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Medina 10 Mile
10:30
Age 8 & over
£39
- 10 miles trail running
Event overview
Thousands of adventurers have taken on the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge® - part of the UK’s biggest and best series of treks and trail runs for a wide range of ages, fitness and experience levels which raises £10+ million a year for charities!
You’ll get full support all the way so you can set a new distance goal, enjoy the scenery and push yourself over 10 miles for an important cause. If you’re up for a charity event this year, make it the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge®.
The Ultra Challenge Experience
Do it at your own pace and enjoy the route as part of a day out. The level of support and encouragement enables you to go further and faster.
A finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement for you personally and also for your fundraising efforts.
Get Sponsored for Charity
You’ll be amazed how much you can raise on these distance challenges as friends and family will recognise and support your courageous endeavours as you cover a hearty 10 miles! All fundraising goes directly to your charity via an online JustGiving page.
£10+ Million Fundraising
The series raises £10+ million a year for charities. Choose your charity, set up a JustGiving sponsorship page and make your challenge count!
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Charity places
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- All fitness levels
- Event village
- Families
- Newcomers
Your challenge, your way
Whether you’re a walker and new to challenge events, an experienced trekker, a marathon enthusiast upping the distance, or a seasoned ultra runner after UTMB points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! Walk, Jog, or Run at your pace, as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you. There’s an Ultra March® option for ‘fast walkers’ – and a new ‘Solo Challenger’ start time to join up with others.
The Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge is fun, safe, and rewarding – with full support all the way, enabling you to push yourself further in stunning scenery. With pre and post-challenge camping options and a Chale basecamp with plenty of parking and shuttle bus transfers – it will be a Bank Holiday weekend not to miss!
Best support & hospitality
This Ultra Challenge® famously lays on the best support and hospitality available on any UK endurance-style event. This enables you to step up and confidently tackle an 'Ultra' distance, with the best chance of success - and to enjoy your challenge! Here's a summary:
Before
- Challenge app
- Facebook forum
- Training guides
- Fundraising support
- Training walks and runs
- Video briefings
- Travel planning
- Parking
During
- Baggage transfers
- The start line
- Chip timing and tracking
- Rest stops
- Food and drink
- Medical support
- Camping
Along the route
- Fully signed route
- Apps, maps and GPS
- Route safety experts
- Emergency response
- Trek masters
- 24 hour control room
After
- Finish line experience
- Finish times and certificate
- Shuttles and transfers
- Hot meal
- Medical care and follow up
- Deals on future challenges
- Bag storage
- Bag transfer
- Bar
- BBQ
- Cafe
- Camping
- Changing facilities
- Entertainment
- Music
- Paid parking
- Showers
- Toilets
Event HQ
Chale Parish Recreation Ground
Military Road
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
PO38 2JF
UK
- Check points
- First aid
- Flat
- Food stations
- Marshals
- Mass start
- Toilets
- Water stations
- Way markers
Overview
Cowes, and its famous marinas, sit on the estuary of the River Madina, so if you’re staying in Cowes and fancy a bit of a challenge, this could be perfect for you! Starting at the showground basecamp – you’ll follow the trails around the estuary, cross on the chain ferry and get a really good feel for Cowes and its surrounding area. You finish back at the Cowes basecamp after a rewarding 10-mile mini-challenge!
Map
- Event app
- Map
- Post-race meal
- Training plan
Included
- 5 miles | snacks and drinks
- Finish | optional ‘discounted’ finishers meal
Bookable extras
- Camping packages
- Parking
- Challengers meal
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising support
How to start fundraising
You need to create your fundraising page on JustGiving within 48 hours of registering for your challenge. Then you can start your fundraising by sharing your page online with your friends and family.
Fundraise as a team
As long as you’re all fundraising for the same charity, you can create a team fundraising page on JustGiving. You will still have to reach the combined total fundraising amount as the target is per person, not per team.
Fundraising concerns
Speak to your charity about any worries. They are the experts and will offer you support, materials and inspiration throughout.
Remember only 50% of the target has to be reached 3 weeks before the challenge meaning you’ve got time after the challenge to impress everyone with your achievement and keep on fundraising.
Help for you
If you don’t reach the fundraising target, there are alternative options. You can always change to a self-funded place and still take part in the challenge.
Next steps
Once you've got your charity place, your details will be passed to the charity and you will hear from them within 14 days.
The island is spectacular, the camaraderie between participants like no other event I’ve ever done!
A brilliantly organised event - I would highly recommend this to anyone. BUT be prepared it is tougher than you think!
