Summary

Season2
Race7
Distance9.5km
Elevation (total climb)200m
Race window2nd – 15th 22nd February 2021
Race designerJane Huws
Link to event on facebook

Introduction

Jo Gleig and I have come up with the next race route – the theme being ‘Footbridges’. It’s not particularly long (about 5.8 miles) but it does have one very long killer hill at the end (646ft ascent) I’m sure there are lots shortcuts to be had too. A fair bit of it goes across grass and fields, but it was pleasantly frozen when I reccied it. Start is at Castle Park run start at Manor Fields Park. There are 7 checkpoints – 6 of them being bridges and one church. Checkpoint 4 is the only tricky one – just off the road at the dead tree stump, down a left hand path a short way, and then head back up to the road to continue back the way you’ve come the loop to Darnall. NB, You need to cross all the bridges that are checkpoints, even if you chose to double back or choose a different-to-strava route after that. I’ve put extra photos in to show the approach to a check point or so you know you are on the right bridge. Hope you enjoy it – keep an eye out for the Superhero statue between checkpoints 2 and 3, and save enough energy for the hill at the end.

Jane Huws on facebook

Maps

This race is checkpoint-based, so this route is just a suggestion.

Download file for GPS

Route Guide

start and finish
Start and finish – the Castle parkrun
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Checkpoint 1 – St Theresa’s RC Church, Queen Mary Road
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Checkpoint 2 – nearest bridge to junction of Parkway and Mosborough Parkway
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Post next to Checkpoint 2
cp3
Checkpoint 3 over Parkway
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Post next to Checkpoint 3
cp4a
Route to Checkpoint 4 – The big tree stump.

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Checkpoint 4 Off Acres Hill Lane next to big tree stump, down a bank. Go back way you came.
cp5
Checkpoint 5 Over the railway on Acress Hill Lane

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Way onto Checkpoint 6, just past the skateboard park
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Checkpoint 6 Over the railway on Kettlebridge Road
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Checkpoint 7 (last one) Over Parkway

Strava Links

https://www.strava.com/activities/4711341496 The whole route

Strava segments

Scoring

50 points for the fastest finisher. Everyone else gets a percentage – if the winning time is 1 hour and you take 2 hours, you get 25 points.

Submitting Results

This race is over now, but you can still run it for fun.

Results

All Time Course Personal Bests (PBs)

You can still submit your time to this website if you’d like to see your time recorded alongside everyone else’s – use the link in the right-hand sidebar. If you’ve run this course as part of the NTCLCGP race series your time should already be there.

Photos

Look at all the photos from this race on flickr by clicking here

Other Stuff