Ridgeway Relay
28th June 2020
The ridgeway relay is a relay race that constists of 10 different stages, each stage is off-road and follows the Ridgeway National Trail with the exception of a few small deviations. The legs vary in length from 5.4 miles to 11.0 miles
If you are interested in the event there will be messages and facebook posts about it early each year with the race taking place in June.
The race itself is a team event, each team has 10 members and you are assigned to a stage/leg (which you have some degree of say in). We strongly recommend you recce the route, whether that be on your own, using a gpx on your watch which you can download online or buddy up with someone from the club that's happy to show you your route.
As a club we enter 3 different teams each year;
1 x Vets team
1 x Ladies team
1 x Mixed team
On the day a minibus is put on by the club which you are welcome to use, it leaves rivets at 6:30am. It will follow the runners to the start and end points of each leg to drop and pick people up where required. The minibus will continue onto the finish and afterwards you may shower at the leisure center before a chip shop call is made on the return journey. You can make alternative arrangements with friends/family to drop and pick you up from your legs if you prefer.
If competing in this event it is mandatory for you to wear a club vest.
Stage Overviews
| Stage |
Distance | Start Point | End Point | Route | Approx. Start Time of leg | Mass Start Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | 10.64 | start | end | route map | 7:30am | |
| Stage 2 | 5.89 | start | end | route map | 8:30-8:50am | |
| Stage 3 | 9.33 | start | end | route map | 9:35-9:50am | |
| Stage 4 | 5.33 | start | end | route map | 10:55-11:05am | |
| Stage 5 | 10.66 | start | end | route map | 11:45-11:55am | |
| Stage 6 | 10.27 | start | end | route map | 12:55-1:20pm | |
| Stage 7 | 9.1 | start | end | route map | 2pm | 2pm mass start |
| Stage 8 | 7.84 | start | end | route map | 3:15-3:30pm | |
| Stage 9 | 10.67 | start | end | route map | 4:25-4:35pm | |
| Stage 10 | 9.34 | start | end | route map | 5:30-5:45pm | 5:45pm mass start if your team isn't here yet |
Start times of legs are harder to predict for the later stages especially if your team misses a mass start. All runners should give themselves plenty of time at the start to collect their race number and use the toilet (nearby bush) as required.