This Saturday hundreds of runners will tackle the 5km course at the National Trust’s Killerton estate to celebrate the fifth anniversary of parkrun and will be baking a birthday cake to mark the occasion.
Killerton was the first National Trust property to work with parkrun to host the popular 5km run.
The free run takes place every Saturday at 9am, and the number of runners has grown from 44 at the first Killerton parkrun to over 370 on the busiest ever day. The parkrun organisers hope to break the record this week as the event reaches its five year milestone.
This year's Exeter Great West Run will take place on Sunday 16 October.
Pulse Sport ( www.pulsesport.co.uk ) has taken on the management and organisation of the run, and are pleased to confirm the appointment of Exeter-based race organiser Mark Cowen as Race Director.
The race organisers are looking for sponsors. Anyone who can help is asked to contact Charlie Beauchamp, MD of Pulse Sport by email at charlie@pulsesport.co.uk
Details of the race and how to take part an be found at www.thegreatwestrun.co.uk
Charlotte Harding, her mum, Sue and friend Mouna Souyad all have a very special reason to take part in next month’s Exeter Neon Night Run.
Exeter Hospiscare nurses and doctors cared for their good friend Mary Christopher at the city’s Searle House Hospice.
The Neon Run, on Saturday 28 May, will raise funds for the hospice which is a local charity, helping local people.
Charlotte, 22, said: “We were just blown away by the care and I think it’s really important that people know about the work that Hospiscare does. Mary was in the hospice for a few weeks and I visited...
Heart FM in the South West has signed up as the official media partner for Children’s Hospice South West’s 25th Anniversary Rainbow Run to be held on June 11 at Exeter Racecourse.
Richard Spencer, Managing Editor at Heart’s broadcast centre in Exeter said: "We’re delighted to be involved in this year’s Rainbow Run in Children’s Hospice South West’s 25th anniversary year. It’s such a feel-good event for a brilliant cause, and we love being part of it. We can’t wait for June!”
This flagship fundraising event for the hospice, sees hundreds of participants running and walking...
On 28 May over 1,000 runners will be taking to the city streets and glowing for their local hospice charity.
The 5k sponsored run starts and finishes at the University of Exeter, with runners being entertained by music as they head towards the city centre. Hospiscare’s events fundraiser Celia Wilkinson said: “The run sold out very quickly last year and we’re expecting this year’s event to be just as popular, so don't miss out on your chance to take part.
“Our Neon Wonderland will open an hour before the run starts, giving you the opportunity to freshen up your face paints...
THOUSANDS of women united this weekend at Westpoint Exeter, with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer.
Now Cancer Research UK is calling on the city’s formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible.
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events which raises millions of pounds every year to fund life-saving research.
Ruth Chamings, Race for Life event manager for Exeter, said: “I...
Hundreds of ladies are preparing to give cancer ‘double trouble’ at Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life by taking part in the 10k event at Westpoint Exeter this month.
Race for Life 10k will take place on Sunday, 26 July and over 600 determined ladies have already signed up to show the disease that hell hath no fury like a woman in pink.
Event organisers are calling on mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and workmates who want to take on the challenge to sign up as soon as possible.
The 10k event takes place at the same venue as the 5k course. Both are non-...
A total of 1,351 crazily dressed runners raced through Exeter’s city streets on Saturday night causing quite a stir!
They were taking part in Exeter’s first ever neon night run and raised tens of thousands of pounds for local end of life charity Hospiscare.
“Our runners were amazing!“said Celia Wilkilnson, Hospiscare fundraiser. “They looked great, with funky neon facepaints and lots of neon racing gear - I’ve never seen so many tutus! Everyone was in a great party mood and we are so grateful to our wonderful runners for supporting us and the University of Exeter for...
