General race information

• The Cotswold Way Relay follows the National Trail route. It is easy to follow at walking speed but sometimes tricky at running speed. The course is not specially marked for the race. We recommend that every athlete should reconnoitre their own stage in the weeks before the race. For example the race takes the long circuit of the golf course on Leg 7 after Dursley
• On Leg 9 there has been a diversion south of the M4. This leads to a more southerly crossing of the A46 where great care must be taken
• The only Course Marshalls will be at the few serious road crossings, and these will be notified to runners at the prerace briefing. These marshals have no rights to stop traffic but will warn and assist you in road crossing.
• Start times as per table below: Runners should arrive at least 45 minutes before the start time to allow for parking, registration, and pre-race briefing.
• Runners will be guided to the start location to await the start time.
• Runners should start their own watches as a back-up at the start time.
• Each stage has a cut off time of roughly 12 minutes per mile (5 miles per hour). This may be lengthened by the organisers in the event of severe weather
• There will be a sweeper running each leg at this pace. If runners fall behind the sweeper, they will be advised to pull out of the race at a safe and sensible location and contact their team to arrange collection. Runners who drop out will be awarded the cut off time provided they started the race with the intention of completing the leg.
• If teams have no runner registered at a start of a leg, the team will be awarded a penalty time which is the Cut Off time plus 15 minutes