The Leith Hill Half Not the toughest, but tough enough! Dorking - Westcott - Leith Hill 11am, Sunday 18 March 2012   Including the Wife Carrying Race

A half marathon from Dorking to the top of the highest point in southeastern England - Leith Hill (and back)

Sorry, the race is full, there is no entry on the day and no waiting list. It really is full!

Please try entering the Steyning Stinger (half and full marathon) - an excellent race over similar ground, but in the South Downs on 4th March.

Discussion 2012 (RW)

On Sunday 6 March, 272 hardy runners set off from the Nower in Dorking to run to the top of Leith Hill and back in one of Britain's most popular half marathons - the Leith Hill Half. After weeks of overcast weather, the clouds broke up and the runners were blessed with a crisp and sunny day - perfect running conditions. Oliver Cass (36) was first man home in 1:28:19, with Paul Davis (28) nearly a minute behind in 1:30:13 and Mungo Wenban-Smith (31) chasing him hard in 1:30:36. First lady home was Claire Weldon (26), who smashed the lady's course record by nearly six minutes, finishing in 16th place in 1:35:35. Second lady home was Holly gilbert (32) of Victoria Park Harriers in 1:44:37, while third lady home was Katie Crowe (34) of Crystal Palace Triathletics, in 1:50:28. Last finisher was Ayesha Moses in 2:49:07, nearly half an hour quicker than the previous year's last placed finisher.

Over 30 marshals helped out at the race. The race race filled up six weeks before race-day and raised over £1000 for local charities.

Huge thanks the mega-marshals!

See comments and ratings 2011

Rate the race 2011

Photos 2011 - Many thanks to Gaz and Claire

Results 2011

RW Discussion thread

Race instructions & tips 2011

Let's get this straight...the first half is all uphill - the second half is not all downhill!

Including 1836 feet of total ascent and 1836 feet of total descent (GPS measurement)

Perfectly timed for your race preparations for the London Marathon (which will seem easy after this!)

Free swimming facilities now available to all runners after the race (1-3pm) (shower before you swim!)

Race supported by Dorking and Mole Valley Athletics Club

Surrey Wildlife Trust

Brilliant 3-D fly-through (Good Run Guide)

View race route videos

The Leith Hill Half Marathon is based at the Priory School, Dorking. The run starts on the Nower (courtesy of Surrey Wildlife Trust), proceeds along footpaths and bridleways to the picturesque village of Westcott, and then turns left to climb up the rural byway of Wolvens Track to the Plough Pub at Coldharbour, before making a righ-hand turn to scale the last few hunded metres of ascent to the top of Leith Hill, the highest point in southeastern England (and with views of distant London and the South Downs on a clear day). Apparently there is no higher ground between Leith Hill and the Urals. The route returns along the same track, back to the finish.

Hot food will be provided in the school cafeteria at the end of the race.

The school pool will be open free to runners 1pm-3pm, (thank you to Phil Sears, life-guard extraordinaire!) You must shower before using the pool.

Below: Matterhorn (SW or Italian Ridge) seen from the Breithorn West Summit (4100m) - With Leith Hill Half shirt (courtesy Brian 'Mountain Man' Morris)

Some of the kind things the runners said about the race in 2009 (with thanks to Runner's World)

10/10 gold star event. Hard to beat. Dr Robert and crew, thanks for a brilliant race. Impossible to fault. Great challenge, scenic course, excellent organisation, well thought out goodie bag, a cooked breakfast...and the national anthem to raise the spirits at the start. Awesome. In the diary for next year already. Best race of the year.

Another fantasic Trionium event - thoroughly recommended. The second Trionium event I've done & equally well organised - a great atmosphere and a challenging but beautiful route - thoroughly recommended.

Leith Hill = Lethal - fabulous event, great course, killer hills! Not to be missed! Brilliant choice of course and venue - a very tough route excellent challenge, hard climbs and breakneck downhills, fantastic friendly encouraging runners and marshalls, great atmosphere - loved the rousing anthem and Union Jack shorts at the start, great water stations and clear markers, nice touches (jelly babies) and carrots at the end - great idea! Great momentos (tech t-shirt with name list, nice medal and paperweight) - all good stuff and worth every penny!

