IMPORTANT INFO FOR RUNNERS

This section tells you what to do if you want to run in the Pit Run, and if you’ve registered online.

If you’ve registered online:

Either:

1. Pick up your race number at Harrold Centre on Friday evening between 7pm-9pm. You’ll need to let us know how much money you’ve raised, and which charity you’re running for.

2. Pick up your race number at Harrold centre on Saturday morning between 10-12. You’ll need to let us know how much money you’ve raised, and which charity you’re running for.

If you want to register on the day

First off, please be patient with the guys running registration! It takes a while to key in everyone’s information and we don’t want to get it wrong!

You can turn up at Harrold Centre on Friday evening between 7-9 pm or Saturday morning between 9-12 (busy!)

We strongly advise registering online beforehand to ease the delay.

Stall allocation

This post shows the variety of stalls and attractions which will be available on the green at this years Pit Run. Check back for updates.

The Zones in the table correspond to the zones on the map below:

 

 

ZONE	Organisation	Stall
WC	Grace Baptist Church	WC, Baby Change, Baby Feed & Light Refreshments kindly provided by Grace Baptist Church
1	FOHLS	Wine Bottle Game
1	Harrold Pre-School	Sweets / Hook-a-Duck
1	Fair Trade	Food
2	Patchwork Training
2	Twinning Association	Food/ Woodlice racing
2	Cancer Research	Bric a brac
2	Carlton Pre-School	Popcorn / candy floss
3
3	Westwood Nursery	Plants
4	Forever Living
4	Ad Hoc
5	St Peter’s (+Friends of….)	Chocolate Tombola/ prints mugs
5	Corner Club	Select-a-Nail
7	The Scouts	BBQ
8	SPECTATORS
9	SPECTATORS
10	Emmaus	Bric-a-brac
11	Carlton Pre Shool	Popcorn / Candy Floss
11	Harrold Guides	Cakes / sweets
11	Heather Fisher	Jewellery / candles / cards
12		Water Station
13	Carlton School PTA	Tombola / Tattoos / Cakes
14
15	The Muntjac	Beer Tent/ Band
16	Bradley Gumble	B’ Castle/ Kiddy Roundabout
16	Calvados Club	The Viking Invade!
17		Ice Cream Van
20	Runners assembly area – pre race.
Buttermkt		Pottery & Paintings
Buttermkt	Lisa Carmichael	Bags
Buttermkt	Euan	Stained Glass

Timings for Pit Run Day

Registration in the Village Hall 10am-12 (7-9 Friday evening also available in the village hall)

Stalls Open on the green 12.30

Lower School Race 2.30

Wheelchair Race 2.31

Middle School Race  2.50

Main Pit Run 3.00

Prizes & Medals 4.15

Stalls close 5.00

Video of the Pit Run route

You can now view a (fairly light hearted!) video of the Pit Run route, which shows you what to expect when running the course.

You can also view the file on youtube

Main Pit Run route

You can find helpful maps below which show the route of the main race. The route will be well marshalled and all gates will be held open to ensure you don’t get held up!

Runners World Article 2008 Race

This is what Runners World magazine had to say about last years’ Pit Run:

RW Race Report – Harrold Pit Run 4.8K

 

Where Bedford
When April 19, 2008
First Man Mark Pepper 17:08
First Woman Simei Snyman 18:51
Last Finisher 59:16
No. of Finishers 146

Now in its 26th year, the Harrold Pit Run in Bedford comprised four races: the 4.8K ‘Pit Run’ for anyone over the age of 13, a wheelchair race and two kids’ races, one for four- to eight-year-olds and the other for nine- to 13-year-olds.

The atmosphere had a friendly, village feel to it; as well as the day of races there were various stalls and attractions to keep families and spectators entertained, including skittles, a bungee run, a bar area and a band.

Over 160 competitors enjoyed the beautiful scenery as they ran from the village green through Harrold Village and around all the lakes in the Country Park, before enjoying a well-supported finish back at the green.

It was a very efficiently organised race; the marshals were well drilled and there were distance markers at every kilometre to help runners with their splits.

There was a good mix of keen athletes, plodders and fun runners – many in fancy dress – and with numerous achievement categories, there were plenty of winners.