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BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Road to close for Great Birmingham Run
Thousands of people are expected to put on their running shoes for the AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run at the event will see 16,000 runners competing in either a half marathon or 10km race around the city centre on Foster, chief executive of the Great Run Company, said: "Birmingham has an amazing energy and the support on the streets is always second to none."The route starts at Centenary Square at 08:30 BST and visits areas including the Jewellery Quarter, St Paul's Square, the Mailbox, Grand Central, Edgbaston and Cannon Hill Park. Organisers said the race had sold out after thousands of participants, from first-time runners to experienced half-marathoners took up the accommodate the run, road closures will also be in place from 04:30, with them reopening in stages between 12:00 and 16:00 on the following roads:Broad StreetGreat Charles StreetNewhall StreetColmore RowChurch StreetLivery StreetSnow Hill QueenswayGreat Barr StreetHockley CircusPershore RoadThe full list of road closures can be found at here. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
30-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Birmingham bishop won't have flowing robes in half-marathon
The Bishop of Birmingham will be running in a half-marathon through the city on Sunday – but he'll be in his running gear, not his Right Reverend Dr Michael Volland, who will be among 16,000 people taking to the streets for the sold-out Great Birmingham Run, is a keen runner and surfboarder and is currently training for his 17th first taste of running was when he was at school but he said he didn't start properly until he was in his mid-40s."I like the sense of freedom that comes from just leaving your house and running down the street," he said. "I value the space." Dr Volland said that after a run, he feels more mentally alert, has a sense of inner peace and calm, and is "generally more joyful".Encouraging other people to take up running, he said: "You don't have to run far or fast. Even 20 minutes down the road and back can be a positive thing and will make a difference." 'Amazing energy' The clergyman's run this year will raise money for charity Thrive Together Birmingham which, he said, does "a brilliant job of supporting people on the margins".Dr Volland issued a picture showing him holding pink, white and black trainers and wearing matching clerical attire, but he said: "I will be aiming for a reasonable time, so will be in my running gear and not my robes!"Organisers said the race had sold out after thousands of participants, from first-time runners to experienced half-marathoners took up the route starts at Centenary Square and visits areas including the Jewellery Quarter, St Paul's Square, the Mailbox, Grand Central, Edgbaston and Cannon Hill Foster, chief executive of the Great Run Company, said: "Birmingham has an amazing energy and the support on the streets is always second to none." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