Great race, and good value. Really nice route, although doesn't come as a surprise that it is tough. As a triathlete it's always nice to enjoy the bargain atmosphere of a run event with good value for money (unlike most tri's) and brekkie after as well..... made my day.

Challenging but runnable course, perfect organisation, the most enjoyable race I've done. A nicely challenging course with some nasty hills, especially the climb in the last mile (my legs are still feeling that!). Organisation was perfect, plenty of parking, excellent marshalling with a lot of nice touches that make a big difference - jelly babies at the water stations, jaffa cakes at the end (and a fry up!), very friendly marshalls, plenty of encouraging runners and a nice race t-shirt, medal and momento...fantastic race (as are all of Dr Rob's) and I'll definitely do this again next year. Thanks to all the organisers and marshalls.

Best race so far from me - even the rusty kissing gate added to the good humour!

The t-shirt has your name on the back; how good is that?

Great course, great organisation as always, nice breakfast.

Great atmosphere, great organisation, great scenery, great challenge. Really enjoyed this. challenging, but very friendly and supportive. good fun. lovely countryside too. Excellent, very well organised.

Great adventure (if somewhat tiring!!) - Dr Rob & marshalls were great = proper running experience!

Run yourself ragged with Rob's rugged routes.

Beautiful, friendly and special. Loved it!!

Bookmark Trionium and you won't go wrong. Excellent course providing a great challenge & reward. Dr Rob and his marshals are great and make the day. English breafast? Now the benchmark????

A great antidote to the credit crunch - fresh air and hard graft! Thanks to all the team at Trionium. Leith Hill is my patch and it was great to see so many people out enjoying our fantastic countryside. See you next year.

Fabulous day. Comedy wife carrying, the national anthem and then a run in the woods. I'm having trouble walking today but I'll definitely be back next year.

The only half marathon like it. More up than down rather than out and back.

A happy hilly half. Tough, but good fun too. Such a friendly atmosphere too, the patriotic sing along at the start, and the fry up at the end. I'll be back next year! A great race. The really telling thing about this race is that although it's not a fast race, the mile markers seem to keep on popping up quicker than you expect them - because you're enjoying it so much.

The only event that can make a tough run fun! As ever, Dr Rob and his team provided a well organised event with a great atmosphere. A lovely but challenging course - I forgot how nasty that last hill and steps were! The sing-song at the start, great support from marshalls and spectators and the warm welcome back at the finish made for another worthwhile but tough run. See you in 2010!

SUPER RACE ! Hilly, Tough, Muddy (in parts) and most of all lots of FUN!!!!

Clever route, v hard but worth the effort. Fantastic race, well organised, hard route with a sting in the tail ! V Generous race, Medal, T Shirt,trophy, cooked post race brunch, swim & jelly babies @ every water station and a good big group sing at the start to get you going! GOOD JOB !

Very good, would do it again.

Excellent Views, Great Scenery, A Run that pushes you to the max

Dr Rob and his Dorking Club chums set up a great race as usual. I have a grip(e) though - better vegi sausages please!

Flawless organisation, beautiful scenery, enough hills and glorious weather! Excellent race. Very good atmosphere, friendly, not too elitist and a good mix of ability. The marshalls were very supportive and drink / food stations well stocked. A good number of supporters made the trek to the top of Leith Hill and back down again for the finish. The course is challenging and a relief to turn round at the top. The killer hill at the end is cheeky though. Very good take aways - t-shirt, medal and paperweight. Cost could be lowered by cutting down on these. Enjoyed watching the wife carry and will definitiely be back later in the year and again for this one in 2010. Thank you to the whole Trionium Team.

No flat bits! Mainly up all the way out and mainly down in the way back - with a cheeky steep uphill just before the finish. Very friendly - runners and marshalls. Largely footpaths and bridleways, not too much mud, although a lot of stones and roots on the ground, so care needed. Unusually, got blisters, which slowed me down on the descent. All the pain evaporated with the relief of finishing - and the jaffa cakes and jelly babies, followed by a nice fry-up. I had almost baulked at the £32 entrance fee, but it was worth the price - great, well organised race, decent technical top and nice paperweight memento.

A brilliant initiation to running half-marathons.. Tough race with awesome hills, prepare to get muddy and wet!

