As Michaelmas progresses and Christmas looms ever closer, you might find yourself racking your brains for an imaginative and exciting New Year’s Resolution. You’ve tried the post-Christmas diet, you’ve tried spending x hours in the library a day, and you’ve tried to cut back on your Cindies attendance. All were utterly dull and ultimately unsuccessful. This year, the Cambridge University Hare & Hounds are being ever more imaginative with their aspirations, and maybe now is the time for you to be too.

On 1st March 2015 the Hare & Hounds are holding their annual Boundary Run – a half marathon and marathon around the outskirts of Cambridge. For the University’s running club, the Boundary Run has for a long time been the perfect way to raise funds, as well as integrate with the local community.

Having begun as a much smaller event, mainly for members of the Hare & Hounds to try out the marathon distance in a friendly setting, the Boundary Run has grown in recent years to something far larger. This year, there will be a further increase in the number of participants, which has been facilitated by moving the race start to the University Sports Centre. Runners this year will have access to the university’s top sporting facilities, as well as a new course taking in a mix of trails, road and grass, and featuring some of Cambridge’s best known beauty spots, such as Grantchester Meadows. Runners will also race in the Boundary Run’s biggest field of entry yet, with 800 participants planned for this year. But the atmosphere will be as friendly as ever. The Hare & Hounds and local residents, as always, will cheer on runners throughout the course, and participants will receive free stash and chocolates at the end of the race.

While independent university sports clubs are generally topical for more negative reasons at the moment, the Boundary Run is a positive aspect of the Hare & Hounds’ autonomy. An event that enables the club to integrate with the community and pull together as a team, the Boundary Run is an increasingly special event for runners at Cambridge – both as participants and as organisers. It certainly beats ten hours in the library, with no drunken Cindies to look forward to. The new start of the Boundary Run might just be your very own new beginning for 2015.

The Boundary Run will be held on 1st March 2015. For details on how to enter, click here.

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