Dear Parent/Guardian,

In absence of this year’s school cross country events, we are launching the ‘Burnley Virtual Mile’ from

6th July to 14th August and would love for you and your family to get involved! This is a Burnley wide,

mass-participation event that anyone of any age or ability can take part in (yes that’s right, we

encourage parents to get involved too!).

Throughout the six weeks we will be encouraging everyone to get out and run, jog or walk, one mile,

and send in your best time. Every entry from a child, parent or teacher that is associated with a Burnley

school will collect a point for their school. The schools with the most entries (primary and secondary)

will be crowned the overall winners and will win a prize! As well as this, there will be medals for the

top 3 in each of the categories:

Please see our FAQ section below for further information!

To enter your time, please click on the link and complete the simple form:

Virtual Mile Results Upload

Please also post photos of you taking part to our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/BurnleySSP

Good luck!

Helen Tyson

Burnley School Sport Partnership

Girls Boys

Year 1-2 Year 1-2

Year 3-4 Year 3-4

Year 5-6 Year 5-6

Year 7 Year 7

Year 8-9 Year 8-9

Year 10-11 Year 10-11

Under 20’s Under 20’s

Under 40’s Under 40’s

40-49 40-49

50-59 50-59

60+ 60+

Burnley Virtual Mile FAQ

• What is the Burnley Virtual Mile? It is a simple activity designed to engage as many people as possible, in physical

activity, especially young people and their families. All you have to do is run, jog or

walk 1 mile and log your details and time.

• What are the benefits of taking part? Being physically active is a great way to feel better about yourself, it has a positive

impact on our mental well-being as well as helping to control weight and help to

prevent heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. Taking part in the virtual mile will

also allow you to set yourself and your family a goal and a personal challenge as you

hopefully strive to beat your time. If you are associated to a school you will also help

to collect points for your school and the school with the most entries and points will

win a fantastic prize. In addition to this, all entries will go into a prize draw.

• How do I enter? Go out and run, jog or walk a mile and then simply complete the form on the link

below and enter your details. Once you have entered your details you will get an

automated email response thanking you for the information you have entered.

Virtual Mile Results Upload

• How do I know if I have completed a mile? If you do not have a tracking device such as a Garmin, You can mark out your own

mile route using Google Maps or https://www.mapmyrun.com/ . Alternatively, we

have five x 1 mile measured routes that you can choose to complete – just remember

to start your timer!

• Is the virtual mile a school competition? Yes and No. If children, parents or school staff enter, they will collect points for their

attached school. However, you do not have to be attached to a school to enter, you

can still enter and submit your won fastest mile time.

• Do I have to be attached to a school to enter? No – if you are not a school pupil, parent or member of staff, you can still enter,

simply check the ‘no’ box when asked if you are attached to a school.

• Does it matter if my fastest mile is part of a longer walk or run? No, if you complete more than a mile in an activity session – fabulous, just send us

your quickest mile from the distance you completed and be proud that you did more

than was asked of you!

• What if I take part again and beat my time? You can edit your time and re-submit a new time. You can do this without having to

complete the whole form again by simply clicking on the ‘edit response’ box in your

original confirmation email.

• Can I use the same email address to enter more than one child? Yes, you can use the same email address to enter as many children as you like (e.g.

schools that are doing this with their pupils through the Daily Mile).

• Do I have to put a link to a GPS device such as Garmin or Strava? No, we understand that not everybody has such devices and won’t be able to

evidence their times. We are therefore relying on participants

being honest and also common sense. If you can evidence your time, then please do

so by copying the link into the entry form.

• How do I evidence my time from a GPS device? Once you have completed your mile and synched your device;

Strava: Click on the box with an arrow coming out of the top (top right of screen),

click on ‘more’ (bottom right of screen), then click copy (bottom of screen), paste this

into the google entry form.

Garmin: Click on the ‘share’ icon (located next to the camera), click on ‘web link’,

click on copy to clipboard. This can now be pasted into the google entry form.

• I just want to have a go and represent my school; Do I have to submit a

time? No, you do not have to put a time down if you do not want to, you can simply go for

a walk that covers at least a mile and fill out the form stating that you have had a go,

you will still collect points for your school. You don’t have to fill out the time section if

you do not want.

• Do you have to be from Burnley to enter? Whilst we are encouraging residents in Burnley to take part, we are happy to take

entries from other local people. However, if they are associated with a school outside

of the borough, that school won’t be part of our school’s competition.