Well organised.....gruelling circuit though!! Has to be done at lease once, however the following day I'm thinking once will be enough :-)

Fantastic race. A real challenge, but worth all the pain. Although my legs disagree!

Tough but well worth the effort. A very hard race with long tough climbs but a great route and excellent organisation. A really amazing array of medal, memento and t-shirt made everyone feel as though they had won!. The opportunity for the free swim and breakfast afterwards was a nice touch.

Tough hills but a fair course - great race atmosphere. My first time on this course, but another classic from Dr Rob! I should have expected the killer hill just before the finish, but put that out of my head on the way up. Superb views from the top of the course, and what a relief to know that the majority of the return leg was downhill. Runners weren't quite as encouraging as they usually are on Trionium runs - perhaps the course is too easy?! A huge thank you as always to the marshals - who really were encouraging, even when I'd blown up spectacularly in the 1st mile(!) - and to all the helpers behind the scenes, especially to the canteen staff who must have given up a Sunday morning to provide a full cooked breakfast to weary and mud-spattered runners. I'll be back next year - hopefully with a "wife" on my back!!

Hard...very hard, but delightful!

Jaffa cakes, jelly babies, full English and hills, what's not to like?

Great race, lung busting climbs, but worth it. Watch out for the roots/stones.

Superb - Trionium Quality Race. Rob and the Trionium organisers have a beautiful, fun and challenging race which we all ran for Queen and Country! Best race I have ever been in. Best race of the year. I love this race! Hard work from the off, but so much fun running down hill on the way back. Just walk up the really steep hills and steps and run the rest. Thanks Dr Rob for a fantastic race - I'll be back!

Tough friendly race through some great scenery. For starters this is a tough course, the run up to Leith Hill is a gradual climb pretty much all the way with two steep sections near the top. The second half is back the way you came so pretty much all downhill with a nasty little climb at about 12.5 miles! Surface is a mixture of mainly forest tracks and sand and a bit of grass and tarmac. Overall, a friendly event with lots of encouragement from spectators, marshalls and fellow competitors and no feel of elitism. Probably not an ideal first race (it was mine) but as long as you are prepared to tough it out you will have a very rewarding experience.

Superb organisation and Jaffa cakes at the finish!

Superb as ever. Friendly, fun and a sense of achievement. Well done to Dr Rob and all the organisers. Thank you.

Don't expect to run it all, unless you're superhuman. Tough as nails with some exceptionally killer hills, more x-country than I expected but that made it all the better. Well deserved fry-up after the race along with a tech t-shirt (with your name on that back), a memento and medal. Well worth the £32 entry fee - if not just for the experience. I'll be back next year for sure and I'd highly recommend taking part.

Wow! What a toughy . . . . . . but absolutely fantastic! This race was fantastically organised with great marshalls all the way around. The sweeties at the water stop were most welcome and probably helped my speediness on the way home! That and the thought of the breakfast! These races are always brilliantly organised and the race mementos were great. Will defo do this again - unless I see sense at some point but am now considering the Greensands. I must be mad . . .

Great race, great location, great organisation, great hill!!

Up Up Up, then down down, watch out for the last UP

Another classic from the Trionium stable of events. Hardest half-mararthon I've ever done - yet!

A superb day. And the breakfast was delicious. Fantastic views and a great atmosphere!!

Tough off-road half, with spectacular scenery and a wonderful atmosphere.

The toughest half marathon I have run, but the friendliest and most scenic. Great and much welcomed breakfast after.

Great race in lovely weather. We were lucky with the weather but I think it would have been a great race even without the sunshine. There were a couple of steep hills but most were pretty gradual - which made running up and down them a bit nicer. Really good atmosphere with pretty much everyone in the field being able to encourage each other on due to the out and back nature of the course.

Excellent, excellent, excellent..... what a race!!

Tough but well worth it.

My first half marathon - all the rest will be easier than this - but not as much fun.

Too much fun! Not steep enough! Puddles too clean! Excellent route, easier than the Munro and pleasanter scenery. Terrific atmosphere in runners and organisers - Many thanks to Rob and the team. Next year I shall be leading the start-line singing of the republican anthem, "Barwick Green" - Dum-di-dum-di-dum-di-dum, Dum-di-dum-di-dah-dum!

