That’s the new Spire Bushey 10K on Sunday July 6th the annual summer race enjoyed by local runners of all ages. A new start time of 10am for the main race bringing the kids races forward to 12pm start. For the past 27 years, the Bushey Quarter Marathon has been a highlight of the annual Bushey Festival. Now, for the 2nd time, it has been officially measured as a 10K route, with chip timing for all
participants, whether Junior runners from Reception to Year 10, fun runners testing themselves on a respectable distance or seasoned runners out to win trophies for their clubs. Organised for the second time by the England Athletics-affiliated club David Lloyd Pacers with Purple Patch Runners the event is very much part of the summer sporting map. The charity for 2014 will be Prostrate Cancer. In a further shift from tradition, the Spire Bushey 10K has a new Start/Finish venue at Queens’ School, Aldenham Road, Bushey South Side. This will offer runners indoor registration and changing facilities, plenty of toilets (the lack of which is the bane of many a nervous runner’s pre-race routine) and lots of space for the wealth of activities for runners and their families. As always, Spire Hospital Bushey phsyiotherapists will work their magic on tired limbs, there will be hot and cold food and drinks. And that opening sentence about it being uphill? The all-new route is just as varied and scenic as in previous years, with a loop through King George Recreation Ground for old times’ sake. But the good news is, there will be no everlasting trudge up the mountainous Chiltern Avenue as this year we will be running down it!
