Event

Womens Half Marathon

Date

18-04-2010

Type

Half Marathons

Cost

£25

Closing Date

10-09-2009

Distance

13.1 Miles

Schedule 2010

Sunday 18th April. Castle Combe, Wiltshire. 10:30 start
Sunday 11th July. Oulton Park, Cheshire. 10:30 start
Sunday 19th September. Pippingford Park, East Sussex. 10:30 start
Further timings and details will be published in 2010 nearer the event dates.

Individual entry prices:

WRN UKA affiliated member £25
WRN non UKA affiliated member £27
Non WRN UKA affiliated member £30
Non WRN and UKA affiliated member £32
Relay team of 3 (complete 1 lap of 4 miles each) with relay finisher T-shirt £45

Terrain

All the venues have been chosen for their inspiring surroundings. Mixture’s of smooth tarmac roads, paths and tracks through open woodlands. Each course is made up of 3 laps. Castle Combe race circuit is the flattest of the 3 courses, Oulton Park provides some challenging undulations on the race circuit and Pippingford Park finishes the series in a very picturesque country park complete with deer, manor house and lakes!

Facilities

One month before each event full venue and race details will be emailed to all competitors. Race details will also be shown on the WRN website At each venue the Women’s half marathons will offer:
Free race T-shirt and Goody bag to all individual competitors
Large registration area (race number and timing chip to be collected at the event)
Ample toilet facilities
Electronic chip timing with lap splits and large screen results display
Event catering offering hot food, teas and coffees
Free car parking
Covered areas for supporters
Shops and stands from our sponsors Do Running, Less Bounce and Votwo
All events held under UKA rules and UKA license applied number for

Team/Relay

Enter a relay team of 3 and complete one lap each of just over 4 miles. All 3 teams members receive a goody bag and a Relay team T-shirt each. Select ‘Relay team of 3’ when choosing your venue.

Prizes

Supplied by Brooks, Do Running and Less Bounce.

1st - 5th overall
1st, 2nd and 3rd vet
1st, 2nd and 3rd super vet
Spot prizes to given out in the race number raffle at the prize presentation

Categories

Minimum age is 17 years of age on the day of the event for individual entries
Minimum age for the relay team is 15 on the day of the event

Spectators

Spectators will be well catered for in all 3 venues. Each course is made up of 3 laps so there is plenty of opportunity to support your runner. Event catering and large covered areas (in case of bad weather) all make for these to be spectator friendly events!

It has been one of the dreams of the Women’s Running Network to hold a series of half marathons just for women. We are very happy we are finally achieving this. Every emphasis is on helping women achieve this tremendous goal of completing a half marathon. Watch out for the full marathon distance event in 2011.....