• Will winners of each category be notified? Yes, a few days after the closing date we will post the category winners on facebook

and twitter and we will notify the schools of their level of entries once they return in

September. Winners will also receive an email from the SSP so we can arrange the

distribution of medals.

Data Protection

Any photographic images, video content and personal details of individual children and young people are classed as personal data, Under Data Protection and GDPR Law. We therefore need to make you aware that by submitting video and photographic content of individuals, then you understand that this content will be processed for the legitimate interests of Burnley Leisure/Burnley School Sports Partnership. This content may be used by this party to promote the event and the organisation itself via online channels (such as website and social media), other publicity material (such as internal and external newsletters), posters and provided to the media for publication in local or national newspapers. Photos and video content will be retained for public use for 3 years, after that they won’t be used publicly but some images or recordings may be kept as an archive. Burnley Leisure/Burnley School Sports Partnership is committed to processing information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. You have the right to request to see a copy of the information we hold about you and to request corrections or deletions of the information that is no longer required. You can ask Burnley School Sports Partnership to stop using your images at any time, in which case it will not be used in future publications but may continue to appear in publications already in circulation As part of the entry form we will collect email addresses and these will be used to notify participants of results and will be used by Burnley Leisure/Burnley Sports Partnership and Burnley leisure to inform you of future events. Email addresses will not be shared with any third party.

Suggested Routes (if no tracking device)

Route 1: Towneley Park Lap

1. Start at the signpost at the

bottom of the drive (near to

where the Ice cream van parks!)

2. From here, run past the old

changing facilities heading straight

along the track towards the horse’s

field (towards Cliviger)

3. At the gate of the horse’s field

turn right! Heading upwards.

5. As you cross the river bear left,

heading towards Towneley Hall/carpark

4. At the black bench on

the corner bear right,

towards Towneley Hall

7. At the bandstand turn right and

head for the finish line – the gate just

before the play park!

6. Run past the hall towards the golf

course, join the path that runs down

parallel to the golf course, heading to

the bandstand

8. Congratulations! You have

completed a mile!

Route 2: Padiham Greenway – Out & Back

1. Start: At the gate on the greenway

at the bottom of Memorial Park in

Padiham. Travel towards Shuttleworth

Mead Industrial Estate. (Altham)

2. The bridge is almost half way – just a

few more strides!

5. If you get to this point, you have

gone slightly too far!

3. Look out for the orange dot on the

tree), turn around and head for home!

6. Finish at the gate where you started!

Congratulations you have completed a

mile!

Route 3: Leeds-Liverpool Canal – Barden Lane/Reedly Marina – Linear

1. Start: Join the canal at the

humpback bridge on Barden Lane.

Head East, towards Nelson

3. As you approach the one-mile finish mark,

you will see some new (ish) homes on your

left (Quakers View) and some new

apartments will come into view on your right!

2. Bridge 136 is 0.75miles!

Nearly complete!

5. If you get level with this building on

your right – you have gone slightly too

far!

4. Finish - Look out for this marker,

next to a line of conifers – this is your

one-mile complete! Congratulations!

1. Limey Lane – Head left off

Manchester Road after the boulder on

the right (or vice versa) is where you

can park or walk down to get started.

5. Finish - Look out for this gate as you get

to the boathouse – this is your one-mile

complete! Congratulations!

4. 0.5 miles – At the picnic table you

have reached 0.5 miles. Here you can

turn back and complete the mile at the

start gate or carry on to the boathouse.

3. Follow the path around and head

through the gate and on to the

reservoir footpath.

2. Start – Walk down to the gate from

the top of Limey Lane. This is your start

point.

Route 4: Clowbridge Reservoir

1. Start – Head right off David Wren

Way and on to Lowerhouse Lane

2. Cross over at Liverpool Road,

opposite Lowerhouse junior School

3. Follow the road around and head on

to Sweetclough Greenway via the park,

just after the turning for Middlesex

Avenue

4. Follow the Greenway and turn right

at the Park Exit on to Middlesex

Avenue

5. Turn left at the Post Box at the end

of Middlesex Avenue and head back

towards the cricket club

6. Finish - Cross over at Liverpool Road,

opposite Lowerhouse junior School and head

back to the school. Congratulations – 1 mile

complete!

Route 5: Lowerhouse/Rose Grove