About us
RunBritain is the new focal point of Road Running in the UK.
It is a unique partnership between UK Athletics, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics, Athletics Northern Ireland and road race organisers from across the country, www.realbuzzrunbritain.com will be the definitive website for all road runners and road race organisers. All profits from www.realbuzzrunbritain.com are invested back into the development of endurance running in the UK.
The aim of Run Britain is simple:
To make British Road Running the best in the world in terms of organisation, development and performance
Our goals:
To Build Participation
We want to:
Engage more unattached runners in the community of the sport
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
Online race directories with cheapest online entry in the market
A universally-recognised quality kite-mark
Marketing packs for races
Promote the vision of road running in Schools and Communities not currently involved
Keep runners engaged on a daily basis
Increase membership of affiliated running clubs by communicating the benefits to unattached runners via the website
Talent spotting through online rankings
Online social networks
Develop coaching networks
To Support Event Development:
Take leadership on standards including medical, safety standards for runners and spectators and a consolidated approach to police forces re road closures
Training and qualification of race organisers
A race director qualification
Online learning resources
Training for marshals
Sharing of best practices
Race organiser’s forums
Race organiser’s newsletter
To Improve High Performance
Investment to support three key strands:
Coach Development
Competition
Athlete Support
Tap into existing endurance expertise to identify investment opportunities, and support the national event development programme and performance development
To create a virtual Running Club to:
Raise funds to realise our vision for the future of the sport
Bring unattached runners into the community of the sport
Drive up membership of affiliated running clubs
To redistribute funds:
Our goal: to make grant applications fast and simple
The criteria will be clear and highly visible
Key criteria:
Support event development
Build participation
Drive higher performance
The current voting members of Runbritain Management Group are:
Geoff Wightman – Chairman & Celtic Nations rep. CEO of Scottish Athletics
Nigel Jones - Elected representative of races less than 4,000 runners
Andrew Taylor – Elected representative of races with more than 4,000 runners
Hilary Walker – Elected representative of UKA affiliated Clubs
Ian Stewart - Senior Endurance Manager of UK Athletics
Mike Summers - Chief Executive of England Athletics
In addition there are five non-voting members who sit on the RBMG in an advisory capacity:
Dave Bedford - Race Director, Flora London Marathon
Hugh Brasher - CEO Sweatshop Max Coleby - Co-founder of the BUPA Great
Bill Reynolds - Editor of the Race Directors' Portal and representative of BARR
John Temperton – UKA Athletics Services
Pierce O’Callaghan – Run Britain Business Manager
