AJ Bell Great Bristol Run
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Good luck to all 10k & Half Marathon runners this weekend…we can’t wait to see you on the start line!
This year’s AJ Bell Great Bristol Run is a complete SELL OUT and shaping up to be an amazing day. So, soak up the atmosphere, enjoy the on-course entertainment, and celebrate as you cross the finish line! Don’t forget to come back and check out your official event photos and results from the day here after the event.
The 2024 event guide (below) has all the information you need, so please make sure you read through It. You can also check out our FAQ section here. We’ve also created a useful checklist to download to ensure you don’t forget any of the essentials ahead of the big day.
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2024
Event Guide
The big day is nearly here, and we want to help you with any event day questions so you can focus on the important things: soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying your run.
All the info you need is in the guide, including travel, timings and route maps, so we recommend having a read though it to make sure you’re prepared. Do check back on this page regularly, and download the event day app, for any last minute event updates.
Event Timetable: 19 May 2024
Please note: timetable and is subject to change.
Event Day Tips
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5 Great Tips for Great Run Fundraising
If you’re taking part in a Great Run event for charity this year, then you’re going to want to raise as much money as possible to support your cause. That’s why we’ve teamed up with our official online fundraising partner, Enthuse to share five quick and easy tips you… Read More.
How to hit your perfect half marathon pace
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The true beauty of running in a city as amazing as Bristol is that it gives you the best excuse possible to get outside your door and explore the surrounding areas. If you are getting fed up with plodding your same old route, we’ve teamed up with our on-the-ground running… Read More.
Choosing A Bristol Running Club
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2025 Reminder
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Road Closures
There will be a rolling programme of road closures on event day starting from Anchor Road at 4am. Please click on the link below to view a map with details of the route, road closures and diversions by zone. Roads will be reopened in phases once each section is clear of runners, litter, and event infrastructure. All roads should be reopened by 5pm.
For traffic queries, information about road closures and alternative routes please email travelbristol@greatrun.org.
2024 Finisher Medals
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What You Get
We have made the decision to introduce optional finisher tees to our Great Run events. You can choose to forgo a finisher tee shirt at the point of entry, and in lieu of this we will make a donation to the National Trust Woodlands Appeal. Find out more here. We will donate a portion of the fulfilment costs for each runner who chooses this option to the fund and commit that this donation to be approx. £20,000.
Obviously you’ll have bragging rights for the forseeable, but you’ll also get:
The Medal
The Photos
The App
The Discounts
Run for Charity
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Great Bristol Run
Charities
British Heart Foundation is the official charity of the AJ Bell Great Run series this year and we could not be more proud.
When you run for BHF, you can help us achieve our vision of a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. You run for the people you love. You run to help us fund lifesaving research and support people affected by heart and circulatory diseases. You run to help keep families together for longer.
It’s because of you, BHF-funded research is possible. Together, we can make the impossible possible. Thank you.
Join forces with the team that will get you to the finish line. We’re the only ones fighting over 200 cancer . Our life-saving work is funded entirely by the generosity of our supporters, so every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, and every runner. One in two people now survive cancer. Together we’ve achieved so much, but we won’t stop until we’ve beaten it altogether. Join the team today and we will beat cancer.
The Bobby Moore Fund was set up in memory legendary footballer Bobby Moore, who sadly died from bowel cancer aged just 51.To date the Bobby Moore Fund has raised over £20 million. The funds are spent on world class bowel cancer research carried out by leading scientists working across the UK. With your support, bowel cancer stands no chance. Let’s make Bobby proud and help beat it sooner. Join the Bobby Moore Fund team today.
St Peter’s Hospice is the Bristol area’s only adult Hospice. We care for local patients with life-limiting illnesses and their family members. Our care is provided free of charge at the point of service, however, it costs over £20,000 a day to provide all the incredible services that we do, in people’s homes, at our Hospice in Brentry, and across the greater Bristol community. We rely on our retails shops, gifts in wills and local people to fundraise for us. Running for your Hospice is a great way to support! For more information, visit our website.
We recognise that it takes more than medicine to meet the needs of cancer patients and their loved ones. For over 40 years we have provided people in Bristol with free practical, emotional and social support they need to improve their quality of life and to manage the fear and uncertainty that a cancer diagnosis may bring. People with cancer are feeling more isolated and afraid than ever before but with your help we can be there for them. By running and fundraising for us, you can ensure our services keep going. Together we can change life with cancer. For good.
Other Charities
| 1625 Independent People |
| Action Tutoring |
| AidBox Community |
| AMEND |
| Big Yellow Foundation |
| BRACE Dementia Research |
| Brigstowe |
| Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire |
| Coeliac UK |
| Crisis (Wales) |
| Cure Leukaemia |
| Hft |
| Legs4Africa |
| Love Running |
| Missing Link |
| OTR Bristol |
| Pandas Foundation |
| PTSD UK |
| Ripples of Compassion |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities |
| Safe Families for Children |
| SafeLives |
| Spear Bristol |
| St Mary Redcliffe Primary School PTFA |
| Star Scheme |
| Step Together |
| Steps |
| Team Mikayla |
| The Oddballs Foundation |
| The Robins Foundation |
| Tree Aid |
| UK for UNHCR |
| Women’s Aid |
| Young Bristol |
