Cooped Up Chicken Run 2020

More than 150 people signed up to take part and we were able to raise over £1,100 in donations. Thank you for helping us achieve this and for every time you shared your own, or others, runs, skips, photos, videos, planks or any other content on social media. This really helped to get more people involved and to raise the profile of our charity in a time when more and more people are needing to access the support we provide.

Shout out to the award winners:

Female 5km Run:
1st: Hannah Wilkinson (21:52)
2nd: Sophie Henshall (22:18)
Male 5km Run:
1st: Paul Beale (18:16)
2nd equal: Dave Swindells and Ashley Mayes (18:48)
Highest number of Skips in a minute:  Alisha Gould (154)
Longest Continues Plank: Sophie Henshall (7:00 minutes)
Most consecutive push ups: Carlos Espejo (100)
Most Impressive entry: Stefani Teneva
Best Dressed: Mike McEvoy
Largest Team: Orms

Original Event Info

Following the unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 Chicken Run due to COVID-19 the ABS team has been working hard to create alternative ways to bring the community together. We are pleased to announce our virtual replacement; The Cooped-Up Chicken Run.

The Cooped-Up Chicken Run is a virtual sports and wellbeing event running throughout the first week of May.

Like previous years the option of wearing chicken related costumes is highly encouraged as we would love to see you taking part while dressed up. There will be winners for best dressed costume, the practice/company which has the most staff sign ups and the winners of each event. There will also be a children’s category for each event.

Participants can make a donation to the ABS which will enable them to enter as many of the sport activity events organized during the week as they would like to participate in. We are asking participants to photograph, video and record their times throughout the week to their social media. This way, we can spread the word and compete with others for the top spot! Please use #CoopedUpChickens when posting and tag the ABS in your post so we don’t miss it.

Sports events activities include:
– The fastest solitary 5km run (Following government advice)
– The most consecutive press ups in a row
– The longest continuous plank
– The most skips in 1 minutes (counting out loud while doing it).
Winners of each event will be asked to send in video/app screenshot as proof.

During the week of the competition you have the option of completing any of the events at the time which best suits you and then submitting it in to us. For instance you could decide to do 2 activities on the Monday, 1 on the Tuesday and 1 on the Thursday. Or you could decide you just want to complete one activity and send it to us or tag the ABS on social media with your activity before the end of Sunday the 10th.