Welcome to the Witham Running Club May Day 10 race! Essex Championship Race

• 10.30 am Start
• 10 Mile Undulating Course
• £23 affiliated, £25 unaffiliated,  £30 on the day entry (if places are still available)
• Fast, undulating, mainly rural, all road course.
• Race held under UK Athletic Rules. UKA Licence No:  tbc
• SEAA Measured Course Certificate 15/482
• All Race Numbers with chips, are to be collected on the day
• Race will be chip timed
• Race T-Shirts available for £6 to be collected after completing the race

Start of the race is an 800m walk from the Rugby club. Please refer to the course map and follow directions from Marshals.

Please allow plenty of time on the day to collect your number from race HQ. No refunds, please contact us for transfers. No transfers will be possible after 28th of April. 

Awards

• Medals for all finishers 
• Presentation ceremony shortly after the race.
• Trophies (one per winner) will be awarded as follows:
• First three males. First three females (Open age group)
• MU18, MV40, MV50, MV60, MV70, MV80
• FU18 FV40, FV50, FV60, FV70, FV80
• First Male team and First Female team (four runners to count) – only one trophy for the team

Please Note:

The use of ipods, mp3 players, mobile phones with in the ear or over the ear headphones etc by competitors contravenes UKA rules. Anyone using these devices during the race will be disqualified. We also reserve the right to not provide a finisher's memento to anyone disqualified for this reason. Bone conducting headphones are allowed. 

We are unfortunately unable to cater for wheelchair contestants.

Minimum age of 17.

No accompanying dogs or cyclists.

Time limit: 2 Hours 20mins

Changing and refreshments are all available at the rugby club.

If you have any queries please use the contact page, and select ‘May Day 10’ as the nature of your enquiry.

Essex Championship Requirements

All runners in the Essex championships must be registered with England Athletics and provide their EA Registration number. Unaffiliated runners are therefore not eligible to enter the Essex Championship even if they qualify by birth or residence. Of course unaffiliated runners are free to enter the club’s open race as normal. On the day entries will not be able to enter into the Essex Championship.

Runners affiliated to clubs outside of Essex are eligible to enter the Essex championship provided:

• they qualify through birth or 9 months prior residence in Essex; and
• they have not run in or represented another county championship in the same completion year (1
  September to 31 August).

You must include the following:

• Your Individual England Athletics Affiliation Number
• The name of your running club