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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.
The course will be marked with red & white tape and yellow & black signs.
Mega Challenge
Do remember the format of this event is slightly different, you only get a medal if you do at least a half marathon and it's a different medal for a Half, Full or Ultra Marathon! It's 4 laps for a Half, 8 for a Full and 9 for an Ultra. (We have a 50k add on as well for folk who want to run 9 laps + a little bit!)
If you finish before 4 laps then you will get a results and a goody bag though, just no Mega Medal!
Double Bling
If you're doing both days then there is the opportunity to earn a Double Mega Medal, there are Double Half, Double Full & Double Ultra. If you do unequal distances on the two days, i.e. Full & a Half or Ultra & a Full then you'll get the "lower" Double Medal in addition to the regular event medals, in this case Double Half and Double Full respectively.
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
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 for the weekend, light cloud, sunshine, not much breeze. High of 21C 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.
Celebrations
Mary Taylor is running her 50th Marathon on Saturday and Justin Ellis is running his 100th Marathon on Sunday!
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