Running events

Thank you and well done to all of our runners who took part in the 2012 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!

Want to join the team for 2013? You can register your interest here:

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A huge congratulations to all of our Virgin London Marathon runners from 2012. So far you've raised a staggering £69,527! The 2013 Virgin London Marathon will take place on Sunday 21st April 2013 and we have already filled our allocated places. However we will be allocating our places for the 2014 event from October 2013 onwards. If you would like to register your interest in running for us, or if you have a public ballot place and would like to run for us, please contact Rhianna and Lucie in the Events Team at events@bch.nhs.uk for more information

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New for 2013!

This year we’ve introduced two new European marathons to give our enthusiastic runners the chance to experience a marathon in a further-flung capital city! If you fancy sprinting past the Eiffel Tower on Sunday 7th April 2013, or running past the Reichstag in September 2013 (date tbc), please contact Rhianna and Lucie in the Events Team at events@bch.nhs.uk for more information

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The Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon will take place on the 3rd March 2013 at the world famous Silverstone motor racing circuit.

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

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The Bupa London 10,000 is a 10km run held on the course that will be used for the 2012 Olympic Marathons. The 2013 race will be held on Sunday 27th May, starting at 10am.

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 our team and take part in this once in a lifetime event for Birmingham Children's Hospital please contact events@bch.nhs.uk

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