Fantastic race. This is the second time I've run this race and I'll be back next year. It's great fun despite the tough course. And reaching the half-way point gives you a real psychological boost because you knows it's pretty much downhill all the way back to the finish. Just put that last killer hill to the back of your mind!!

Fantastic atmosphere, fantastic race, fantastic day. Fabulous. I shall be back next year. With an extra pair of legs maybe.

A varied and challenging course and friendly atmosphere as per all the Trionium events I have done. Post race fry up helped ease the memory of whimpering on the last hill.

Excellent race: very nice and difficult course. Great race for having fun and mountain training.

Knackering, inspiring... and loved it. It's all been said already, fabulous organisation, so friendly, encouraging marshalls, a great day out.

Fantastic race plus a full english breakfast included - tremendous.

Brilliant day, punishing run - hills, rocks, tree roots, mud, sandy tracks, but plent of encouragement, great momentoes and cracking fry up after.

This is what running is all about. A tough challenge in a supeb atmosphere.

Very good...especially good momentos at the end - the best bit being the sweets! Very good marshalls...although on the way back I nearly got lost!

Brill event esp course, views, pit-stops, hand-outs, showers, lunch. Great to have shower & lunch before leaving. I would highly recommend this event. It should receive greater acclaim. Really trivial quibbles: no coffee at start, need 1 or 2 more signs (for confidence), showers need de-scaling. But I would still rate this event 99% ! :-) Well done and thank you, all organisers and marshals ! See you next year.

Superb but they're taking the p*ss with the final climb (well death walk). Brilliant, great venue at the school, friendly organisers - great to sing the national anthem (and its not even mine!) - brilliant momentos, wonderful scenery and astonishingly tough in places. What a great race! Fantastic day, challenging run, superb views and wasn't the weather perfect? I rated this as a PB dead cert as it was my first half - and what a memorable one. The fry up after was a genius of an idea. Organisation was typically spot on for a Trionium event and all the marshalls were very encouraging. I'll definitely be back next year.

Brilliant race. I was back doing cross country at school.

Everything a race should be! Hard but enjoyable, great atmosphere, super Race HQ set up for a race of its size. I did this race as a marathon warm-up but it just might become the focal point of my winter training in years to come.

My legs are shot and I ache but, boy, was it worth it! This has to be one of the friendliest races I've ever done as well as one of the toughest. Well marshalled, incredible views (esp. at the 1/2-way point, and sweets, carrots, jaffa cakes and a fry up for the post race munchies (hot showers also). Nice medal and a decent tee, and I like the memento. Hats off to Dr. Rob for a fantastic race! If the rest of the Trionium races are as good as this, I'm almost tempted to do the Picnic.

Lethal but lovely. Just as good as last year, the loss of the maltesers balanced by the lack of hail. Many thanks to all for a great event.

Excellent for all abilities. Really well organised, hard work but rewarding. Great goodies at the end. Will definitely come back next year.

Can't fault a race with a fry up at the end! Great touch.

Great route, great atmosphere, I'll definitley do again, getting more tempted to do the greensand marathon in Oct.

Tough but oh so worth it...!!! What a fab race!!! Excellent organisation, nice touch with sweets at the water stations.. some very tough climbs(but I just walked those bits) and a very long steady climb towards the tower... very friendly marshalls, great atmosphere and now my legs especially my bum is in bits...Was thinking of doing the Picnic marathon.. just a bit more training first I think..

Some of the kind things the runners said about the race in 2008 (with thanks to Runner's World)

The best trail run I've ever done (and I've done a few). This is an outstanding event. The organisation made you think it had been going for a decade, but in fact it was the inaugural race! The course is very tough - only elite runners who can do a half marathon in 1:09 would expect to run every yard of it. Expect lung bursting walks, death-defying downhill plunges and MUD. A superb race, the most fun I've had in years. I'll be back.

Wonderful views, sandy underfoot, friendly and challenging!

Excellent . Local, well organised, great scenery, eccentric but fun, great goodies

Very challenging but scenery and route makes this a very enjoyable run. The breakfast afterwards was most welcome. One of the best organised races II have done in a while. Excellent memorabilia. distance markers are missing but who needs them

Two and half hours went very quick!

