Five Trails Ultra & Three Trails Half - Race Information
- Venue - Westerlands, Graffham, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0QJ
- Accommodation - Westerlands have various GREAT accommodation options on site, such as camping, Shepherds Huts, Woodland Cabins & Yurts to self catering annexes and houses! You can view options and contact them via https://www.westerlands.com/accommodation
- Public Transport - Pulborough Station is the closest railway station to the race, and is a 20-25 minute drive away and has a few taxi companies locally.
- Parking - Follow the FR Event signage through Westerlands to the event field - there is ample parking on site
- Registration will be in the event field in our race structures and opens at 8.30am. Here you will receive your race number, timing chip and any event T-Shirts you have ordered.
- Toilets are in the event field plus out on route at Heyshott CP & Upwaltham CP
- Kit Lists can be seen HERE
- GPX files plus more route info is further down this page!
- Course Records
5 Trails Ultra; Female - 5:15:34 Sophie Biggs 2024, Male - 4:18:00 James Whetman 2024
3 Trails Half; Female - 1:56:33 Anne Matthews 2023, Male - 1:43:10 Kristjan Chapman 2023
- Bag Drop - for those without a car we can keep a bag for you in registration at your own risk
- Refreshments & COFFEE! will be available at the race venue in the wonderful Westerlands converted horsebox cafe!
- Race Briefings will take place at the start line, 10 minutes before each race start
- UTMB - The 5 Trails Ultra & 3 Trails Half both qualify towards your UTMB runner performance index
- Covid & Hygiene - There will be hand sanitiser throughout the event, in the venue and on arrival at checkpoints, please use it.
- Support Crews and spectators are allowed to follow you and supply you with food and drink in addition to race checkpoint supplies. It is best that they do not come to the checkpoint locations but meet you elsewhere. There are lots of places that support crews could meet runners - use the map link / GPX file to see the route and make a plan with your support crew if you have one.
- Running poles and Headphones are allowed but please be aware and considerate to other participants and members of the public at all times. Take headphones out when crossing / following any roads during the route AND at checkpoints.
- Time Limit for the 5 Trails Ultra is 10 hours, with last cut off for finishing at 8pm. The 3 Trails Half Marthon has an overall time limit of 5 hours. This event is purposefully accessible to people wishing to try an Ultra distance running race or for those wishing to walk the whole way.
- Cut Offs - There are two cut offs in the Ultra. 3.45pm at Checkpoint 3 which is 18 miles and 6pm at Checkpoint 4 which is at 25 miles. Anyone not reaching these checkpoints by this time will be transported back to the race venue. We have to set and adhere to cut offs so our volunteers are out on course for a planned amount of time and not ad infinitum!
- Total ascent is 3816ft for the Ultra and 1236ft for the Half Marathon.
- 4 Checkpoints in the Ultra and 1 in the Half will have water, squash, coke and a mixture of sweet and savoury snacks such as sandwiches, crisps, Tom’s Mum’s flapjack (you’ll know it if you’ve had it before…), chocolate, sweets, bananas, nuts etc.
These are the rough Checkpoint locations to help with your planning for running;
CP 1 - 6.5 miles - Heyshott
CP 2 - 12 miles - East Dean Wood - NO PUBLIC VEHICLE ACCESS
CP 3 - 18 miles - Upwaltham
CP 4 - 25 miles - Bignor Hill car park