BMWR Entry Form

Open – any combination of runners, male or female

Ladies – all team members must be female

Mixed – five male and five female, each leg being run by one male and one female

Veteran – all team members must be aged 35 or over; the team may comprise a mixture of male and female in any combination.

Teams may include 2nd claim members

No runner under the age of 18 may take part in the event.

No athlete may run more than one leg for their team. 

All legs must be run by two athletes and efforts should be made for them to finish together. Any team finishing a leg with only one athlete will be given an automatic 30-minute penalty. There will be a mustering point approximately 200 yards before the end of each leg and teams will not be allowed to pass unless both athletes are together or the penalty will be imposed. 

At the handover points the outgoing runners must not set off until both incoming runners from the previous leg have finished.

It is the responsibility of the athlete and their club to be able to follow the route. The route is marked by way-markers but will have no extra marking for the race except where the race has to deviate from the official route (mainly at the finish, some road or railway crossings and some handover points).

Deviations from the route will be penalised at the discretion of the organising committee. This will vary between time penalties up to team disqualification.

It is the responsibility of the athlete and their club to ensure that they are ready to start at the correct time. No allowance will be made for athletes not being ready to start their leg when needed. 

There will be mass start times for each leg so that all teams whose runners have not completed the previous leg by the cut-off time will be set off together:

End of Leg 1: 10.15

End of Leg 2: 11.30

End of Leg 3: 12.45

End of Leg 4: 14.15

Complaints from other teams must be made immediately to the timekeepers at the end of the leg in question and will be considered at the discretion of the organisers.

In all disputes the decision of the organising committee shall be final.