Apart from a loud hailer being very helpful at the start this is a truly British race - mad dogs and all that. Stunning scenery, fantastic weather and great group spirit of all participants - well done rob and generally everyone !! See you next time

Great Race - Dr Rob has done it again! Would recommend this to anyone who has a penchant for challenges! Absolutely great race - brilliant atmosphere, great organisation, fanstastic scenery. Be warned however, that there is a long slow climb out (for at least a couple of miles), and a killer hill at about 12!

Exremely friendly and supportive marshalls. Excellent setup and good food after the race

Brilliant organisation, great route - my favourite race so far. Tough but fun, with great organisation and a really good atmoshphere - and A FULL ENGLISH BREAKFST AFTER THE RACE FOR ALL COMPETITORS. you can't argue with that!

Nicely challenging course, beautiful scenery, friendly marshalls, plenty of goodies to eat along the way and a great atmosphere. Technical t-shirt and the cooked brekkie were a nice bonus at the end. I'll definitely be back...

Good race, top organisation, tough course - but we were warned!

A beautiful route that's so absorbing you don't feel the (much anticipated) pain! - Until the next day! It was great!

Steep didn't begin to describe some of the climbs! Excellent spirit and support among the runners; helped on the climbs.

From the perspective of a first time Half-Marathoner, this was the type of race that makes you want to come back for more punishment. As one of the youngest racers there, I was overwhelmed by how friendly the whole thing was: already looking forward to next year...

Brilliant race providing a great mix of scenery, challenge, fun, spirit and feel good!

Tip top race, loads of supportive marshalls. Love the quirkyness of the Trionium race. Tough course.

A challenging but friendly mixed terrain half marathon with some nice touches. What a fun event with a small field of 230 runners and a friendly atmosphere. As it is an out and back course the slower and faster runners shout encouragement to each other as they pass. The organiser Dr. Rob adds some wonderfully eccentric touches including a wife carrying race and singing the national anthem at the start. The terrain is mixed, mud, sand and a little bit of road and quite hilly. The marshalls were friendly and encouraging. The water stops included jelly babies and maltesers. At the end you get a bright yellow T shirt (with your name included in a list on the back) and a clear plastic paperweight featuring four runners in 3D; beats a medal. There are showers available after and you even get a cooked breakfast. Can't wait until next year. Well done to all involved.

Over too soon! Dr Rob et al must again be congratulated for another classic in the making. Although not as tough as the Munro (what is?) it was a schizophrenic affair needing good discipline – which I obviously lacked! You might have thought that, as it was mostly downhill for the second half, once you hit the tower it was easy. We who know Dr Rob’s fetish for things vertical should not be fooled and the final climb to the Temple was murder! I have always thought that I was “vertically challenged” because I’m short, but this gave new meaning to the term! The rain the day before was a pity - thanks to the detailed route on the website I had done most of the course beforehand and this was amongst the muddiest I have seen it, which meant much weaving between puddled ruts. Overall though a winner. The 80 or so that didn’t turn up should be kicking themselves, and I hope they, like me, will be there next year.

Steep. Muddy. Rough. Good fun if the weather's with you. Thoroughly enjoyable - an instant success! This was a fantastic event - a tough and challenging yet scenic course, excellent organisation, friendly atmosphere and to top it off a free post race cooked breakfast for all! This event must surely become an regular fixture after such a successful debut. A hearty thanks to everyone involved.

13 miles of X-country. Brilliant! This has to be the best half-marathon I've ever done, and the slowest time! Over 6 miles going up on the way out, meant an exhilarating six mile downhill section with loads of nice soft mud and sand. Trail running at its finest!

A 'cheeky' little number - great camaraderie

Great race, excellent organisation, tough but much more fun than a standard half marathon.. The time passed surprisingly quickly and I will definitely do it again.

Excellent fun. Luckily the maltesers were larger than the hail stones. Lovely marshalls and fellow runners, course was a b*stard but so very scenic. Good chance of a negative split, very good tshirt, saved me buying a fluoro one.Thanks! Fabulous organisation and perfect if you like hills! I don't!!

Hard, hilly, lot of fun

Not for the faint hearted. The uphills were murder, the down were just glorious. The mud made it all the more fun and the marshals were incredibly friendly. Fantastic race and I would do it again, with a bit more hill training beforehand this time!

