About Us
This Autumn Half Marathon is run in the Forest of Dean at the end of September. Using the same organization (but a different course) as the popular Spring event, this race follows a forest trails course with no road crossings. This course has some interesting hill challenges and offers a chance to experience the Forest with its late-summer leaf canopy.
This annual event is organised by The Rotary Club of the Royal Forest of Dean and supported by the Forestry Commission. Proceeds are used to support charities, both locally and nationally.
Registration
Entrants must be 17 years or older on the day of the race. Registration costs are as follows:
UKA - affiliated club members: |
£27.00 |
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Non-affiliated runners: |
£29.00 |
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The costs shown above include a non refundable processing fee of £4.50
Manual entries will incur an additional £3.00 processing fee.
Entries must be received by midnight on Sunday 11th September 2022 at the latest. Everyone who registers by this date will be issued with a personalised racing bib containing their timing chip that they may keep as a souvenir of the occasion.
Any remaining entries left following the official registration closure date will continue to be available via the online registration page only at a cost of £39.00. However, please note that any such late entries are provided strictly on a first come, first served basis and will only be available until 10:00PM on Friday 23rd September unless they have sold out before then. Runners with late entries will be issued with a generic rather than a personalised racing bib.
There will be strictly no entries permitted on the day of the race.
Race packs
Following successful registration, every runner will receive an email confirming their registered details, their assigned race number and a link to the event race pack. Please assist us by printing a copy of your details and assigned race number and bring it with you to save time on race day, as it may be impossible for you to retrieve your race number via email at the event itself due to poor mobile coverage. The race pack contains important information about this event, including maps of the course and the start and finish area. Please read it carefully together with the information in the confirmation email.
Course
The race course for the autumn half-marathon will run entirely on forest trails with no road crossings at all! The course will use a number of different trails compared with the spring course. The officially-measured half-marathon course (13 miles 192.5 yards) is run on way-marked trails laid out by the Forestry Commission. Special permission has been given to stage the race over this course.
The course starts and finishes at Speech House. The multi-terrain route will be fully signed and marshalled, and marked by yellow paint on the ground. Mile-markers are provided. The route generally uses well-maintained tracks; it will use a number of new trails and will be slightly hillier than the spring course.
The race will be led by lead cyclists.
Book Tickets
Guide Prices
Free to watch and registration fee to run
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Facilities
Catering
- On-site light refreshments
Parking
- Free Parking
Property Facilities
- Public toilets