Bristol’s two major road races – the 2011 Bristol 10K and the 2011 Bristol Half Marathon have been selected by UK Athletics as key events in two prestigious new initiatives.
Bristol 10k
The 2011 Bristol 10k which will take place on Sunday 15 May, has been chosen by UK Athletics as one of five leading British road races to be included in the first ever runbritain grand prix series.
Bristol Half
The Bristol half marathon which will take place on Sunday 11 September, has been selected as one of four UK Championship road events for 2011.
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The 2011 Championship events are:
- Marathon Championships – Virgin London Marathon
- Age group road race Championships – Virgin Mini London Marathon
- 10k Championships – BUPA London 10,000
- Half Marathon Championships – 2011 Bristol half marathon
The 2011 Grand Prix series events are:
- Reading Half Marathon – March
- Bristol 10k – May
- Bupa London 10,000 – May
- Admiral Swansea Bay 10k – September
- EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon – October
runbritain MD, Geoff Wightman said “This is a pilot format and in future years we will aim to extend the width and depth of the runbritain grand prix series. We want to raise the standards of domestic race fields and put in the incentives and quality racing opportunities that will enable Brits to step up.
All of these are very well organised races, with PB opportunities. As well as currently backing home-grown runners, they have been strong supporters of all runbritain initiatives so far this year and have agreed to hold back places for grand prix scorers.”
More information on the series including the structure of time bonuses can be seen at www.runbritain.com/grandprix and also in this week’s Athletics Weekly magazine.
