Fell race abbreviations

Skills & Experience:

ER - Experience required
NS - Navigational Skills Required
LK - Local Knowledge an advantage
PM - Course Partially Marked

(All of the codes in race descriptions are taken from the race pages on the FRA web site.)

Yorkshireman Half Marathon

Sunday 11-Sep-2011 at 10:30am

Category: BL, 14.8 miles / 23.8km,  1850ft / 564m climb

Venue:  Haworth Primary School, Rawdon Road, Haworth, West Yorkshire, BD22 8DW.

Grid ref: 032374

Skills & experience: PM, LK

Entry information:  Pre-entry only, £13.00.  Please note that this race fills up very quickly

For more information, go to the Keighley & Craven AC race page.

More information from the race web site:

Free t-shirt to all finishers.

Hot meal at finish & refreshments en-route, you are requested to carry a mug.  The route is partially flagged but you are recommended to recce the course & carry the relevant map.  A full narrative is sent out with confirmation of entry.

A4 colour map of route also available at cost of 75p.  This is an off road event & run under FRA rules & guidelines.  The route covers open moorland & the highest point in West Yorks.  Please carry required kit, map, compass & emergency rations.

Marathon

There is a full Marathon from the same location starting at 10am.

Fell Running equipment

From the FRA Handbook:

Competitors should arrive at races prepared to carry any or all of the following equipment:

- Windproof whole body cover
- Other body cover appropriate for the weather conditions
- Map & compass suitable for navigating the course
- Whistle
- Emergency food (for long races)

(This equipment is mandatory in Category AL or AM races)

"The competitor should take primary responsibility for his/her own safety on the fells."