2020 will see the fifth running of this tough race that takes in the superb private estate of Castle Carr as well as much of Midgley, Warley and Wadsworth Moors
AL- 24km (15miles)/1200m (4000′)
Sunday 27th Sept 2020
Main start: 11am (early start available at 10:30am for runners who would expect to be in the last 20% of the field.)
| Castle Carr FB page. Link here | |
| Where? | The Hare and Hounds Pub, Chiserley (Old Town) near Hebden Bridge. HX7 8TN. Grid ref: SE 005 280 |
| How much? | £10. Entry on the day. |
| Prizes | 10 year categories with prizes for u21s & u23s |
| Age limit | Over 18. |
| Race Organiser | Bill Johnson – contact: bill@cvfr.co.uk or (07918) 913300 |
| What shall I carry? |
The race is licensed by the FRA under UKA rules. FRA mandatory minimum kit is compulsory
You must carry:
If you want water during the race, carry a cup or water bottle with you. Two marshals on the route (at CP4 and before CP8) should have water containers. But they won’t have plastic cups. Bring your kit to registration because it will be checked there. |
| Route Map | The race route goes across the Castle Carr estate to checkpoint 1, then does a complete anticlockwise circuit around the estate and moors. Once the circuit is done (to checkpoint 8), you will head back across the estate to the finish.The route will be flagged through the private Castle Carr estate, but apart from that will only be flagged at a few key points.
Please do not go through the out-of-bounds area shown on the recce map before race day. Instead this is a map of the recommended route to use to recce: On race day this is the actual race route: |
| Checkpoints | 1: SE027307 trod 2: SE011303 standing stone 3: SE007276 path junction 4: SE010264 path at bottom of woods 5: SE014278 sheepstones trig 6: SE020267 gate 7: SE022276 crow hill (timeout at 14:00) 8: SE034302 rocking stone NB: there is a timeout at CP7. If you arrive there after 2pm you must check in with the marshal there, retire and make your own way back to the start/finish. |
| Results | PDF: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 Excel: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 With checkpoint times: 2019 |
| Photos (courtesy Woodentops) | 2019 checkpoint 3 | 2019 wicken hill | 2019 first finishers |
Records
| Male | Sam Tosh | 1:56:22 | Rossendale | 2017 |
| MU21 | Noah Hurton | 2:15:32 | Eden Runners | 2017 |
| MU23 | Noah Hurton | 2:15:32 | Eden Runners | 2017 |
| MV40 | Karl Gray | 2:04:40 | Calder Valley | 2017 |
| MV50 | Mark Roberts | 2:16:22 | Borrowdale | 2017 |
| MV60 | William Procter | 2:37:15 | Helm Hill | 2017 |
| MV70 | David Tait | 3:09:41 | Dark Peak | 2017 |
| Female | Victoria Wilkinson | 2:16:12 | Bingley | 2017 |
| FU21 | Hannah Russell | 2:44:51 | Helm Hill | 2017 |
| FU23 | Annie Roberts | 2:36:27 | Todmorden | 2017 |
| FV40 | Lou Roberts | 2:21:35 | Ambleside | 2017 |
| FV50 | Anna Jane Meeks | 2:55:13 | Borrowdale | 2017 |
| FV60 | Pat Goodall | 3:09:37 | Totley | 2017 |