Penicuik 10k 2020 – Cancelled
The 37th Penicuik 10km Road Race will be on
Saturday 9th May 2020 • Start Time ~ 11am
Registration, toilets and changing facilities are located at Penicuik High School, Carlops Road, Penicuik
Declarations and entries open at 9am and close at 10.30am – our Registration Team need to get to their marshal points.
- Pre-entry fee £9 (affiliated) or £11 (non-affiliated)
- Entry on the day £12 (affiliated) or £14 (non-affiliated)
- Prizes to major category winners: Local/Junior/Senior/40+/50+/60+
- Teams: First 3 seniors to finish per affiliated club
- Under UK Athletics rules
- Scottish Athletics Permit event
- Medal for the first 300 runners – we have never had more than 260
- First Aid will be provided by St Andrews Ambulance
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Please Note:
- Only bone conducting headphoes permitted. Marshals are instructed to note number of any runner who flaunts this rule and they will be disqualified at the finish-line.
- Race time limit – 1hr 30mins
- Sorry, our race is not suitable for novelty fancy dress or those wishing to shake a charity bucket
- We are asking runners to bring donations for the local foodbank. Toiletries, dried or tinned foods, soap powder etc. all gratefully received.
- Post Race Refreshments, home baking & prize-giving held in the High School. All proceeds will go to Mental Health charities.
This is the 37th year that Penicuik Harriers have hosted this event and each year lots of runners come from far and wide to enjoy the route and the stunning views.
Our race is known for 3 things :-
1. The Hill – This is Pomathorn hill and is at the 1.5km point in the race. The hill is 1.4km long with an average gradient of 6% here is link to the Strava segment called ‘B7026 climb’ which shows the details: Pomathorn
2. The Support – We have no less than 40 of our club members marshalling the route and are all know for being really encouraging and supportive – please listen to their instructions because they are there to keep you safe too.
3. The Post-Race Spread – Gone are the days when we would hand out a Mars Bar and a sandwich 🙂 Our club members get their aprons on and provide home-baking for you all to enjoy some home-made deliciousness after the race. For this we ask for donations for the mental health charities that we will be supporting.
For pre-entry simply fill in our online form via EntryCentral – and pay online too, no posting required! We can also accept postal entries – please download, print & complete this form and return it together with the entry fee by Thursday 7th May 2020
Great event. This is the 2nd year I’ve taken part and loved it just as much. Everyone is so friendly and it is so well organised. The tablet at the end of the race was excellent too. Thank you!! Perfect day – roll on next year!!
Thanks Dee 🙂 Planning well underway for this year’s race!!
It’s my first time and it won’t be the last ….well done to your team.
Thanks John – Hope to see you this year 🙂
Entered race this week but unfortunately have pulled muscle in right calf so have to be sensible and call off. Hope everyone has a great run – will miss that hill!
I’m sure you’re aware already, but just wanted to let you know that there’s a fragile concrete manhole cover that looks like it could collapse under weight. It’s on pavement midway between Wellington School and the long downhill stretch.
Looking forward to race!
Thanks Neil, I’ll go and have a look, will take a cone with me ?thanks for letting us know ?
Ran this race before, it was one of the best.
Thanks Alex that’s really nice of you to say that 🙂
I can’t think of a better organised race than this – I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve done it – it’s always one of the highlights of the running year.
Well done to all concerned.