PARKING
Car parking will be in the school car park. Enter via the leisure centre access from the mini roundabout on Pontymason Lane (What3Words ///magnum.annotated.soups) and follow the access road to the top of the site, there will be parking marshals to guide you. Please do not use the leisure centre car park as there are other events on and limited space. Lift sharing is advised as parking is limited. Do not clean your shoes in the car park.
TOILETS
Toilets are available within the school changing facilities. Please use the entrance shown on the map and do not use the leisure centre facilities to avoid creating a mess.
COURSE
The course comprises 3.5 laps of approximately 1.25 miles / 2km to give a total distance of 4.3 miles / 7km. The start will be located on the field at the southeast corner of the leisure centre grounds and will follow a clockwise direction around the fields, skirting the sports pitches, and around the southern and eastern sides of the all-weather pitch then onto the top grass area at the northeast of the grounds before following the line of the metal fence and boundary hedge and dropping into the woods and completing a lap after emerging back onto the start field. On the fourth lap runners are to turn left after going up the eastern side of the all-weather pitch to the finish funnel that will be located on the northern side of the pitch. The course is a combination of open grass with short, sharp climbs and descents of banks which can become very slippery and an area of woodland that contains many exposed routes and possible rocks that may make spikes unsuitable. The fields are usually very boggy after periods of rain!
FIRST AID
St. John Ambulance will provide first aid cover
RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk assessment attached. The main hazards are risks of tripping, particularly in the wooded areas where there are exposed tree roots and rocks; low branches may cause injury through the woods and slips / falls on the steep banks. Runners are strongly advised to wear shoes with a high level of grip such as Mudclaws or similar.
UKA PERMIT
Permit number CC-26-15
OFFICIALS
Name of Race Referee – Mike Heare
OTHER INFO
RACE NUMBER / TIMING CHIPS
No number/chip = no result for you (don't start without one)
Wear the number most recently allocated - if you use an old one you find at home and it's not currently registered to you, you will not appear in the results
Please make sure you do not hold your hand over your number/chip when you cross the finish line - hold arms to side or above your head. You may not get registered by the system and the backup video at the finish will not record your number.
Please do not get close to the timing equipment (finish) once you've been through the finish once. Repeated 'pings' slow down the results system
Please do not take unused chips (from runners who are not running) close to the finish.... otherwise those not attending will appear in the results.
Full details can be found here on the GLCL Website - Entry / Registration Section
HEADPHONES
In accordance with UKA Rule 240 S 5, the wearing of headphones, or similar devices, is not permitted in this race. Non-compliance will result in the disqualification of the athlete and if deemed necessary a points penalty against the offending club.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Please adhere to the Code of Conduct at all times. Full details can be found here on the GLCL Website - Rules
COMPETITION RULES
Full details can be found here on the GLCL Website - Rules
