09 July 2026
Event Announcement
The Tempo Summer Midweek Series has changed to………. The Tempo Summer 5K Series
Three races, one each month from May to July, all to be held on a Thursday evening this year. But the biggest change – all 3 distances are 5K and each race will be from a different location.
If you complete all 3 races you will receive a beautiful Series Race T-Shirt
You can do all 3 races or just pick and choose.
Who’s in???
Another reason to enter and run these races – in conjunction with the Alscot Estate (the location for the final race of the series) we are supporting a local charity, Friends of Stratford Hospital. This fantastic charity aims to provide equipment, services and comforts to the patients and staff of Stratford Hospital. If you are able to help in anyway by either making a donation or in raising sponsorship money on behalf of the charity please click here www.justgiving.com/ charity/friendsofstratfordhospital. There’s more information lower down on this page regarding the charity, if you’re able to have a read.
Event Dates and Details
Race 1 – Tysoe
Thursday 7th May 2026 – 7pm
The flattest route of the series takes place on the road between Tysoe and Oxhill and will be an out and back route.
Race 2 – Pebworth
Thursday 11th June 2026 – 7pm
A circular route that heads out from the village on the Long Marsden Road towards Dorsington and then returning to the village on the Dorsington Road. The Route is all based on road and will have a full road closure.
Race 3 – Alscot Estate
Thursday 9th July 2026 – 7pm
The final race of the Series is based on a private estate just outside Stratford-upon-Avon at Alscot near Atherstone-on-Stour. We are extremely grateful to Emma Holman-West, CEO and owner of Alscot Estate, for allowing us to base the final race from such a wonderful location. The route is predominantly on road except for the final 600m which is trail and brings you back onto the Estate for a stunning finish.
Subject to permissions, all 3 races will have a full road closure.
Route
Event location - Race 1
All 3 races are based from a different location. See below for each address.
Race 1- Tysoe
Tysoe Village Hall
Main Street
Tysoe
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV35 0SE
Race 2 – Pebworth
Pebworth Village Hall
Chapel Road
Pebworth
Stratford-upon-Avon
Worcestershire
CV37 8XJ
Race 3- Alscot
Alscot Park (Main Gate Entrance)
Atherstone-on-Stour
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 8BL
Registration
Use the red enter button to enter online. There will be day entries unless our race limit of 250 entrants per race is reached.
Each race costs £23 per entrant (UKA club affiliated runner) or £25 per non affiliated runners. Or you can enter all three races together and get a reduced entry rate.
Number’s to be collected on race day. Registration/number collection will be open from 5:15pm.
Prizes
Prizes are awarded on the day to the first, second and third male and female finishers. This will be given on gun time.
Tempo Events Series Memento – all runners who complete all three races will receive a Tempo Events Summer Series T-shirt at the end of the final round in July. If you suffer an injury, for one of the races you may still qualify for your tee shirt by marshalling for us at that race but you must let us know. You cannot get someone else to run in your place if you’re unable to run and still claim your series prize.
Summer Series Trophy – the best placed male and best placed female across all 3 races will receive a Series Trophy each.
Water stations
There will be no water station on any of the race routes so if you are requiring any water please plan to carry your own.
Withdrawal Policy
If you have entered the complete series, you have up to six weeks prior to the first race to withdraw and you will receive a full refund less a £2.00 admin fee. After this deadline, no refunds are offered, however an entry may be transferred to another runner on provision of full details prior to the race. Entries cannot be transferred on race day without our consent. If someone does run in your place you will no longer be eligible for either the series prize or the series memento. If you have entered an individual race you have up to six weeks prior to that race to withdraw and you will receive a full refund less a £2.00 admin fee. As above after this date no refunds are offered, however you can transfer your entry to another runner but they can’t run in your place for you to claim the series memento. In the event of a race being cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control we will attempt to reschedule to a later date and all entries will transfer to that rescheduled date. If this proves impossible we will offer entrants either a percentage refund or the option to donate that refund to the race charity. The percentage refunded / donated will depend on costs incurred at the time of cancellation. All contact should be made by email.
Baggage, Toilets and Headphones
We will be erecting gazebos for you to drop your bags while you run. It is not manned so if you have valuables, leave them in your cars. We can look after keys for you. There will be toilets available for you to use at each location.
Bone conduction sports headphones are the only headphones that are approved for use in all road races under the UK Athletics Rules of Competition. The Rules are clear that “in ear” headphones cannot be used in events where roads are open to traffic. Using bone conduction technology and open-ear design, Bone conduction headphones are able to deliver stereophonic sound through your cheekbones to your inner ear. Potentially preventing accidents caused by traditional headphones and earbuds that block out sounds, runners can enjoy their music and still hear everything around them – including traffic, emergency vehicles and other warning noises. This event is on open roads so only Bone conductions sports headphones are allowed. We ask you to please respect these safety rules otherwise you may be omitted from the race results.
Event Charities
