First and foremost we are runners. We are passionate about putting on our trainers and getting outdoors. We love to discover, we love to explore and we love our city. Our city is just a few hours from London, it's beautiful, it's unique, and it has the countryside on the doorstep. We have the great opportunity to incorporate both city and country within a 30 minute run. We love runners of all abilities and we especially welcome beginners. We run at your pace, and can adjust our tours to suit by terrain, elevation and distance.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
Helen (also known as Bath Runner on Twitter and Instagram) founded Bath running tours in 2016. Helen is a keen amateur runner who loves to encourage others to run. She set up the Bath Skyline parkrun in Bath as a volunteer and with a team of run Directors they welcome hundreds of parkrunners each week to their course on a Saturday morning at 9am. The course is 5km, is free and is open to all to take part. She has been awarded the Bath Council Chairman's sport award in recognition of her effort with parkrun and the contribution it has made to the people of Bath.
Helen's has a business and sport degree, is a qualified personal trainer, and owns a company called The Medalist (www.themedalist.co.uk) which designs medals for sporting events. She also works part time with a race company Relish The Great Outdoors
In terms of running, Helen loves all distances. She's raced in many 5km, 10km, half marathon, full marathon and ultra marathons. She has raced trail and road, in the UK and in Hawaii and Italy.
Helen is friendly, personable, is passionate about being outdoors and loves her city. She has a great knowledge of the city, secret trails, and can help provide information on where to eat, sleep & drink.
Booking Policy
Booking and Acceptance By booking a run group session, tour, running weekend or Discovery challenge; you acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to to be bound by these terms. These terms, together with our privacy policy and disclaimer (below) form the basis of your contract with us. If you make a booking on behalf of other participants, you guarantee that you have the authority to accept and do accept these Terms on behalf of other participants in your party. Furthermore, you consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy Bath Running tours accepts the booking on the understanding that a deposit or full payment has been made and held by either Bath Running Tours, or by an authorised 3rd party. On confirmation of your booking, subject to availability, Bath Running Tours will reserve your place on the selected activity. It is your responsibility to ensure the accuracy of your booking including tour, dates, times and meeting points. For bookings on multiple guests, this is the Lead Guest responsibility. A contract is only made between you and Bath Running Tours upon confirmation of your booking via email titled ‘Booking Confirmation’. Upon confirmation of your booking you will receive an email advising such, and details of your product and any notes relevant to the conducting of your activity. In order to reserve your place on a tour, run group or run weekend, it must be paid in full via approved methods All Tours, run groups and weekends are non-transferable meaning you cannot give or sell the ticket to another person. Identification may be required. All Sales are final and non-refundable unless under Conditions stated in Clause 2.
Disclaimer Our run groups, tours, the Discovery challenge and Bath Running Weekend take place near traffic and roads, rivers and canals. Some routes will take you through woodlands where there are low hanging branches, tree roots and uneven ground. If you are running our night tour or group, you will be running at night with limited visibility in places. By participating; you understand the risks involved and declare that you are medically fit to run and shall not hold Bath Running tours or their employees liable for any injury, illness or loss of property as a result of participating in Bath Running tours activity.
Conditions of Tour, Cancellations and Changes Bath Running tours is not liable for tours or run groups that return later than the specified time. The tour guide/run leader will use its best efforts to ensure that departure and return times are met. It is your responsibility to arrive on time at the meeting point of the Tour/run group. In the event that you are delayed, please contact us via email or by phone. Your Tour Guide/run leader will wait for you, however, the distance may be shortened. For tours, your Tour Guide will attempt to SMS or call you should you not arrive after 5 minutes of the designated start time. After 15 minutes, if there is no communication the Tour is deemed to have been cancelled by you. No refunds will be permitted in this instance. To reschedule or cancel a run tour or group, please contact us by phone or email with at least 48 hours advance notice. We will try to reschedule you onto your new preferred date and time, however this cannot be guaranteed. When rescheduling is not possible, we will offer a refund or credit to use at another date. Refunds are not possible for cancellations made within 48 hours of the tour or for no shows. For group tours no refunds are possible. There are no refunds for the run groups and the Discovery Challenge. The 50% deposit payment for Bath Running Weekends is non refundable regardless of circumstance and the balance of payment is due within 4 weeks of the event. Failure to complete payment may result in place on the weekend being lost. Should you change your Tour to another Tour, no refund will be given for Tours of lesser value. For Tours of greater value you will be invoiced the difference plus any Credit Card fees incurred. If a reason for your cancellation is covered under your insurance policy then you may be able to make a claim under that policy. Our tours and run groups operate in all weathers and refunds and rescheduling are not available due to unfavourable weather. Bath Running Tours may decides to postpone or cancel due to adverse weather in which case you will be refunded. In the event of thunderstorms and lightning occurring prior to a run commencing then it may be postponed by up to 30 minutes. After 30 minutes if the thunderstorm and lightning has not passed then the run will be deemed cancelled and guests will offered a rescheduled run or a refund. If the tour/run group has commenced then the run will stop at a cafe until the thunderstorm passes. The tour/run group may be shortened in this instance. No run will commence or re-commence until 30 minutes after the last sight of lightning. Bath Running tours reserves the right to cancel the tour at any time due to unforeseen circumstances, in which case you will be provided with a full refund.
