Brilliant fancy dress costumes for Run Wednesday's Virtual Relay Race

The relay race took place on Tuesday evening, starting at 4pm. Eight teams of five runners each ran 4k to complete the race.

Strict rules included each team having a fancy dress name and theme, each leg had to be run in team order and the leg starting from your front door. With many runners from the club working on the front line or as key workers, and only able to complete their leg once finishing their shift, the event took 21 hours and 30 minutes to ensure every runner was back home safely.

Team outfits included The Spice Girls, Party Time and Rock Stars. Prizes were awarded virtually to the first team to complete the challenge, the team with the overall fastest finish time and the Best in Show team. Special mention goes to Adam Mansbridge with a fastest individual time of 15 minutes and 28 seconds.

Leigh Baker, Race Organiser, said, “Once again this was a superb effort for the Run Wednesdays family for the latest Virtual Relay in aid of the NHS. Together we have raised £83 which will be donated to the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital.”

If you are interested in starting running as part of your daily exercise regime and would like to some friendly support and advice, check out the Run Wednesdays Face book and Instagram pages. The next Virtual Relay Race will take place on Saturday 30th May against a number of other running teams across the local area.

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