The third annual EDF Birmingham Half Marathon on is on course to beat last year’s figure of 12,000 runners with entries already past the 5,000 mark.
And six amateur runners who completed the 13.1-mile course last year have joined forces urging more people than ever to sign-up for the October 24 event.
With over 90 days to go before the 2010 event, runners are signing up at a rate of over 100-a-day and organisers rare confident last year’s total will be surpassed.
Cllr Martin Mullaney, Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture, said: “The EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon has quickly become a fixture on the running calendar and there’s a real buzz about this year’s event.
“Hopefully, like our ambassadors (see below), people who took part in the first two years are now encouraging friends and relatives to join them in this year’s event.
“We had 8,000 runners in 2008, 12,000 last year and this time around the entries are coming in thick and fast. We’re ahead of where we were at this stage last year, so hopefully we’ll set a new record this time around.
“I’d like to encourage people from across the city and region to come and be part of this event either as runners and volunteers or just by lining the route and cheering on the thousands of entrants as they take on this challenge.”
Last year, Sam and Keith Portman, Manjit Uppal, Geoff Coleman, Jenny Turner and Sally Tanski were among 12,000 entrants for the race and they have agreed to share their stories in a bid to encourage more runners than ever to enter the EDF Birmingham Half Marathon. Click on the following link: http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?page_id=11680
The event will once again be sponsored by EDF Energy, one of the UK’s largest energy companies, and will be known as the Race Against Climate Change.
Anyone interested in running in the 2010 event can sign-up via the official website www.birminghamhalfmarathon.com.
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EDF Energy
- The combination of EDF Energy and British Energy forms one of the UK’s largest energy companies. The combined business is the UK’s largest producer of electricity. With a current installed capacity of around 16.5GW, we produce almost one-quarter of the nation’s electricity from our nuclear, coal and gas power stations, as well as combined heat and power plants and wind farms. We provide power to a quarter of the UK’s population via our electricity distribution networks in London, the South East and the East of England and supply gas and electricity to over 5.5 million business and residential customers.
- Through our climate and social commitments we have launched the biggest environmental and social packages of any UK energy company. The company is also a key player in national infrastructure projects including management of private electricity networks serving four London airports and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the country’s first major new railway in 100 years.
- EDF Energy and British Energy together employ nearly 20,000 people at locations across the UK. The combined companies are part of EDF Group, one of Europe’s largest power companies. EDF is the official energy utilities partner and sustainability partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Birmingham City Council
- The EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon will be organised by Birmingham City Council.
Birmingham is a World Class Sporting City and has staged more international and national sports events than any other UK city - Birmingham City Council organises a huge variety of events every single year and the city has an excellent reputation for staging great events and sporting championships
For more information contact Geoff Coleman on 0121 303 3501
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