Endurance Handbook

SECTION 4

Continuous Relay - 200m Track The following diagram show how a 200m track can be used for the Aviva UKA Academy Endurance Team Awards for Primary aged children. In this example, teams of nine children are required with the total distance being covered 1500m or 7 1/2 laps. Three team members will run four times each over 50m sections and the other team members will each run three times. We recommend a maximum of four teams competing each identified by coloured bibs. Example showing a team of nine runners on a 200m track WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Runner 6 Runner 7 Takeover B Runner 2 Runner 3

GAMES & ACTIVITIES

Runner 1

23m

Takeover C

25m

Runner 5

Runner 9

Start line

23m

Takeover A

At the start of the race runners numbered 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 stand to the side of the track and wait for runners 1, 2, 3 and 4 to complete the first lap.’

Runner 4

Takeover D

Rules From the start, the baton is passed from runner to runner with the last runner eventually passing the baton back to the first runner. This continues until the declared number of laps have been completed. For secondary school ages the distance is increased to 5000m and the teams are reduced to five runners. Each athlete will run 200m or one complete lap before passing the baton. Each athlete will run five times. Further details on the Aviva UKA Academy Endurance Awards are given on page 48. Continuous Relay - Other Tracks Continuous relays can be run on many other types of improvised tracks with various team sizes. A smaller circuit may be split into three sections with four members in each team or a slightly larger circuit divided into five sections for teams of six can also be used. The track does not need to be a regular shape. Each team must always have one more member than the number of sections. WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Runner 8

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