Today's route:
The great rugger run
An annual running challenge, created and completed by Tim Tunnicliff – host of The Amateur Rugby Podcast. It combines his love of rugby, running, travel and adventure and is the highlight of his year, every year.
Goals
- Raise money and awareness for selected charities.
- Raise the profile of all the clubs I visit and the game of rugby in general.
- Meet as many rugby-folk across the land as possible.
The route
This epic 25-day run around the rugby clubs of Wales and Gloucestershire will kick off on 9th August in St David’s – Wales’ most-westerly point.
I’ll then head west, visiting as many clubs as I can, meeting Welsh rugby folk before crossing the border into Gloucestershire and finishing at the club where I started playing – Cheltenham RFC on September 2nd.
I hope to run 1,000kms or 1 Million Metres and raise vital funds for The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and other MND causes along the way.
All-time totals
Total Kms1050
Total Clubs172
View my appearance on the Happiness Is podcast for all the juicy details:
Get involved
I plan on doing all the running myself but I’m going to need some assistance. The three most important things I will need help with are listed here, and I’m hoping the rugby family will help me out along the way.
However, there are a ton of other little things that will help make The Great Rugger Run a success – would you be able to help?
Some of the heroes that helped me out in previous years:
Show me around your club?
Put me up for a night?
Drive my bag between stops?
Some of the heroes that helped me out in previous years:
Charity Rugby Match
Rugger Run XV vs Eggchasers XV
The end of this year’s run will be marked by a Charity Vets match between a “Rugger Run XV” and the wonderful Eggchasers XV on Saturday 2nd, September at 5pm.
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Previous years
2023 - West Wales to the west country
An epic 25-day run around the rugby clubs of Wales and Gloucestershire. From St David’s – Wales’ most-westerly point all the way to Gloucestershire, finishing at the club where I started playing – Cheltenham RFC.
I ran 1,000kms or 1 Million Metres, raising vital funds for The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and other MND causes.
2022 - Scotland
The second Great Rugger Run was held in Scotland. 544 miles run and 71 rugby clubs visited in just 25 days!
I started in Oban out west and finished at Doddie Weir’s club Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The Scots were remarkable hosts and supporters as we raised over £11,000 for The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
2021 - Lands End to london
Two years in the making, six months of training, 542 miles, 104 rugby clubs and 142,902 calories over 5 weeks of The Great Rugger Run.
Follow my incredible journey from Lands End to London as I met rugby-folk across the land, recorded videos, wrote blog posts and raised over £7,000 for mental health charities.
