Emergency Services Challenge: Intersport Run Reigate
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The award-winning Intersport Run Reigate Half Marathon and 10K has launched The 2017 Emergency Services Challenge: Police vs Fire vs Ambulance, to take place at the event on Sunday 17th September 2017.
The challenge is open to all emergency services personnel wishing to take part in the Half Marathon or the 10K event, and the race is on to see which team is the fastest of them all. A trophy will be presented by Dame Kelly Holmes to the fastest Emergency Services team (average of 5 fastest runners) across each distance, and support for the teams is guaranteed to be huge.
The Intersport Run Reigate Half Marathon and 10K is now entering its fourth year and has found a winning formula with its beautiful route through rural Surrey, fantastic community support, a highly popular Canon Kids Race and a first-class race village. The Half Marathon was voted the UK’s Best Half Marathon (≤ 5,000 participants) at The Running Awards 2017 and is a firm fixture in the autumn race calendar for runners from near and far.
The event is the perfect platform for the emergency services to show their support to the local community and to also see the love that the community holds for its local heroes.
Many emergency services personnel and other runners will be running to raise money for the event’s Star Charity Partner, The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in partnership with George and the Giant Pledge, and the seven local charity partners which include Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance.
Race Director Dave Kelly commented, “We are thrilled to launch The 2017 Emergency Services Challenge for the police, fire and ambulance services. It is our way of recognising the incredible work the emergency services carry out in the community and their participation is guaranteed to be an immensely popular feature of race day, for spectators young and old! There will be plenty of cheering for the emergency services teams in both the half marathon and the 10K, and the challenge will be a fantastic opportunity for team building.
“With less than two months until race day, excitement is brewing and we are on track to deliver our biggest and best event yet. We are offering reduced entry fees for all Emergency Services runners. Public entries are also open and anyone wishing to run should sign up now.”
The event is offering discounted rates for all Emergency Services runners, who should select their preferred distance and join their team online at https://www.resultsbase.net/event/3724.
The 2017 Intersport Run Reigate Half Marathon and 10K takes place on Sunday 17th September. Entries are open, with individual entry £33 / £35 for the Half Marathon and £30 / £32 for the 10K. The Canon Kids Race is open to young runners aged 4-15 years and costs £12.
Go to www.runreigate.com for further details and to sign up.
You can also like the Facebook page www.facebook.com/runreigate and follow @runreigate on Twitter.
