The Leith Hill Half

Not the toughest, but tough enough!

Dorking - Westcott - Leith Hill

Including the Wife Carrying Race

The race is reasonably tough - leave something in the tank for the last couple of miles, which are very lumpy!

Top tip: run the slopes, walk the stairs.

If you can't run, please come and marshal - email rob@trionium.com. (You get the race goodies, breaksfast and a free place at a future race).

Park at the Priory School - not in adjacent side streets.

Please arrive in good time to collect your race number, and to see the Wife Carrying Race at 10.30.

Toilet and showers are available in The Priory School. Although the Nower has innumerable trees and bushes, please use the facilities at The Priory School (we want to be able to use this location again next year!).

We will have an area where you can drop your bag - but don't leave anything of particular value in there. You can drop your car keys with us when you collect your race number at the HQ. Pick them up at the race finish (not at the HQ!).

Please run on the left at all times. Since this is an out-and-back course, you will be passing a lot of other runners going the other way (even if you are in the lead, or last). PLEASE give all runners maximum encouragement - you are all in this race together. Headphones are discouraged for this very reason - do us all a favour - don't run in a bubble! IF you are going to spit, make sure you don't do it on or anywhere near anyone else - thank you.

Ordinary trainers are perfectly good enough to complete this race - spikes are banned (and aren't necessary anyway) - but soft studs may be useful if you think that you have a chance of winning (ie time of less than 1:25). Around 45% of the race is on very uneven hard tracks, 45% on sandy or muddy paths, 5% on grass, 5% on tarmac.

Woolvens Lane is a BOAT - Byway Open to All Traffic. This means that it is a very rough track, which is also used by off-road vehicles (4x4s, trials bikes etc). Please use great caution!

Watch where you put your feet: the tracks we are using are uneven. Twisted ankles, tumbles and cuts are not unknown. In case of any accident or emergency, the next marshal should be within 1 mile of you (either in front or behind), so send a runner to get help. The race medical service provider is the St. John Ambulance Service. In an emergency, you can call the number on the back of your running number, and we will organise assistance.

There are water stations at approximately 3, 5, 7 and 10 miles, and at the end. There will be sweet things to eat at the water stations (unless the other runners have eaten them all up!)

Please do not litter the course - drop cups etc only at the water stations - thanks!

Mile markers are not accurate and are approximate only. However, the length of the course is as accurate as we can make it.

The course will be marked with tape, signs, paint and marshals. Keep your wits about you and you'll get around fine.

If you want a time at the end, show us your running number. No visible number, no time!

Prizegiving will take place at around 1.15pm at the race finish (top three men, top three ladies).

Please leave muddy trainers/shoes outside the school after the race, and pick them up later.

The pool at the school will be open after the race to help you ease those sore muscles - please thank Phil, the lifeguard extraordinaire (also a master swim coach - ask him about your stroke!). The pool is through the car park.

There is a FREE full cooked English breakfast for all runners and marshals in the school cafeteria after the race - please come along!

Remember to smile!