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Charnwood Hills Race

The race committee have begun preparations for the 2025 Charnwood Hills Race which will be held on Sunday 2nd February 2025.

This is a FELL RACE under Fell Runners Association (FRA) rules. The course is approximately 14.5 miles long and follows public footpaths and open country involving over 1,500 feet of ascent through Bradgate, Broombriggs and Beacon Hill Country Parks. See the race route map below.

 

Entries are on a first come first served basis, entries will open at 8pm on Sunday 10th November on EntryCentral. Entries sell out very fast (usually within 1 hour) so we strongly recommend creating an account with EntryCentral in advance. Entries are expected to sell out very quickly so we recommend setting up an account on EntryCentral before entries open. Please read the race prospectus (PDF download) before entering the race. Upon successful entry to the race the fee of £18 will taken from your debit/credit card.

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The race is limited to 350 runners. No entries are allowed on the race day.

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The categories for the race are aligned to the FRA categories for Women (U21, U23, Senior, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75) and for Men (U21, U23, Senior, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, and 75). We will give prizes to the first 3 women and men, and then a prize for the winner of each category. Although the FRA don't have team categories we will continue to do teams, with a prize for the 1st women's and 1st men's teams with first 3 runners to count in each team (bottle of wine for each team member of the winning team). We will also give a prize to the first Bowline Woman and Man.

All details entered into the EntryCentral system are kept secure and only used for the purpose of organising the race, and for publishing the results of the race. For information on how we handle personal data and details of your rights in respect to your data held by the club, please see our privacy policy. 
 

Your race number will be sent to you by e-mail and will be issued on the day.  DO NOT give it to anyone else unless you have transferred your place online via EntryCentral, which you can do up until Sunday 26th January 2025.

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2024 race

We were pleased to host the 36th Charnwood Hills Race on Sunday 4th February. Thanks to all the runners who took part and to all the volunteers who helped made the race a great success. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

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2023 race

We were pleased to host the 35th Charnwood Hills Race on Sunday 5th February. Thanks to all the runners who took part and to all the volunteers who helped made the race a great success. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

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2022 race

It has come to our attention that the lead runner sought clarification during the race regarding the correct return route and, following an error in communication, was misdirected along the original return route to the left of Old John rather than over the summit as per this year's route. Following conversations with those concerned, race officials were satisfied that this was a genuine mistake on the part of the marshal  and the route was taken by the lead runner in good faith. 

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Upon review of the results we are  satisfied that this error did not have a substantial effect on the final placings of the runners and as such the lead positions stand. We have taken steps to ensure that this type of error will not occur in the future and would like to thank every who took part in today's race for making it such a great event. It's good to be back!

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