Another classic. Another Dr Rob race on the calander is always a good thing. This one is no different. Another amazing race utilizing the best of the Surrey countryside. I had a ball. Many thanks to the fab marshalls (yummy mars bar and maltesers) the Thames Turbo lady who kept me company all the way back, the lovely Andy for laughing at me at the top and all the front runners for their cheery waves, support and encouragement (the true genius of the Dr Rob races)

Great course, great views and great atmosphere. Would definitely do again. Very Friendly Race. Nice tee shirt (though the 'small' would dwarf most women runners I know! Would have been nice to see some vets and team prizes. Prizes only for first man and woman. Could have done without the national anthem at the start! But overall one of the most enjoyable half marathons I've done.

Superb trail-running with a terrific scenic high point in a very friendly atmosphere.

I never knew running up hill in the mud could be so much fun! A brilliant race and great breakfast at the end. Superb!

A fine run up one of the best hills in Surrey. Hard work but worth it.lear the sweat from youverything that an off road should have in it - hills, muds, views (when you clear the sweat from your eyes). One or two more marshalls and this could become a must-run fixture for the season. All things considered - excellent value.

Hard Run , Friendly , But Fab Organisation & Free Full English Breakfast Made It Worthwhile. This was my first cross country. It was hard very hilly in places but a great view from the top made it worth it. Friendly & organisation excellent.

A fantastic inaugural Leith Hill Half and I hope the first of many It was tough going at times but this was to be expected, the organisation was great - especially for the first running of the event and the atmosphere and camaraderie amongst fellow runners was great. The glass memento and T-shirt are better than the tinny old medals that are often dished out. As for all those people griping about the entry fee, running is free, therefore, any event you enter is in effect expensive, I would far prefer to pay £25 for this event than plod along on the FLM which just doesn't do it for me - like so many things in life, you get what you pay for!

'The Sadist' Dr Rob does it again!!! Terrific race - wish I was a bit fitter as I knew I needed to go slow on frst half! MUST be the best half-way point to any half-marathon in the UK. That last hill was an absolute killer. Smashing momento and t-shrt and the cooked breakfast was absolute genious. Well done to all the marshalls, and Dr Rob in particular - oh, and LOVE the National Anthem at the start!!!

Tough but thouroughly enjoyable, beautiful scenery, nice downhill finish, great tshhirt, and nice momento (which I have just noted due to the wording "1st Leith Hill Half Marathon" you could bragg to relatives you actually won!!!) Crazy race - mostly uphill in 1st half and fast desents in second. Fantastic challenge and great organisation

A beautiful setting for a pretty tough race. Watch out for the last hill!!

Fantastic race. Counted this as a training run rather than a race in preparation for FLM. 13 miles of uphill/downhill and uneven ground I'm sure counts for more. Very well organised, good atmosphere and beautiful views of Surrey. It is a bit pricey compared to other races but you get a very good techy T-shirt, lovely paper weight, lunch included and a proportion of money to charity so overall makes a good day out. The marshalls and other competitors that pass on the there/back make it a very friendly and supportive race. Same again next year please Rob

For anyone who has done the Tanners 30 over the Surrey Hills (first Sunday in July, see the LDWA website), you know what to expect. For every up there's a down - a long trudge up to the turning point on Leith Hill and its glorious views and then the predominantly downhill return back to Dorking with the final killer hill towards The Nower. Marshals in all the right places, I didn't get lost. Well organised from this punter's standpoint.

Hilly run with interest all the way and good food at the end. Well organised and very friendly. Excellent.

Knackering but worth it. Love the trophy! Thank you to the excellent marshalls. Shame about the hailstones!!

Awesome! The organisation for this race was second to none in my experience. Dr Rob and his team have gone to considerable lengths with videos of the route, how to get there, a good detailed map of the course and marshalling before the race to find the school and help with parking. Booking in took 45 seconds and I was out getting ready to warm up. This race can be best described as "challenging" but that is what I expect when I go to a Trionium race, pure mud and hill. Marshalls were brilliant and due to the nature of the course , yellow arrows and chevron tape were more than sufficient. Thanks to the St John's Ambulance our unsung heros and heroines for their time and effort. I am sitting here wearing my run t-shirt (with name on back) with a huge grin on my face with my paper weight trophy glinting in the sun, pride and place on the mantel piece.Thank you all, I just loved this race...see there again next year.

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