Marathon:
Registration 0730 to 0830: Pavilion Sloughbottom Park, Norwich, NR3 2BN
Race start: 0900 - Sloughbottom Park
Half Marathon:
Registration 0830-1000 (and start) Whitwell and Reepham Station, NR10 4GA
Race start 1030
Both races finish at Aylsham Friendship Hall, 38 Mill Rd, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6DS
Supporters encouraged along the route.
There is a coach from the finish to the starts before the race (£12 pp)
Buses and the train station are a short distance from the finish in Aylsham Town Centre.
Buses back to Norwich run every hour.
We encourage you to use public transport or car share to limit our environmental impact.
We are LGBTQ+ friendly. We are non-binary friendly.
You can enter our races as Female (Females only category) or Male or Non-binary (Male/Open category).
This event is licenced by the Association of Running Clubs and held under UK Athletics Rules.
Permit number tbc.
WHY THE HOLY TRAIL?
Both races will follow several trails that take you through medieval East Anglia.
The start of the 50 mile race is at Oulton Broad and shortly, within a mile of the start the route joins The Via Beata (https://www.viabeata.co.uk/).
The Via Beata is a fabulous route joining the most Easterly Point (Ness Point in Lowestoft) to the most Westerly point of mainland Britain (St David’s in Wales).
This is also a Pilgrimage Route and along the route there are waystations, which are religious carvings. Some of them are extremely ornate. On this route there is one at Ringsfield. If you spot it, take a photo, it's a great piece of art.
The route then joins East Suffolk Lines Walk and winds its way to Holton to join the 50 km route.
The 50 km route crosses the wild and beautiful Blythburgh marshes with the impressive Holy Trinity Church at Blythburgh visible from several miles away. The cathedral of the marshes will draw you onwards to join the Sandlings Way as it runs alongside Angel marshes and through Deadman's Covert on the way to Walberswick. Shortly after Deadman's Covert the course splits and the 50 km runners follow a short section of East Sheep Walk to reach the checkpoint at Walberswick whilst the 50 milers carry straight on . The route then skips along the coast all the way to Lowestoft visiting Southwold (the jewel of the Suffolk coast), Benacre, Covehithe with it's amazing church within a church and ends up on the beach at Kessingland and Pakefield. From here it joins the promenade at Lowestoft to join the Via Beata back to Oulton Broad.
Below you will find all the information you need. GPX files will be added shortly.
50KM RACE ON THE BOUDICCA WAY:
Start: Hope Church, Vinces Road, Diss, IP22 4HQ.
Registration will be open 0630 til 0800
Race brief at 0815
Race start at 0830
Finish at Trowse Common, Trowse, Norwich NR14 8SX
(drop bags and rest area at the Manor Rooms, a short walk away)
50KM ON THE WEAVERS' WAY from STALHAM to CROMER
Start: Stalham Poppy Centre, Recreation Rd, Stalham, NR12 9BJ
Registration: 0730 - 0900
Race brief: 0915
Race start: 0930
100KM ON THE WEAVERS' WAY from GT YARMOUTH to CROMER
Start: GY Yarmouth-Broadland Rugby Club, Cobholm Playing Fields, Cobholm, GY, NR31 0AY
Registration: 0600 - 0700
Race brief: 0715
Race start: 0730
Both finish at CROMER PIER
Recovery centre: Cromer Community Centre, Garden Street, Cromer (inc drop bags)
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