Saturday, July 04, 2009
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The course is 5000m (5K) long. This has been accurately measured by us using a professional measuring wheel. The course is flat, fast and all on tarmac paths, with all of us running it under the watchful eyes of the town’s own inimitable Brian Clough, as the course passes his statue twice - what a motivator that will be!

Please remember that Middlesbrough Albert parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to to enjoy the event.

We recommend that all participants arrive for the race by foot, bicycle or moped. We are trying to reduce our carbon footprint and any help you can provide in this regard is appreciated. The start is a short walk from public transport routes.
If you do drive, take care in the small car park watching out for other runners and their children. Parking is limited so try to arrive early or preferably park some distance away and jog into the park to warm up. Please congregate on the side of the path near the start rather than in the car park areas.
  
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  Results And Age Grading   
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help athletes compare results.
Age Grading takes your time and uses the world record time for your sex and age group to produce a score (a percentage).

This score allows you to compare your personal performance against other people's performances even though they might be a different age and a different sex to you - the higher the score the better the performance.

The scores can also be compared across different race distances - to allow you to, for example, compare a 5km time against a marathon.
For more information, please see RunningForFitness.
  
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  Course Description   

The course starts from just behind the Visitor Centre at the lake (Clairville/Fire Station) end of the park. It starts by running along the main path through the park and past the fountain to turn left onto a short dog-leg stretch, that then brings you to the main path around the perimeter of the park. A left turn at the end of the dog-leg takes you down to the Visitor Centre near the lake. From there it is then 2 laps of the permimeter path, finishing back outside the Visitors Centre at the conclusion of your run.

There are toilet facilities in the visitor centre and bags can be left there for collection after the run.
  
  Getting to the Event   

The run itself will start at the Visitors Centre at the Clairville Stadium end of the Park (next to the lake). There is car parking available at that end of the Park and at the opposite end by the main gates. Bike stands are also available at the Start/Finish line too and the Park is on many major Bus routes both in and out of the town.

After the run, if you don’t have to get straight away, there will be the chance to socialise with everyone in the Café at the Start/Finish line to maybe swap stories about your run that day, chat to other runners over a cup of tea or coffee and just be an important part of this new running community.
  
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