Starting from chipping campden in the early morning using the way marked route of the cotswold way through to bath in the early.
Cotswold way relay stage 1.
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.
This is event is organised by team bath on the last saturday of june from 7am and has a limit of 100 teams.
It is tied to the saturday nearest to the longest day which is essential as the route is 110 miles long especially if one is doing it as a solo effort.
The cotswold way relay is now in its 29th year.
It works as 10 back to back races each stage has a mass start at the expected arrival time of the 1st runner from the previous stage.
Each stage has a cut off time of roughly 12 minutes per mile 5 miles per hour.
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The cotswold way relay is now in its 27th 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.
Setting off from old sodbury as the crow flies bath isn t that far away but the cotswold way is never about the shortest a b route it is in fact a purposely designed path along the cotswold escarpment put in place in the 1950 s by keen ramblers.
If runners fall behind the sweeper they will be advised to pull out of the race at a safe and sensible location and contact their team to.
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There will be a sweeper running each leg at this pace.
Cotswold way stage 1 chipping campden to stanton by tonko64.
The cotswold way relay which was in its 27th year operated as 10 back to back races starting each stage with a mass start with an hour between the start of each stage.
I have just taken part in the cotswold way relay with town and country harriers which is in many ways a similar event but this is definitely a midsummer event.
Find out more about the cotswold way.
The 100km cotswold way challenge meets the 100 mile cotswold way relay.
The relay is over 90 off road.
The cotswold way 2018 rain mud and bad knees.
Stage 1 started at 7 am on a very hot saturday 29th june from chipping campden with stage 10 concluding at bath abbey in the early evening.
