Questions

Yes, the date is set: Saturday 21 November. You pay right when you sign up: €15, with iDEAL or Wero, through a bunq payment link. Once you’ve paid, your spot is confirmed. Pay with the same name as your registration, so I can match your payment.

No. No timing, no results, no medal. You run in a group at a set pace, and we wait for each other at every bakery.

The route is 15 km, at your group’s pace, with stops at the bakeries along the way. If you normally run 8 to 10 km, you’ll be fine. Pick the group where you can still chat.

These are the last 20 tickets. Sign up by Sunday 15 November, 9 pm. Then I know how many runners are coming: the bakers need to know how much to bake, and I know how big each group will be.

You pick your pace group when you sign up, and that’s the group you run in. Want to switch before the run? Just email me. Each group has a pacer: a participant wearing the pacer button, who knows the route and keeps the group together. A group starts every 10 minutes: Tompoes (custard slice) at 9:00 at The Hague’s Finest Cafe, Appelflap (apple turnover) at 9:10, Kaneelbroodje (cinnamon roll) at 9:20 and Croissant at 9:30. That way everyone gets back at about the same time. You stay with your group the whole way, at every bakery too, unless you agree with your pacer to switch groups.

Pick the one that starts first. Then the other group is running 10 minutes behind you. Got more in your legs? Wait a few minutes for that other group at a bakery and carry on with them. Just tell your pacer, who will let the other pacer know. That way nobody waits for you.

No. There are no barriers and no traffic marshals. You run through the city with your group, with the usual traffic. So you follow the traffic rules: wait at red lights, cross together and make room for people walking and cycling. The pacer knows the route, but doesn’t direct traffic. So stay with your group.

With a running buggy, yes, if you’re used to running with it in the city. The route isn’t closed off: you run with the usual traffic and cross together, and the bakery stops can get busy. Drop me an email, and I’ll let your pacer know.

Of course. Both pick the same group, and you’ll run together.

At each stop the baker’s signature treat, a button as your race number, a pacer per group, water at the finish and photos of the morning.

Not always. I ask the bakers to keep it runnable: sometimes a small size or half a portion. Enough to taste.

The bakers are small and can’t cater for that: not vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free or nut-free. Feel free to bring something tasty of your own.

A pacer simply runs along in the group, wearing the pacer button. You hold the pace and keep the group together. You get the route on paper and as a GPX file, and you join the group chat with the other pacers. Fancy it? Tick the box when you sign up.

Of course. Just tell your pacer. The route passes trams and buses, so you’ll be home in no time.

Then we run anyway. Only with a code orange or red weather warning will I move the run.

Good shoes, a bottle of water, your phone. And an appetite.

Yes, to someone who can keep up with your group’s pace. Just email me who it is.

Refunds aren’t possible: most of your ticket goes to the bakers, and they’re counting on it. You can pass it on, though: just email me who it is.

There’s only a little space to store your things, so don’t bring more than you need.

Yes. At The Hague’s Finest Cafe you can simply order from the menu, before the start and afterwards. Card and cash both work.

There’s one toilet. So please go at home, then nobody has to queue for long at the start.

Sure. Park your bike in the racks on the street side, not in front of the cafe door. There’s plenty of room at the Stadhoudersplantsoen.

At The Hague’s Finest Cafe, Valeriusstraat 83 in The Hague. The cafe is open from 8:30. The groups start every 10 minutes: Tompoes (custard slice) at 9:00, Appelflap (apple turnover) at 9:10, Kaneelbroodje (cinnamon roll) at 9:20 and Croissant at 9:30. Be there in time for your group’s start. That’s where you come back in afterwards, for coffee and a group photo. About the host (in Dutch) →

For this edition the host and the bakers are settled. The Bun Run comes back twice a year, so feel free to email me about a future edition. What a host does (in Dutch) →

Twice a year, in spring and autumn. Each edition with a few different bakers.