The things people ask before they enter.

Pick a weekend, pick a distance, pay once. Entry covers your race, the GPX pack, basecamp camping Friday to Sunday, the fire, and as much soup as you can hold. Every race is capped at 300 — when it’s full, it’s full. No waiting-list creep, no “extra places released”.

Yes, on anything 50K and up: half at entry, half a month before race weekend. If the second half doesn’t arrive, your place goes back in the pot and the first half rolls to a future entry — we don’t keep it.

Up to 6 weeks out: full credit toward any future race, or transfer your place to a friend free. Inside 6 weeks: transfer only. We don’t do cash refunds because the land fees, soup and safety cover are already paid for by then. Injured with a note from a physio? Talk to June — she’s human about it.

Down, always — tell the start-line crew and they’ll re-band you. Up, never on the day. The kit list and cut-offs for the longer race were published for a reason, and “feeling good this morning” isn’t a safety plan.

Every race, every runner, at the start line. Missing an item means you don’t start, and that’s happened to fast people with nice watches. The list is on each event page months ahead — there are no surprise additions on the day.

Download the GPX from the event page, then: Garmin — drop it into Garmin Connect → Courses → import, sync. Coros — import in the app under Navigation. Suunto — app → route library → import. Do it before you travel; signal at basecamp is a rumour. Stuck? Email us the make of your watch and we’ll send exact steps.

Marked with reflective flags at every decision point, and swept the same day. But on grade 4–5 races the mandatory map and compass are not decoration — in clag on a ridge, flags disappear and the GPX plus a bearing is what gets you home.

Every route has a published low alternative, decided by 05:00 on race morning with our mountain rescue advisor. In six years we’ve dropped to the low route twice and cancelled nothing. Rain, wind and snow are the product — genuine danger isn’t.

A farm field with the important things done properly: marquee, fire pit, hot water, real toilets, a soup operation that has never once run dry. Bring a tent and a warm bag. Vans welcome. It’s not glamping and it’s not meant to be.

All three. Dogs on leads around the food and the start. Supporters camp free and eat soup like everyone else. Kids love the fire; the fire crew are used to it and the marshal with the best stories does a route briefing for them on Saturday afternoon.

Parking in the next field, £5 for the weekend, goes to the farmer. Every event page lists the nearest station and we run a shuttle from it on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon — book a seat when you enter. Lift-share board goes up in the entry confirmation email.

In The Aftermath, free to every runner, full resolution, no watermarks, no “premium gallery”. Our photographers get paid by us, not by you.

Marshals, checkpoint crew, kit checkers, fire keepers, soup shift — every weekend needs about forty people. You get: fed all weekend, camping, a free entry credit for any future race, and the best seat in the house. Email us with the weekend you want and any hill experience; checkpoint crew on the big races need to be comfortable being outside in weather for six hours.

By design. The race is between you and the hill, and the hill isn’t keeping score. Your watch gives you a time if you want one; the archive gives you photos and what people said at the fire. Nobody has ever asked for their position twice.