Malvern Joggers are proud to present the second running of their scenic summer evening 10k race on 16th June 2010 starting at 19:30 hours on Castlemorton Common. The race HQ and registration will once again be at Welland Village hall, Marlbank Road Welland, WR13 6NE (Click here for a Google map) and we will be largely using the same challenging route from last year as described below.

There are car parking and toilet facilities at the Village Hall and the nearby Pheasant Inn. Marshalls will be provided to direct the parking. Please note that it is a 500m (or 5-10 minutes walk) from the race registration point to the start on the common.

The Pheasant Inn will kindly be providing free food after the event for all runners on production of your race number and we have a new sponsor, Malvern St. James Leisure, who will be providing the trophies for the race and age category winners. There will be a commemorative mug for all runners plus further prizes to be announced on the day. There has been a slight increase to the entry fee to £7.00 for affiliated runners and £9.00 for unaffiliated runners. A substantial proportion of any race profits will be donated to local charities.

Entry forms in .PDF and MS Word format are attached below for download. Please note that there is no need to include an SAE with your entry. Race numbers will be allocated and be available for collection on the evening. Confirmation of entry will be posted here (see Am I in? below.)

Entry form as an MS Word document
Entry form as a pdf document

Entry on the day will be permitted up to 19:10 (20 minutes before the race start) providing the race limit (300) has not been reached. There is an additional £2.00 charge for entries on the day.

The Malvern Joggers look forward to welcoming you and hope you have an enjoyable run !

Route Description
The start and finish of the race is on Castlemorton Common, approximately 500m or 5-10 min walk from the race HQ at the village hall. The course is multi-terrain - mostly hard tracks and tarmac but there are long stretches across fields and uneven ground. Depending on the weather, it may be boggy and wet in places. There will be over 25 marshals on the route and it is well signed, including warning notices for traffic. All the road sections that we are using will be open to traffic, although there should be very few vehicles except on the short section of main road past Malvern Priory. Please take particular care here.

The start of the race is on open common and then passes on to a tarmac road (Hancocks Lane) after 200m. The first mile of the route is mostly flat. After approximately 1 mile the route turns off the road onto a track to pass beside Millbrook cottage. It then passes over 2 stiles and by a path through a rape seed field to head uphill towards Little Malvern Priory. There is a very short section on the A4104, before the route turns left onto a track to pass Malvern Court. The track undulates for 0.5 mile to Underhills Farm. After the farm there is a climb of 0.3 of a mile to the highest point of the course. After this the route continues by track and then across open ground for 0.7 mile to the Swinyard car park. The route then turns left and downhill for 0.4 mile to follow the tarmac road across the common. At a crossroads (Drinks Station) the route turns left to pick up a lesser road/track back uphill towards The Nook and the high point of the course. After this the route follows the line of the Worcestershire Way link and heads down hill through 1 stile and across fields and rough track for 1 mile before reaching the ford at Hancocks Lane. (There is a footbridge so you don’t need to run through it unless you want to!). The route is then fairly flat for 1 mile back along the road and through the start to reach the finish point on the edge of the common near the B4208.