Ilkeston Running Club
Double or Quit Race 2011
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Race
Information & Final Details Saturday 27th
August 2011. Starts at 5.00pm Car
parking is at the Shipley Park Visitor Centre, Slack Lane Heanor. There should be ample car parking but please
be aware that other users of the park will be sharing the car park so drive
carefully and watch out for cyclists, horses, dogs and young children. All
runners must wear the number on the front of their vest. No number – no time recorded! The course The start is on a
gravel track down the hill from the enquiries/registration tent. The finish are on the grass field in front of the
enquiries/registration tent. Start will be by a
whistle. Multi terrain so beware of gates
and uneven ground in places – starting on gravel for the first 150m, grass for
the next 250m and then gravel/shale followed by left onto a broken tarmacadam
surface upto the 1 mile mark. Watch out
for the speed bumps and a narrow bridle-gate. A better tarmacadam surface leads downhill (and
another bridle-gate) before we turn left onto a gravel bridleway. Follow the track alongside the woods on your
right and over two bridges before goingg uphill on a broad track with sleepers
laid in the surface to assist drainage.
Turn left and onto red shale and gravel tracks (watch out for a badly
rutted section) for 1 mile before a left onto the Nutbrook Trail (Drinks Station). The surface remains fast (tarmacadam) for the
next 0.8 miles before a steep uphill section on a stony (rutted) track and then
a gentle gravelly downhill (4 miles), some more (flat) tarmac and earth/gravel along
a long-disused railway before finishing the lap on the grass field near to where
you started. One more lap of the same for
the 10 mile competitors. Please note: there
are two narrow gates at approximately 1mile and again at 1.3 miles on Shipley Lane. We do not have permission to open either of
the large gates across the road so all runners will have to pass through these
narrow gaps. They are wide enough for
one runner at a time and that is all.
Please be sensible and courteous.
Please do not berate the marshals as it is not something we can change. It ensures that the course is pretty much
traffic free – never a bad thing. Here’s a link to a
map of the route: http://gb.mapometer.com/en/running/route_719516.html Drinks At
2.8, 5, 7.8, 10 miles. Please use
them. If it is hot on the day, the 10 mile
competitors could lose 2-3 kilos in body weight which severely inhibits
performance. Please start the race fully
hydrated by drinking at least 2 litres of water or dilute electrolyte drinks during
the day. Feel free to carry a plastic
bottle – if you need to discard it please carry it to a drinks station before
dropping it. Double or Quit There
will be a split point just before the 5 mile point for runners to choose
whether to run another scenic lap or call it a day. Please listen to the marshals and follow the
signs. 5 mile runners will need to bear RIGHT, 10 mile runners will need to
bear LEFT. Once again for the
speed-readers: at the split point……. 5 mile runners bear
RIGHT 10 mile runners bear
LEFT Don’t worry – we’ll
shout to remind you! Please
ensure that your number is clearly visible, and that your number has been
recorded before leaving the finishing funnel. You will be handed a goody bag and a
drink. Please take the opportunity to
cheer in the remaining runners. There
are public toilets open until 7pm
at the Visitors Centre and other toilets next to Mapperley Reservoir car park
(on the course) approximately 1.3 miles from the visitor centre. The Ramblers Coffee Shop next to the visitor
centre will be open until approx 5pm
for (very nice) drinks and cakes (for last minute carbo loading maybe) First Aid Trained
First Aiders will be in attendance. The
presentations will be held in the start finish area after 6.30pm.
There are men’s and ladies senior & veteran trophies for both the 5
and 10 mile races. The winners will be
able to get the trophies engraved with their name, club & time and hold
these for a year before returning them in time for next years race. All
finishers will receive a goody bag containing various items including a race souvenir
and there will also be spot prizes including sports massage vouchers and other
bits yet to be decided. The results will
be available on www.ilkestonrunningclub.co.uk
and www.doubleorquit.org.uk within
a couple of days following the event and will be issued by post to all
competitors requesting (and paying for) this option. Race Charity At
Ilkeston Running Club we believe that sport should be about “getting out there
and doing it”. We are a small club with
fairly modest needs and expenditure, therefore when we started to realise we
were making a profit from the race we decided to give half away to a local
childrens’ charity. Derby
Kids’ Camp is a 100% volunteer-run charity committed to providing FREE holidays
for Derby’s
most deserving young children. Have
a good run and enjoy this superb country park. Ilkeston Running Club
Double or Quit Race
Directions
and Parking
See the
enclosed map – post code of car park is DE75 7GX
Registration
Race
numbers
At the
finish
Toilets
& Cafe
Prizes
With your help and the support of approximately 130 volunteers each year, these
children benefit from what may be their only opportunity of a holiday this year
- enjoying an exciting, fun, free break in the great outdoors!
Derby Kids’ Camp holidays helps to provide a much needed break for
disadvantaged children, children who will benefit from social or personal
development or to provide a respite period for parents or carers.
If you would like to find out more about this please see www.derbykidscamp.co.ukFinally