Windsor Womens 10K
Sat 28 Sep 2024 Windsor, Berkshire, UK Entries closed

Windsor Womens 10K

'It’s more than a race – it’s a community!' Start and finish on the Long Walk and enjoy an undulating course passing through some of the most beautiful countryside, by royal residences and statues.

  • Sat 28 Sep 2024
  • Entries closed
Windsor Great Park, Windsor

Windsor Womens 10K

10:00

Age 15 & over

£26.50-£28.50

  • 10 km road running

Overview

Probably the most iconic of all road race finishes in the UK!

Welcome to the Windsor Womens 10K which forms part of the well-established and much-loved Windsor Half Marathon weekend which is celebrating its 40th year this year!

The 10K course starts and finishes along the iconic Long Walk and what a finish it is!

venue

The course itself is undulating and passes through some of the most beautiful countryside. There are two drink stations out on the course and also one at the finish.

What a fabulous event, perfect organisation, beautiful day... Can’t wait till next year! Mandy Taylor

Along the course you will pass the Royal Lodge which was the Queen Mother’s residence and then at around 5.5km you will pass the Statue of Queen Elizabeth II erected in celebration of her Golden Jubilee.

It is then almost all downhill to the finish as you sweep onto the top of the Long Walk with Windsor Castle as the back drop.

Highlights

  • A rare women-only 10K run
  • Part of the Windsor Half Marathon's jubilant 40th Anniversary weekend
  • Enjoy the Great Windsor Deer Park
  • Windsor Castle as the spectacular backdrop
  • Run past many Royal sites of interest
  • See the Copper Horse Statue
  • Pay respects at the Queen Elizabeth II Statue
  • For runners of all abilities and speeds
  • Enjoy a day out with refreshments and children's entertainment

Event video

  • All fitness levels
  • Event village
  • Free venue entry
  • Newcomers
  • Spectators
  • Women-only

Timetable

  • 09:15 | Sprite Sprint – (5-9 year olds)
  • 09:25 | Warm-up
  • 10:00 | Windsor Women’s 10K start 

Kit check

  • Shoes (make sure you have worn them before you race in them!)
  • Clean socks
  • Shorts
  • Vest / T-shirt
  • Track bottoms
  • Warm top (waterproof if weather is likely to be bad)
  • Extra clothes in case the weather is cold/wet
  • Race number/race Information book
  • Safety pins (for your number)
  • Bottle of water
  • Energy bar / banana for post race
  • Travel information (any travel tickets you may have bought)
     

Business Challenge

For teams of 3 or more.

The Business Challenge helps to:

  • build teamwork
  • create competition between businesses and fitness within the workplace
  • raise money for charities based within the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
     

200 places in the Windsor Womens 10K are specifically reserved for entrants representing business teams.

There is no limit to the number of entrants in each team but a minimum of 3 runners are required to score in the team results.

Who is it for?

The event is ideal for inter-branch or inter-departmental challenges – see how head office really matches up against the local branch, Finance against IT, or management vs staff, and of course, businesses are positively encouraged to challenge your competitors to “meet up” on the start line! All businesses are welcome, no matter what the size eg. Hairdressers, Nail Salons, small gyms, etc. As long as you can get three employees together, then you have a team!

Benefits

  • Winners trophy
  • Team photograph
  • Company logo on the Business Challenge page
  • If you win: Bragging rights for the next 12 months!

  • Bag storage
  • Cafe
  • Free parking
  • Park
  • Toilets

Event HQ

Windsor Great Park
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4
UK

Free parking

The directions to the Car Park are clearly signposted by the AA and the Car Park is managed by CSP, a professional traffic management company.

The car park itself is free and there are no other costs for entering the site.

  • Cut off time
  • Distance markers
  • Marshals
  • Out and back
  • Water stations

Route description

The course starts and finishes along the Long Walk with the start being around 190m further up the Long Walk to enable runners to use the Windsor Half Marathon finish.

