2025 LRRL - Race 5

Information 

Race day info

• Registration desk expected to open at 5.30pm to collect numbers - NO numbers will be sent in the post

• Club representatives should collect their pack of numbers from the registration desk to distribute to their runners

• No baggage drop (the car park is close to the finish area)

• No on the day registrations or transfers

• Some refreshments in the race village (cold drinks, ice-creams)

• No headphones (of any type)

• In line with other LRRL races all race positions for the League results will be based on gun times, and we will also use gun time for the senior men's and women's prizes. However, individual times will also be calculated on chip times and any age group prizes we award will be based on the chip times

Times

• 5.30pm - Registration Desk opens for number collection

• 7:00pm - 10K race starts

Travel and parking

Enter the park from the Northern entrance:

Watermead Country Park,
Wanlip Road,
Leicester
LE7 4PH

Most of the parking is by the race village and finish area.

Parking will be limited so car sharing is vital.

The parking system at Watermead is currently being updated. More details will be provided about this closer to race day.

Please arrive early -the main driveway to the main car parking areas will be closed between 6.30pm and approx. 7.50pm, as it is part of the course.

If you arrive after 6.30pm you will need to park in one of the small car parks near the entrance to the Park, half a mile from the race village.

There is limited parking and car sharing is ESSENTIAL! The main car parking will be on the actual picnic area, and then when that is full, cars will be directed to the main carpark next to the picnic area.

Please drive all the way up the main drive to the picnic area to park unless you are told by the parking marshals to use one of the other designated parking areas for the evening.

Note: it is not possible to drive into the Park to the race village and back out again before and during the race. Please perform drop offs at the Park's entrance.

Do NOT park on the verge of the main drive- unlike ParkRun this is on the race route and we need to keep it clear.

If you know the area around Watermead, please consider parking outside the Park and jogging in. There is some parking on nearby residential roads (around 1/2 mile away), or the Dunelm Head Office (1 mile away). These will not be signposted and you will need to find your own way to the race village.

The Course

A two lap, fast course around the lakes of the Watermead Country Park. View the full course profile.

The course is well marshalled with two water stations on the course, plus water at the finish line.

The race starts on the main driveway, 500m back towards the park entrance from the picnic area. Runners will be asked to move to the start 20 minutes before the race.

Please line up at the start in expected time order- There will be signs to help you position yourself and this will really help the field to spread out early and avoid congestion as the course goes onto narrower paths.

After the opening straight back down the driveway to the picnic area, it is a two lap course, finishing on the picnic area.

There are some hazards: speed bumps, bollards, some uneven surfaces, and a 400m section of grass per lap.

Parts of the course are narrow, so please keep left except where marshals instruct otherwise.

Contact

Email: races@barrowrunners.co.uk

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