Fitness to participate and your responsibilities The Tours and run groups offered involve physical exercise, primarily the act of running. There may be walking involved. By booking a run group or tour you accept that you are medically fit to participate in such activities. You accept to not hold the Operator liable for any injuries, or death, incurred or caused during the run group or Tour. The run groups and tours are designed to be beginner level and the difficulty listed on each run tour may be considered different for some people. The Operator will not be held liable if you do not agree with these difficulty labels. The run groups and tours are limited to adults aged 18 years and over. Customers with disabilities are always welcome on our run groups and tours. Please contact the Bath Running tours ahead of your scheduled run so that the Operator can tailor your run for you. Guests with disabilities who require carers may bring their carers along. Whilst the Operator will do their best to ensure your requests are met, there are some limitations and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to cater to your every need. You agree that Bath Running Tours may photograph or video you throughout the run group or tour. These may be used on the website, brochures, flyers, social media and other advertising, publicity, media and publications of Bath Running Tours without obtaining additional consent or payment in respect to any photography and videos. You agree that Bath Running Tours may use any comments, reviews, feedback whether given to us directly or not that may provide in regards to your tour for the purposes of media, publicity and marketing without obtaining additional consent or payment in respect to any comments, written or verbal. Bath Running Tours do not tolerate any form of verbal or physical abuse, harassment or discrimination. Any person threatening or abusing the tour guide or run leader will be asked to leave the run immediately and no refund will be applicable. You are responsible for looking after your own belongings that you may take with you on a run group or tour. Bath Running Tours is not liable for belongings that are lost, damaged or stolen whilst on a run.
Insurance Bath Running Tours is a fully insured company, however no travel insurance is included as part of any run group, tour or the discovery challenge. Bath Running Tours recommends that you take out travel insurance, or health insurance in the event of injury. Bath Running Tours is not liable should you not have suitable insurances in place and something happens on your Tour.
No Smoking, Drugs or Alcohol Policy No participate may smoke, take drugs or drink alcohol while on tour or run group. No participate may start a tour while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Refunds will not be given for breaches of this clause. Some tours may conclude with alcoholic drinks served and these will be served at a licenced venue.
Cancellation Policy
Custom Policy
Bath Running tours is not liable for run groups or tours that return later than the specified time. The tour guide or run leader will use its best efforts to ensure that departure and return times are met. It is your responsibility to arrive on time at the meeting point of the run tour. In the event that you are delayed, please contact us via email or by phone. Your Tour Guide will wait for you, however, the Tour distance may be shortened. Your Tour Guide will attempt to SMS or call you should you not arrive after 5 minutes of the designated start time. After 15 minutes, if there is no communication the Tour is deemed to have been cancelled by you. No refunds will be permitted in this instance. We will wait for up to 3 minutes if you are late for a run group session, if you haven't arrived by this time, we will assume you are not attending and no refund is possible.
To reschedule or cancel a run tour or group, please contact us by phone or email with at least 48 hours advance notice. We will try to reschedule you onto your new preferred date and time, however this cannot be guaranteed. When rescheduling is not possible, we will offer a refund or credit to use at another date. Refunds are not possible for cancellations made within 48 hours of the tour or for no shows. For group tours no refunds are possible. There are no refunds for the run groups and the Discovery Challenge. The 50% deposit payment for Bath Running Weekends is non refundable regardless of circumstance and the balance of payment is due within 4 weeks of the event. Failure to complete payment may result in place on the weekend being lost. Should you change your Tour to another Tour, no refund will be given for Tours of lesser value. For Tours of greater value you will be invoiced the difference plus any Credit Card fees incurred. If a reason for your cancellation is covered under your insurance policy then you may be able to make a claim under that policy. Our tours and run groups operate in all weathers and refunds and rescheduling are not available due to unfavourable weather. Bath Running Tours may decides to postpone or cancel due to adverse weather in which case you will be refunded. In the event of thunderstorms and lightning occurring prior to a run commencing then it may be postponed by up to 30 minutes. After 30 minutes if the thunderstorm and lightning has not passed then the run will be deemed cancelled and guests will offered a rescheduled run or a refund. If the tour/run group has commenced then the run will stop at a cafe until the thunderstorm passes. The tour/run group may be shortened in this instance. No run will commence or re-commence until 30 minutes after the last sight of lightning. Bath Running tours reserves the right to cancel the tour at any time due to unforeseen circumstances, in which case you will be provided with a full refund.