Trail Challenge                           


Trail Challenge – 2008 series

Trail Challenge is back!  As with last year, there will be 3 summer Tuesday evening events, along with the Trail Challenge half marathon race in September.  For each of the Tuesday evening races, there will be a 10km race starting at 7:30pm and a 6km race starting at 7:40pm.  The full schedule of events is set out below:

·        Tuesday 13 May – Bushy Park (KT1 4AZ)   RESULTS

·        Tuesday 24 June – Ham Riverside (KT2 5BH)  RESULTS

·        Tuesday 12 August – Richmond Park (TW10 7AA)

·        Sunday 21 September (Half marathon) – Ham Riverside/Richmond Park (KT2 5BH)

NOTE for 12 August event at Richmond Park – Trail Challenge competitors are asked not to park in the Ranelagh Harriers’ clubhouse car park, which is reserved for their club’s runners only.  Instead you should park on nearby streets (which may mean a short walk to the event headquarters at the clubhouse).  Please co-operate with this request so that we can continue to use this venue in the future.

Race entries

Online entries are now available, via the Fabian4 race entries website – click here for online entry.  The price for online entries in advance for the summer evening series is £4 per race, but you can enter all 3 races together online in advance for £10 (so a £2 discount).  We will not be accepting postal entries this year.  You can still enter each race on the day (subject to the entry limit not being reached), for a charge of £6 per race.

On the online entries page, the series has been set up as a “3-day” event – day 1 is the Bushy Park race on 13 May, day 2 is the Ham Riverside race on 24 June, and day 3 is the Richmond Park race on 12 August.  (Entries for the half marathon race will not be available until later in the summer.)  If you want to enter the whole series (and claim the £2 discount) then you need to enter for days 1, 2 and 3 all at the same time.

The closing date for each race is the weekend prior to the race.

If you have any problems using the online entry service, please contact Mark Vyvyan-Robinson for help (publicity @ sloweb.org.uk).

Further details

Further details are set out in the series flyer – download flyer here (Word document). 

Trail Challenge runners will also be interested in the annual Surrey Hills Race/Trail Challenge event taking place on Bank Holiday Monday 26 May in Dorking – click here for details


What are Trail Challenge races and who can take part?

Trail Challenge races are mass-start TRAIL races with a difference.  A series of checkpoints define the courses which are run over tracks and trails - the challenge arises from choosing the fastest route between them.  All competitors are given a detailed map of the area and an electronic 'finger' (as used in adventure racing) to record your arrival at checkpoints.  The electronic 'finger' (also known as a SportIdent dibber) allows us to produce instant results showing your time between checkpoints, giving you hours of harmless fun comparing split times!

What races are on offer?

Courses in the summer series are of length 10 km and 6 km.  Additionally, the annual half-marathon race in the autumn provides an extended length 21.1 km course, and also a “mini” 2 km course for children.

Previous results

Results of previous Trail Challenge events can be found here:

Further information

For further information on the Trail Challenge series, please contact the series co-ordinator Mark Vyvyan-Robinson (publicity @ sloweb.org.uk).

 

Page updated 7 July 2008