The summer season sees LBAC getting involved in a few different relay events in the area and here are some basic details about each of them:

Name: ROUND MILTON KEYNES RELAY

Date: Sunday 29^th May 2011

Location: Start and finish in Stony Stratford with changovers in Woolstone, Bow Brickhill and Bletchley(ish)

Who?: Absolutely anyone. It is a fun event where we try to make the teams as even as possible so standard is irrelevant as long as you can run the distance. Team must all have at least one lady in. There is likely to be 10-12 teams.

How Far?: The four legs are 10.3, 5.6, 9.6 & 6 miles.

Will I Need to Recce Them?: Yes. The levels of complexity vary, but unless you've run them before you should check them out. Written descriptions of the legs are available (Andy rewrote two of them last year after getting lost on leg 3) and maps are available via MapMyRun. Plenty of people have run before to give a guided tour and make transport from start to finish easier.

What do I need to do?: E-mail Andy_inchley@hotmail.com to say you'd like to run and stating a leg preference if you have one.

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Name: GREENSAND RIDGE RELAY

Date: Saturday 25^th June 2011

Location: Start at Waterside Park near Tiddenfoot and finish in the village of Northill near Sandy with changeovers in Stockgrove Park, Woburn, Millbrook, A6 (Deadmans Hill) and Haynes. Again we all go to the village pub for results afterwards.

Who?: Anyone at all. It is a fun social event where we get to see a different part of Bedfordshire (unless you are leg 1) and last year entered 2 mens teams, one ladies and one mixed. There is likely to be around 30 teams.

How Far?: The six legs are 5.6, 3.9, 8, 5.7, 5.5 & 4.7 miles

Will I Need to Recce Them?: Yes. The levels of complexity vary, but unless you've run them a couple of times before you should check them out as many people have gone wrong in the past. Written descriptions of the legs are available via the SMOC website. Plenty of people have run before to give a guided tour and make transport from start to finish easier.

What do I need to do?: E-mail Tom on magnetrouge@yahoo.co.uk to say you'd like to run, giving your age on the day and stating a leg preference if you have one.

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Name: FAIRLANDS VALLEY RELAYS

Date: Thursday 21^st July 2011

Location: Stevenage

Who?: Everyone. Mens teams need five members and ladies need three. There is likely to be about 50 or so teams in each event.

How Far?: All the legs are a single loop of a park and are 3K long so you can all go flat out and then do another lap to warm down!

Will I Need to Recce Them?: No. It's all fully marshalled so you just turn up on the evening.

What do I need to do?: Nothing for now other than put it in your diary. There will be a reminder in a couple of months time.