path Relay 2009
Is anybody out there interested in forming a team to take part in the Dorset Coastal Path Relays this year? Jeff enters a SW Junior Squad team; it would be fun to enter a SARUM team made up of club members and their families and friends of all ages. The date of this year’s event is Saturday 11 th July 2009.
The event runs from Lyme Regis to Studland Bay near Poole, a total of around 65 miles. It starts at 8 am, and finishes around 6 pm. Teams can have as many runners as they wish. Runners can run multiple legs, and there are no fixed changeover points. Teams normally utilise mini-relay teams of runners on the uphill stretches (of which there are many). Thus each team designs their own strategy for the race, which involves careful design of the logistics of runner delivery and collection.
The minimum needed is at least twelve runners, with at least one woman runner and one junior runner under 16 on the day of the race. The handicap class sets a time penalty for each individual runner used.
It is a real team event, and a chance to get to know and work with more members in the club. It is not just a race for superstars, there are different roles that are needed, and everyone is equally important, as only by each person executing their role correctly and on time can we get the baton to the finish. We would need Individual leg runners, Relay drivers to move runners to various relay locations and Delivery drivers to take individual leg runners to their next start point, and collect runners at the end of their leg.
Best of all, though, it is a chance to run across some of the most spectacular scenery along the south coast. It is a great day out!
Please let Liz Yeadon know if you are interested so that she can decide whether to go ahead and enter a team. Liz's e-mail address is:
liz.turbin(AT)tiscali.co.uk |
