Benfleet Running Club


	*+ the 2nd Benfleet 1.5 Junior Run* Sponsored by Runners Edge and Benfleet Physiotherapy
	"It's tough, slippery but a real challenge and a great sense of achievement in finishing"
Thank you to all the Mums, Dads, Juniors, Marshalls and runners for the 2009 event. Results are on the link below. Photographs from 2009 >>>>>>



RESULTS 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 . . . . .	"A mud fest - very well marshalled" "Excellent race, well marshalled" "Excellent value and fantastic marshalls" "Great tough course always a challenge, excellent friendly marshalls - everything you could want in a race." "Of course, the mud is the stuff of legend on the Benfleet 15" "...this race is something special. The school is a good new venue. Nice t-shirt this year, and as always well organised and marshalled by BRC "15 miles out and back course, well marked and marshalled. Tough event, out for 5 miles along fast, flat gravelled sea wall, 4 miles of undulating downs, and back by open track on creek bank for 4 miles, before final 2 miles of sea wall" "If you can get through this, you can do almost anything" "There's one bastid of a hill after 5 or 6 miles where you go knee deep in mud which pulls your trainers off, and which seems to go on for miles, then there's the long haul back to the start when that's finished...." "It's tough, slippery but a real challenge and a great sense of achievement in finishing" "The wind against you on the sea wall makes this a very tough race, if not one of the lead runners, the clawing mud on the hills pull your feet down new muscles ache. But when you near the end, you begin to feel the buzz of beating the conditions. Excellent" "A superb race, with good weather (for once), and I managed to stay upright throughout. My feet were mostly dry at the finish, which was abnormal... I've finished this race eight times, and fully expect to be back again in 2006. Come on, Runner's World - this is a must for your top 100 races!" "My legs hurt, my feet are blistered and I felt sick at the end. But I finished and it was great. I will be back next year to beat my time. A race worth running" "This had some of the best organisation I have come across, well marked and excellent marshalls, I will without doubt be back next year, One tip wear fell shoes or something with an aggressive grip. Thanks very much to all those who made this such a pleasure to run" "A mud fest - very well marshalled"	PHOTOGRAPHS 2009 2008 2007 2007 VIDEO 2006 2005 . . . . . . .




	Other RUNNERS WORLD Race Comments 2007
2007 course route click on maps		2007 course route click on maps

"It's tough, slippery but a real challenge and a great sense of achievement in finishing"

Pre & post race massage will be available for a suitable donation to our charity.

"15 miles out and back course, well marked and marshalled. Tough event, out for 5 miles along fast, flat gravelled sea wall, 4 miles of undulating downs, and back by open track on creek bank for 4 miles, before final 2 miles of sea wall"

1st Local Lady (SS6 postcode) 1st Local Man (SS6 postcode) - Prizes donated by Runners Edge

We have Race HQ for late entries, changing rooms, toilets, showers, refreshments, prize-giving and results.

"There's one bastid of a hill after 5 or 6 miles where you go knee deep in mud which pulls your trainers off, and which seems to go on for miles, then there's the long haul back to the start when that's finished...."

"It's tough, slippery but a real challenge and a great sense of achievement in finishing"

"The wind against you on the sea wall makes this a very tough race, if not one of the lead runners, the clawing mud on the hills pull your feet down new muscles ache. But when you near the end, you begin to feel the buzz of beating the conditions. Excellent"

"A superb race, with good weather (for once), and I managed to stay upright throughout. My feet were mostly dry at the finish, which was abnormal... I've finished this race eight times, and fully expect to be back again in 2006. Come on, Runner's World - this is a must for your top 100 races!"

"My legs hurt, my feet are blistered and I felt sick at the end. But I finished and it was great. I will be back next year to beat my time. A race worth running"

"This had some of the best organisation I have come across, well marked and excellent marshalls, I will without doubt be back next year, One tip wear fell shoes or something with an aggressive grip. Thanks very much to all those who made this such a pleasure to run"

Distance:	15 miles
Surface:	Multiterrain
Route:	Out and back
Setting:	Rural
Profile:	Flat/Undulating
Traffic free?	Yes
Last year's entry:	520