Running events

Great Birmingham Run - 21st October 2012

Thank you and well done to all 800 of our runners who took part in the 2011 Great Birmingham Run – have a look at some of our team here! We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did, it really was overwhelming to see so many supporters out in force along the route, thank you!

Did you know that registration for 2012 is open already? Register here »

Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon

The Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon will take place on the 11th March 2012 at the world famous Silverstone motor racing circuit.

To take part in this truly unique event for us please contact Lucie.O'Reilly@bch.nhs.uk in the events team.

Bupa London 10,000

The Bupa London 10,000 is a 10km run held on the course that will be used for the 2012 Olympic Marathons. The 2012 race will be held on Sunday 27th May, starting at 11am.

The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. James's Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area. The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.

Runners pass many of London's famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra's Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul's Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.

If you want to be part of Olympic year and take part in this once in a lifetime event for Birmingham Children's Hospital please contact Lucie.O'Reilly@bch.nhs.uk