--- title: UK Race Mistake Makes Runners Run Two Extra Miles description: Hundreds of runners participating in a U.K. race ran two extra miles after a race marshall moved from their position. canonical: https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T17:48:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:41.697Z og:title: UK Race Mistake Makes Runners Run Two Extra Miles og:description: Hundreds of runners participating in a U.K. race ran two extra miles after a race marshall moved from their position. og:url: https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: UK Race Mistake Makes Runners Run Two Extra Miles twitter:description: Hundreds of runners participating in a U.K. race ran two extra miles after a race marshall moved from their position. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Runners 'In Tears' After Mistake Adds Miles to Race by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 13, 2015 5:48 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 13, 2015 5:48 PM UTC Hundreds of runners participating in a U.K. race ran two extra miles after a race marshal moved from position. About 300 of the 1,200 runners unknowingly completed the extra miles during the Bournemouth Bay Run on Sunday, [according to the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-32283985). The race was supposed to be about six miles, but many ran about eight because the marshall wasn’t there to alert runners where to turn. “To have a race of that scale with only one marshal on a point is inexcusable,” a pregnant woman told the BBC. “We saw loads of people walking at the end, some were in tears, I felt so sorry for them.” Race participants who believe they ran the two extra miles have been told to contact the race council for a “goodwill gesture.” The race raised funds for the British Heart Foundation. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-32283985)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/"},"headline":"Runners 'In Tears' After Mistake Adds Miles to Race","datePublished":"2015-04-13T17:48:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:41.697Z","description":"Some runners were \"in tears\"","url":"https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Race","World","BBC"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819782/uk-race-extra-miles/","name":"Runners 'In Tears' After Mistake Adds Miles to Race"}}]}] ```