Who's at the helm

Race Director

Pete James is an over the hill orienteer/mountain biker/fell racer/kayak racer/ski mountaineer/skater/windsurfer/adventure racer*. He earns a living designing awesome new planes for Airbus. He has a lovely wife and 2.3 wonderful kids and lives in the best city in the world. He planned the first two Bristol Rat Races and isn't very good at saying no. Someone said this job would be "less time consuming". D'oh! He wants as many people as possible to have a great time in Bristol Rat Race 2008.

*delete as appropriate

Race Planner

Jim Godden. Jim planned last year's Bristol Rat Race and has been involved since the start, and was the man who introduced such activities as competitors dressing up as Rocky Horror and performing the timewarp !!! He spends alot of time thinking up new activities (mostly at 2am in the morning whilst trying to sleep), and has the view that anything can be done until someone tells him it can't !!!  Most of his ideas come from his Scouting work, as he sees competitors as just big kids !!! His aim for the Rat Race is to think up an idea for an activity, then see how it can made harder. Although not quite so active this year, he has been competitively adventure racing since 2000, and is a member of team sleepmonsters/inov-8.

Logistics and Event Centre

Chris Gazeley. My involvement in the Ratrace comes from volunteering for the first one as a water safety co-ordinator. So most of the wet and waterery things we do come from my sick mind. I also come from a Scouting background and share Jim's vision of thinking 'How can we make it harder' My role for this years event is to make the weekend go smoothly for you, and us and all through the weekend I will be found in the event village, making sure that everything you need is there, as well as building the Village in the first place.
In the run up to the event I work with Pete and Jim to plan all the wonderfully Strange and silly things we have lined up for you this year.
In my day job I work as an Osteomyologist which sees me putting people back together after Injury or trauma.( I look forward to seeing some of you after the event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)