Essex Championship Race – 5M Ingatestone

The Race is an Essex County 5 mile championships for Essex qualified runners. To qualify runners must either be born in Essex or have been continually resident in Essex for a period 9 months prior to the race date. They must also be current England Athletics Registered and enter both their EA affiliation number and EA affiliated Club. They must also select the checkbox that appears in the Entry Central entry process. Championship runners are reminded that they must wear the vest of their affiliated Essex club during the race to avoid disqualification. Medals will be awarded to first three males and females in the categories of under 20, open and veterans in 5 year age bands from 40 through to 70. The team competition will be based on 3 to score with only Essex qualified runners from Essex affiliated clubs being eligible.

The race includes a separate U20’s championships for runners that must be born between 1st September 2003 and 31st August 2006 (i.e. aged between 17 and 20 in the 2023/2024 athletics year). There is no team competition for the U20’s and they are not eligible to score for a senior team.

START:  New Road, Ingatestone
FINISH:  Anglo European School
ROUTE:  Around Fryerning and Beggar Hill.