CALENDAR

Entries for FRA members only will open at 10:00 on Friday 8th March and close at 09:00 on Friday 15th March or when 70% of the places have been filled.

Entries for all remaining places will open for all at 10:00 on Friday 15th March and a Waiting List will be used if the event becomes full (400 limit). Entries close 9th May unless full.

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The 2024 race is a counter in the English Fell running championship.

• Start time: 11:00
• Category: AL
• Distance: 22.5 km / 14 miles
• Climb: 1250 m / 4101 ft
• Minimum age: 18

Registration in Downham Village Hall – 100m south and up the hill from the centre of Downham (BB7 4BJ). Allow 15 min walk from car parking which is likely to be on a flat field. Please car share and follow signs and marshals instructions.

Held under UKA rules and registered with the FRA. This is an ‘AL’ category race and full FRA mandatory kit must be carried. Kit must be brought to registration for checking. NO KIT – NO RUN. Runners without kit at the finish will be disqualified.

Checkpoint cut-offs will be implemented (details on our website). Runners arriving at checkpoints after those times will be deemed ‘out of the race’ and must return directly to the finish.

Records: Men – Tom Brunt 2.04.20 (2012). Ladies – Jean Brown 2.31.00 (2013).

RACE DETAILS

• Region: Lake District
• Category: AL
• Website: http://www.cfra.co.uk
• Distance: 34 km / 21.1 miles
• Climb: 2750 m / 9022 ft
• Skills: ER, PM, LK, NS
• Minimum age: 18

ENTRY INFORMATION

• Entry on day: No
• Pre-entry: Yes
• Pre-entry fee (members): £15.00
• Pre-entry fee (non-members): £18.00
• English Championship race. Pre-entries – only – to be submitted between Monday April 15th & Friday July 5th. SportIdent will operate a staged entry process.  Field limit 300.

RACE DETAILS

• Start time info: Women start at 1pm, men start at 2.45pm
• Region: Lake District
• Category: AS
• Website: https://www.amblesideac.org.uk/races/our-races/blisco/
• Distance: 7 km / 4.3 miles
• Climb: 609 m / 1998 ft
• Skills: LK, NS
• Minimum age: 16
• Age info: 16 on the day

ENTRY INFORMATION

• Entry on day: No
• Pre-entry: Yes
• Pre-entry fee (members): £10.00
• Pre-entry fee (non-members): £13.00
• Enter online from 1st May 2024

Distance – 8.75 miles

Efforts – 5 x  0.75 to 1 mile efforts (approx)

Route – Through Farsley, down to The Owl pub at Rodley, up Coal Hill Lane, along Intake/Swinnow through Stanningley, to Pudsey centre, then down to Fartown before heading back to the school.

1. 2nd entrance to Westroyd Park to Springbank Rd/Coal Hill Ln/Bagley Rd junction
2. Pedestrian crossing (just after Club Ln) to Top of Coal Hill Ln/Intake Ln junction
3. Bus stop after the bypass bridge to The Britannia Pub
4. Corner/bend on Littlemoor Rd (building that used to be a pub opposite Busy Bees) to top of Fartown where it becomes Greenside
5. The Marsh Pub to round about at Bradford Rd (A647)

Distance – 8.2 miles

Efforts – 4 x 1.5 miles (ish)

Route – Down to Stanningley, up Broad lane to Bramley Town Street, down Henconner Ln (past bus depot) to Wickes, up Pudsey Rd to Pudsey centre, on to Uppermoor, then Waterloo Rd and back to the start

Start/finish points for efforts:

1. Viaduct Richardshaw Lane to shops by Beacon Pub on Broad Lane
2. Opposite Methodist Church on Upper Town Street to Bridge (under train track) on Henconner Lane
3. Just after lights on Pudsey road (“Pudsey Speed Watch” sign on left) to Pudsey centre/Pudsey Town Hall traffic lights
4. The Marsh pub to the last bus stop on Bradford Road before the Dawsons Corner roundabout

Short efforts (1/4 mile / 400m approx)

Total distance about 6/6.5 miles – route Bankhouse, Fulneck, Pudsey centre

Meet at Pudsey Civic Hall car park

Distance – 8.75 miles

Efforts – 5 x  0.75 to 1 mile efforts (approx)

Route – Through Farsley, down to The Owl pub at Rodley, up Coal Hill Lane, along Intake/Swinnow through Stanningley, to Pudsey centre, then down to Fartown before heading back to the school.

1. 2nd entrance to Westroyd Park to Springbank Rd/Coal Hill Ln/Bagley Rd junction
2. Pedestrian crossing (just after Club Ln) to Top of Coal Hill Ln/Intake Ln junction
3. Bus stop after the bypass bridge to The Britannia Pub
4. Corner/bend on Littlemoor Rd (building that used to be a pub opposite Busy Bees) to top of Fartown where it becomes Greenside
5. The Marsh Pub to round about at Bradford Rd (A647)

Distance – 8.2 miles

Efforts – 4 x 1.5 miles (ish)

Route – Down to Stanningley, up Broad lane to Bramley Town Street, down Henconner Ln (past bus depot) to Wickes, up Pudsey Rd to Pudsey centre, on to Uppermoor, then Waterloo Rd and back to the start

Start/finish points for efforts:

1. Viaduct Richardshaw Lane to shops by Beacon Pub on Broad Lane
2. Opposite Methodist Church on Upper Town Street to Bridge (under train track) on Henconner Lane
3. Just after lights on Pudsey road (“Pudsey Speed Watch” sign on left) to Pudsey centre/Pudsey Town Hall traffic lights
4. The Marsh pub to the last bus stop on Bradford Road before the Dawsons Corner roundabout

Short efforts (1/4 mile / 400m approx)

Total distance about 6/6.5 miles – route Bankhouse, Fulneck, Pudsey centre

Meet at Pudsey Civic Hall car park