Old Mother Shipton's Soft Shoe Shuffle | 10K

Difficulty rating

Timetable

• 08:15 | Registration opens for all distances

Shoe type

Road shoes – the course is mainly good underfoot, with one very short section of field.

Event HQ

Mother Shipton's Cave
Harrogate Road
High Bridge
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 8DD
UK

Parking

You cannot park at the start/finish area, and you do not go into Monther Shipton's Cave itself, but you can park over the bridge in Conyngham Hall's long stay car park, council charges apply. The address is: Conyngham Car Park, Bond End, Knaresborough HG5 9AY.

The route is undulating. The route is mainly on good path, private road, disused railway track and 150 yards of field, the field could become very muddy if there has been a lot of rain beforehand, but it is only a very short stretch of field.

There are a couple of small road crossings - please take care. Marshals are not allowed to stop traffic. The roads will be marked by a sign.

There will be water/feed stations along the route approximately every 3 miles.

Marshals will be placed along the route at the turnaround points and on the water/feed stations 

Cut off time

6.5 hours.

Headphones

The use of headphones is not endorsed for the following safety reasons:

• Runners cannot always hear the marshals’ instructions
• Runners may not hear cyclists behind them and stray into their path
• Bone conduction earphones are allowed

This is cupless event. All runners are requested to bring their own labelled, reusable cup or bottle. 

Included

• It's Grim Up North running experience
• Unique medal design
• Lots of lovely goodies at the finish line

Optional extra

• Grim massage - Adam will be available for both pre-race and post-race massage. He is brilliant. You can pay by either cash or card.

Entry fees