*SPUNCH* Frodsham FINAL DETAILS ISSUED
Info: New entries for this event closed on Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 19:00.
THE FINAL DETAILS HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED BY EMAIL TO ALL THAT HAVE ENTERED. THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF MAPS AVAILABLE FOR LATE ENTRIES AND ENTRIES ON THE DAY (UNTIL THEY RUN OUT!) IT IS STILL BEST TO USE THIS ON LINE ENTRY SYSTEM EVEN IF ENTERING ON THE DAY! ON LINE ENTRIES REMAIN OPEN ONLY UNTIL THE MAPS RUN OUT. Can be done solo, in a pair, or as a team of 3 or more. Each participant needs to put in an individual entry EXCEPT Under 18s who go for free with a paying adult. Minimum age 14. Juniors aged 14-17 go for free but must run with a parent or guardian over 21. A waterproof map of the course is provided to ALL participants.
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Wednesday Evening Spunch Event in collaboration local Gelataria & Cafe - Bene Gelataria. Hopefully it will be an Italian Ice Cream kind of evening!
60/90/120 min hilly (and less hilly) score course options using a rich network of public rights of way, concessionary paths and open access land. Navigating with an enlarged and enhanced extract of OS Explorer map. Parking, Registration, Loos, Start, Finish, Food & Drink all at the Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7QN
A mid-week adventure on and around the Frodsham escarpment in Cheshire's Sandstone Trail countryside. Starting and finishing at the community centre in the heart of Frodsham with food and drink available after your outing being supplied by the local Bene Gelataria cafe - including their excellent FRESH Italian Style Ice Cream (weather permitting!)
Just 5 mins from M56 J12. 15 mins from M6/M56 interchange.
Frodsham Train Station is an 8 min walk from the event centre. Frodhsham is well served by direct trains from Chester (15mins), Warrington (15mins), Manchester (45mins), Liverpool (30mins) and the Wirral.
Run, jog or walk - suitable for fell runners, trail runners, park runners, adventure runners, orienteers, walkers, and newcomers alike. Great for families and friends to do together. Suitable for all ages 14+ and all abilities - lots of help available for newcomers. No dogs allowed on your run/walk at this one sorry.
Start anytime between 5:30pm & 7pm. Registration open from 5:15pm.
120 min course participants must start before 6:30pm.
2k to 22k, the choice is yours!
Visit as many checkpoints as you can in the time available, S-punching using the MapRun app on your smartphone, Garmin or Apple Watch.
The event centre is our base and after negotiating your way through Frodsham centre, you will soon be climbing up onto the escarpment and enjoying the big views. With more than 60 Spunchpoints (checkpoints) spread out over an area of about 9 sq km there will be plenty of options to keep you interested and challenged. There will be options to do more or less climbing and opportunities for fast running (or walking) on the well-drained sandy trails.
After a likely downhill finish - as well as the refeshments - there will be opportunities to compare routes and share success stories!
An FRA category O event - Great nav practice for your next mountain marathon!
Hope you will come along!
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