Welcome to the organiser’s pages for the 2008 Cotswold Way
Relay
On these pages you should find
all the information required to get the team in place for the event.
Hopefully the participants can access the internet and equip themselves with
the information for themselves, thus simplifying the responsibility of the
Team Leaders.
THE EVENT
The Cotswold Way Relay is now
in its 17th year, operated as 10 back-to-back races, starting each stage with
a mass start at the expected arrival time of the 1st runner from the previous
stage.
Running from Chipping Campden in the early morning, through to the arrival at
Bath Abbey in the early evening, using the waymarked route of the Cotswold
Way as our route, the relay is over 90% off-road, taking in many hills,
woodlands, fields and tracks, all offering spectacular views of the
countryside around (if ever a runner looked up from the path to take it in!).
We split the route up into 10 varied stages, varying in ascent and length, to
offer a differing flavour for each runner in the team. There are no marshalls on the route,
so route finding is all part of the spirit of the event. In recent years the
Cotswold Way Authority has considerably improved the signage on route, as
part of its upgrade to National Trail status, but there's always one or two
who speed past a sign to take time to appreciate some countryside off the
main route.
Many runners do a recce of
their stage before the event, others fall in behind someone else. Most
runners find that doing a recce through the beautiful Cotswolds in the
company of other runners is all part of the great pleasure derived from this
event. You will certainly observe more of the views during the recce than in
the race.
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