The Bradford Millennium Way (BMW) is a 45 mile marked path running to the north and west of Bradford. The BMW race is a team relay, split into five legs starting and finishing at Airdale. Each leg is run in pairs with legs ranging from 8 to 11 miles. It’s mainly run on footpaths and bridleways with the odd bits of road linking some sections. The race is organised by Saltaire Striders, more info can be found on their web site.
The race usually takes place in June and an event will be created when we have the date. The club usually enters 1-2 teams – if you’d like to be considered for our team just click ‘going’ on the event page.
- Download race info here.
Links to some of the legs are available on MapMyRun:
- Leg 1 route map (9.7 miles)
- Leg 2 route map (9.3 miles)
- Leg 3 route map (8.2 miles)
- Leg 4 route map (8.9 miles)
- Leg 5 route map (10.8 miles)
The weather makes some years easier than others, but over the years the club has entered numerous teams and had some great results.
The club record fastest times for the various legs are listed below.
Club BWM Records
| Leg | Time | Pair | Year |
| 1 | 01:25:14 | Mike Dearden / Tom Keighley | 2019 |
| 2 | 01:11:54 | Mike Dearden / Tom Keighley | 2018 |
| 3 | 01:01:11 | Dan Price / Paul Hough | 2019 |
| 4 | 01:11:13 | Brian Harrold / Chris Fall | 2019 |
| 5 | 01:22:20 | Sam Robins / Rob Greenland | 2019 |
- Overall Club record time for entire race: 06:15:18 (2019)