Trail Challenge                           


Trail Challenge – 2009 series

Tuesday evening series flyer – download here as a Word document or PDF document

Half Marathon flyer – download here as a PDF document

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. 

We are also now arranging mini-trail challenge 2km races at each event, starting at 6:45pm.  The mini-2km race is FREE, and there is no need to enter in advance.  These races are for juniors from any age, and parents are welcome to take part as well.

The full schedule of races is set out below:

·        Tuesday 12 May – Bushy Park (KT1 4AZ)  RESULTS

·        Tuesday 23 June – Ham Riverside (KT2 5BH)RESULTS

·        Tuesday 11 August – Richmond Park (TW10 7AA)

·        Sunday 13 September (Half marathon) – Richmond Park (TW10 7AA) DETAILS

Race entries

Online entries are now available, via the Fabian4 race entries website – choose online entry (Tuesday evening series) or online entry (Half Marathon).  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.  The half marathon race costs £6 in advance and £8 on the day.

On the online entries page, the series has been set up as a “3-day” event – day 1 is the Bushy Park race on 12 May, day 2 is the Ham Riverside race on 23 June, and day 3 is the Richmond Park race on 11 August.  (Entries for the half marathon race are made separately – see the link above.)  If you want to enter the whole 3-race 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 (trail @ sloweb.org.uk).

Further details

Further details are set out in the series flyer – see links above.


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 (trail @ sloweb.org.uk).

         

 

Page updated 15 May 2009