What - The Hurtwood 50 starts from the lovely town of Dorking, and follows the Greensand Way into the forested Surrey Hills, a famous Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This race route is a ‘lollipop’ - essentially an out and back, with a 5 mile loop off the Greensand Way before starting the return journey.
The race takes you up and over Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill and Pitch Hill on a well marked, easy to follow trail through the woodlands, ridgelines and valleys of this area that is collectively known as The Hurtwood. The loop at the western end of these hills takes you off the Greensand Way for a short time before rejoining to make your way back over the 3 hills and to the Finish. Race route map HERE
Cut Off - The race overall cut off is 7.30pm, giving circa 10 hours to complete. This makes it suitable for fast walkers and first time Ultra runners. (darkness usually comes around 4.45pm, meaning the last 3 hours will be by headtorch if taking the full 10 hrs - the signs are reflective...) See here for our Rolling Start & cut off info
Kit List - This is mandatory for participation on this event. Details of Kit List HERE
Who - Anyone that is suitably prepared and has some experience of longer distances
When - Sunday 8th December 2024. Registration from 7.15am. Race start 8am - 9.30am. See here for our Rolling Start info
Where - Dorking Sports Centre, Reigate Road, Dorking
Parking - Is at Dorking Sports Centre, or over the road in the Pippbrook car park, or the High Street / Wathen Road car park.
UTMB - Hurtwood 50k qualifies towards your runner performance index for UTMB
Provided - Aid Stations at 7, 13, 18 and 24 miles. Fully signed and supported route. Free TRIBE bar to all runners! Electronically timed by SportIdent with LIVE leader boards online for friends and family to follow your progress!
Event Paramedics. Sweeper Runner. Great race route and location! Medal to all Finishers.
T-shirts… & Trees - We have followed suit with many other events and are offering T shirts as an extra that you can purchase online at time of entry or by editing your entry at a later date. These are a nominal charge of £12. We like participants to have a T shirt to commemorate the event BUT by setting this nominal charge we hope to minimise any wasted T shirts - either by ourselves having too many printed as we do not know the exact numbers until very near the race OR by some participants not actually wanting one in the first place and them not being worn or discarded. We are also now partnered with Trees not tees so you are able to choose to plant a tree for £5 alongside your race entry! We have more information about this on one of our Environment pages. Deadline for T shirt orders is 20th November - after this date they cannot be added to your race entry.