The course itself is undulating and passes through some of the most beautiful countryside. There are two drink stations out on the course and also one at the finish. Along the course you will pass the Royal Lodge which was the Queen Mother’s residence and is now home to Prince Andrew, the Royal School and then at around 5.5 km you will pass the Statue of Queen Elizabeth II erected in celebration of her Golden Jubilee. It is then almost all downhill to the finish as you sweep onto the top of the Long Walk with Windsor Castle as the back drop.

Map

map

 

Cut off time

Roads will open within the Great Park from 1pm onwards.

  • Public transport links
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability policy

There will be waste zones after each drinks station on both sides of the road to help try and keep Windsor Great Park clean and tidy.

  • Cash prizes
  • Medal
  • Training plan

Included

  • Closed Facebook group

    There is a closed group available only to entrants into the Windsor Womens 10K and is the hub of the community.
    This is where you can help each other out, offer feedback and insight whenever possible but please remember to be kind!
    Let’s have some fun! Post your successes and your failures, questions and challenges. Support others and seek support when you need it.

  • Training programmes

    There are 3 running training programmes to choose from: Beginner, Intermediate and Improver.
    These have been written by Peter Hier and James Thie and are available for download. There's also a very simple Stretching Programme for you.

  • Souvenir medal

    Every year this event endeavours to produce a unique medal and this year is no different!

  • Aerobic warm-up

    The aerobic warm up is always a big favourite; with good music and a great instructor, not only is it a great deal of fun but it really is a good way to get you in the mood and loosen up those joints and muscles. Couple this with a short jog and you will be raring to go!

  • Post finish goods

    When you finish your 10K you will walk through the finish funnels where you will be presented with your medal and water. There will be a strong medical presence (as there is out on the course) to ensure that all is well with you.

  • Children's event and entertainment

    There will be a Sprite Sprint for 9 years and under which you can enter on the day and is approximately 40 metres and run on the grass alongside the Long Walk.
    There will be a variety of free on site entertainment for children including Bouncy Castles and Face Painters.

Prizes

  • Individual categories

    1st, 2nd, 3rd and age groups.

  • Teams

    Why not get some of your friends to enter and run as a Team. You decide on a name and perhaps you might want to come in fancy dress. Just enter as normal and then each of you make sure that you put in the same Team name. Prizes for 1st Team (lowest aggregate time of first 3 runners in the Team). Prize for best Fancy Dress.

  • Generation Game

    Prizes for the 1st Mother/Daughter team to finish in lowest aggregate time, or it could of course be Grandmother and Granddaughter providing the Granddaughter is 15 years of age on or before the day.

merchandise
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Celebrate your achievement with branded kit.

Wellbeing of Women

You are welcome to run for the headline charity if you wish.

Wellbeing of Women is the health charity saving and changing the lives of women, girls and babies. It is the only UK charity working across all of women’s gynaecological and reproductive health.

Led by women’s voices, we improve health and wellbeing through research, education and campaigns. We imagine a world in which women’s lives are not limited by their gynaecological and reproductive health. Help us make this a reality.

  • Age 15 & over
  • 3000 places
  • Enter online
  • Event merch available
  • Race pack by post

Fabulous race - first time we have done this one and probably one of the best organised and friendly 10Ks we have participated in! Thank you, we will be back! Love the medal. Claire Henderson

Brilliant event, thank you organisers. A special thank you to all the helpers along the route who clapped and said encouraging words to keep a very slow participant going. I hope they realise how a clap and a few words makes all the difference. You even sorted out the weather for us. Thank you again, I suspect I will back again next year. Jenny Livy

What a wonderful morning…. We ladies of Hook Runners had the loveliest time. We got many PBs and a podium place among us, but the best bit was the camaraderie and the fact that 4 of our boys… 2 of our beloved injured and some of our offspring came to cheer… and that sun shone (just enough and just at the right time!) Thanks for a great race. Jackie Wilson

What a fabulous event, perfect organisation, beautiful day! Thank you to the lovely sub 60 pacer. Can’t wait till next year! Mandy Taylor

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