Sunday 7th September 2025
Captains are now collecting names who can run. PLEASE FILL THIS FORM IN IF YOU CAN RUN.
You must be a member of Springfield Striders to compete in this for us; i.e. have renewed your membership for 2025/26 season.
This race covers the 82 miles of the Essex Way, from Epping Station to Harwich Old Lighthouse in 10 stages.
The route is mostly cross-country and can be difficult through crops and across ploughed fields. Nevertheless it is a very enjoyable day out in the most attractive rural parts of Essex (with an excellent fish and chip shop and pubs waiting for you at Harwich). The course is NOT marked and all competitors need to have reconnoitred their section before the day to avoid getting lost.
It is not a traditional relay race in that you do not need to wait for your teammate to finish their leg. You start at the time listed below and there are no batons involved!
APPROXIMATE DISTANCES AND START TIMES
- STAGE 1 EPPING – CHIPPING ONGAR 7.5 miles 8am
- STAGE 2 CHIPPING ONGAR – GOOD EASTER 9.5 miles 9am
- STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS 9.5 miles 10.15am
- STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING 10.1 miles 11.30am
- STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY 9.4 miles 12.45pm
- STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT 5.7 miles 2pm
- STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM 11.2 miles 2.40pm
- STAGE 8 DEDHAM – BRADFIELD 8.0 miles 4.15pm
- STAGE 9 BRADFIELD – RAMSAY 5.3 miles 5.15pm
- STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE 5.5 miles 6pm
Finish Approximately 6.45pm, total distance – 82 miles (approximately)
Runners are to be at their starting points at least 15 minutes before estimated start times. Circumstances on the day will decide the actual start times.
Please park responsibly and follow the countryside code
