At a glance:
Start time - 09:30
Entry limit - 500
Entry fees - £37.00 affiliated £39.00 unaffiliated
Iconic Oakley 20 hoodie race memento to all finishers
Incorporating Bedfordshire AAA County Championship
Age group and team awards
Course records:
Male - Matthew Janes 1:48:10 2009
Female - Philippa Taylor 2:07:49 2011
Chip timing start to finish
Secure baggage
Time limit - 4 ½ hours
Course measurement certificate no. 22/410
Showers and changing facilities
Hot & cold refreshments
Sports Hall Race HQ that can accommodate all runners
Medical provision
The course:
A measured, undulating, rural country road course around the villages to the north of Bedford.
Unsuitable for wheelchair athletes. 4 ½ hour time limit. Course map. Course profile.
Course marshals:
The course will be marshalled by Bedford Harriers volunteers, who are renown for high energy support to all runners.
Marshals will move around the course based on runners pace at not less than 13 ½ minutes per mile. The sweep
vehicle also travels at a pace of 13 ½ minutes per mile and any entrants running at less than 13 ½ minutes per mile
will be politely requested to withdraw and be transported back to the race headquarters.
Water stations:
Located at 2.75, 6.5, 8.75, 11.5, 12.5*, 14.5, 16.5 and 18.5 miles.
*The water station at 12.5 miles will have both SIS Go (Lemon & Lime) Electrolye
drink and water. The SIS drink will be offered first followed by water.
Facilities:
Course maps, toilets, changing, hot showers, hot & cold drinks and snacks, secure baggage storage, and pre & post
race massage will all be available at the race headquarters. Baggage storage is at owner's risk.
Toilets:
Ample flushing portable cabins will be situated at the front of the race headquarters. There are also a small number of
toilet cubicles in the changing rooms in the race headquarters. There are toilet facilities at 12.5 miles on the
course, directly outside the race headquarters; there are no toilet facilities at the car park in Highfield Road.
Race Memento:
Promoted and organised by Bedford Harriers AC, a not-for-profit volunteer organisation
The Oakley 20 hoodie will be available to finishers only and will be available for collection from the race headquarters
after the completion of the race. You will need your race number to collect your hoodie.
When you register for the race, you will be asked to select the size of hoodie you require. When you collect your
hoodie, you will be given the hoodie of the size you chose at registration only.
No dialogue will be entered into on the subject. If you decide you require another size hoodie, neither the
Oakley 20 organisers or Bedford Harriers are able to source another size.
For registrations after 6th March 2023 it will not be possible to select the desired size of hoodie.
We will have a selection of the iconic hoodie sizes available and do our utmost to accommodate all finishers with the
appropriate size.