Urbanathlon, Sportcity, Manchester, Sunday 25th July 2010

The Urbanathlon 5K marathon is coming to Sportcity, Manchester, on Sunday 25th July 2010. This very special urban marathon is an amazing opportunity to participate this unforgettable competition.

This is the third Manchester Urbanathlon and it is likely to be bigger and better than ever before. This is a totally original urban obstacle course where you run, climb, crawl, slip, slide, scramble and dangle through the challenging marathon. Start on the 2002 Commonwealth Games track, stagger up the `Stairway to Heaven` at the MCFC stadium, take on the fireman’s water slide, pick your way through the spiders web, scramble up the giant haystack, attack the rock climbing wall, vault over derelict cars and much, much more!!

Start times are from 11.00am onwards with starting waves every 20mins, so there is no queuing at obstacles!

This is a great opportunity for almost everyone, from weekend warriors and fun runners to uniformed services and charity runners. Competitors receive a limited edition t-shirt and finishers medal.

After the race you can join the family friendly ‘Party in the Park’ festival in Phillips Park with a fun fair, live music, arts festival and loads more to do. All in all this is a great day out with something for everyone.

Urbanathlon’s nominated event charity is StreetGames UK (streetgames.org), a national charity which develops sport with disadvantaged communities and makes sport accessible to young people regardless of their social circumstances.

The marathon has a dedicated website urbanathlon.co.uk which has lots more information, including details of participation fees, race sponsorship forms, advice on training and you can also download the event application form from the site.

For more information about Urbanathlon 2010 contact them on 0845 1300849 or email info@urbanathlon.co.uk.