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Road or trail shoes should be fine. I'd go for road as its going to be dry. It's about 50% on decent grassy trail, about 50% on really high grade gravel "cycle paths"
We're opting for a 3.28 mile loop which is nicely undulating (100' climb per lap) and nothing scary at all hill wise, just very gentle undulations.
There are lots of photos and the route on the Course page here. Cakes!
Whilst we'll be supplying some of course we also encourage runners to bring along their creations too and there will be trophies! (We're going to have 3/4 trophies per category plus five floating ones - so 25 trophies!). If you're bringing along a cake I'd suggest you look at the prize categories on the website and choose ingredients wisely (if you'd like to win a trophy)! FYI nothing with fruit has ever won an award, or green, the judge likes marzipan and anything with marmite or kale carries a two lap penalty!
Can you please identify your cake in some manner so we can award the prizes correctly and if its vegan that its vegan.
We'll have paper plates and forks to assist in the consumption.
Lap CountingAt race registration you'll be handed a small laminated lap counting card, attach this to yourself with a safety pin or cable tie. At the end of each loop get this punched through by one of the hole puncher chaps or chappesses. So basically at the end of each lap, get your card punched, or ring the bell!
Event Format
Remember these are timed events, not fixed distance events. If you complete at least one lap, then you are an official finisher and will receive a medal, goody bag and an official finish in the results. If you want to complete the marathon distance, then you'll need to complete 8 loops, an ultra will be 9 loops or more. (We'll have a 50k option too)
You must have started your final loop by a strict 6 hours 00 minutes after the start and as is traditional with ultra events, this is a strictly enforced time limit. As long as you are out of the base camp before the 6 hours 00 minutes limit you'll be able to complete that loop (even if you finish after the 6 hour threshold). There will be no mileage credit for partial laps.
Finally you'll have to tell us when you're finished, not the other way around. As it's a timed event, if you wish you can stop, have a rest and continue, eat cake, go have a cup of tea in the cafe or you can just stop!
We'll have an “official finishers bell” for this purpose, (Rachel will be the keeper!) when you're done for the day, ring the bell and the goodies will be yours! Toilets
We'll have a couple of portaloos at the base camp and there are also some by the cafe. These are located at the end of the cafe by the edge of the car park, please note however that the cafe toilets won't be open until about 0800.
Weather
Forecast is looking pretty decent, light cloud, sunshine, not much breeze. High of 20C so be quite warm later on.
Neck Warmers/Mugs
We now have SVN "Neck Warmers" (absolutely nothing like the well known buffs) and SVN green mugs for sale at £5 cash on race days
Goody Bags
If you'd prefer to not have a goody bag for this event, just hand it back when you finish and we'll keep a running total and add £5 to the "SVN Charity of the Month" donation.
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