About us
runbritain is the new focal point of road running and racing in the UK.
It is a unique partnership between UK Athletics, England Athletics, scottishathletics, Welsh Athletics, Athletics Northern Ireland and road race organisers of all sizes, from across the country, All profits from runbritain.com are invested back into the development of endurance running in the UK.
The aim of runbritain is:
To make British road running the best in the world in terms of organisation, development and performance
Our goals:
To build participation
- Attract more unattached runners into the community of the sport and encourage a higher proportion to progress to club membership
- Leave more money in the hands of race organisers - the majority of which are running clubs - to grow and improve their events
- Raise funds and re-invest in the sport of road racing
- Raise funds through other means and deliver them to all levels of the sport
To promote events
- Provide race directories with cheapest online entry in the market
- Develop the UKA road race licence to become a universally-recognised quality kite-mark
Long-term, to promote endurance running in schools and communities not currently involved
To create an online community for road runners and race organisers, with services, news and information
To support event development
- Take a national lead on standards including medical, safety for runners and spectators and a consolidated approach to police forces re road closures
- Provide training and qualification opportunities for race organisers
The current voting members of runbritain Management Group are:
Geoff Wightman - MD/ previously Chairman & Celtic Nations rep.
Nigel Jones - Elected representative of races less than 4,000 runners (Swansea Bay 10k)
Andrew Taylor - Elected representative of races with more than 4,000 runners (Bath Half Marathon)
Mike Summers - Chief Executive of England Athletics
In addition there are co-opted members of runbritain's management groups:
Dave Bedford - Race Director, Virgin London Marathon
Hugh Brasher - CEO Sweatshop
Jackie Newton - runbritain online Editor - jnewton@uka.org.uk
Bill Reynolds - BARR
John Temperton - UKA Athletics Services - jtemperton@uka.org.uk
Nick Bitel - London Marathon CEO
Chris Twamley - MD of realbuzz
Graham Jessop - England Athletics Board
Nigel Rowe - England Athletics Board - race director of Plymouth Half Marathon
