+ 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

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"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

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2007 VIDEO

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Other RUNNERS WORLD Race Comments 2007

 

 

2007 course route click on maps

2007 course route click on maps


Race under SEAA rules - permit no. tbc

 


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

A challenging 15 mile multi-terrain course, incorporating sections of 

Canvey sea wall, and the undulating Hadleigh Downs.

"If you can get through this, you can do almost anything"

 


Castle View School, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 9RZ

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



  


   



As there is a small section of road in the middle we do not recommend spikes

"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"


Trophies & Prizes 

                              

T-Shirt to all finishers 

1st Three Men & 1st Three Ladies

1st Three Men Vets (0/40) & 1st Three Ladies Vets (0/35) 

1st Vet Man (0/50) and 1st Vet Lady (0/45)

1st Vet Man (0/60) and 1st Vet Lady (0/55)

1st Men's Team (3 to count) - Prizes donated by Runners Edge

1st Ladies Team (3 to count) - Prizes donated by Runners Edge

1st Man past the Castle

1st Lady past the Castle

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.

 

Castle View School, Meppel Avenue, Canvey Island , Essex, SS8 9RZ.

click on the school logo for a map

"A mud fest - very well marshalled"



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

In short: 

"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"