Wednesday 4-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm

The Forest Park Ladies 5k is our long established Ladies-only race which was first run in 1993 and has more than 100 finishers most years.  The race is popular with all ranges of abilities, from experienced athletes of county standard to beginners.  This can be seen from the wide range of finishing times, from under 17 mins to over 50 mins.

The race is run under UK Athletics rules, UKA Race License 2012-103477.  The minimum age for runners is 13 years old on race day.

Race Route

The race follows a mostly traffic free course along parkland paths, and it is fairly flat with just two small hills approaching footbridges, one of which the route crosses.

The start is a little under ½ mile walk from Race HQ, under the subway into Birchwood Brook Park.  The finish is on the opposite side of the field from Race HQ.

The route follows the main footpath through Birchwood Brook Park, before passing Birchwood railway station and going up Birchwood Boulevard (the only road section of the course).  It then joins Oakwood Gate path, passing the pond and the walled garden before crossing Oakwood Gate footbridge and following the main path back past the Fire Station to the finish in the Forest Park.

To see the race route, click on the small map to the left.

How To Enter

Both on-line and postal entry are available.  There is an extra charge for the on-line entry service, but you don't have to provide envelopes or stamps.

The closing date for pre-entries is 27-Jun-2012.

Please click here to download an entry form (in PDF format) for postal entries.

An entry list is available on this web site in the run up to the race.

Entries on the day will be accepted at an extra charge (see the entry form for details).  If you want to enter on the day, please try to arrive early as it can get very busy in Race HQ.  It would help if you could bring a completed race entry form and the right money (or a cheque).

If you would like one or more entry forms sent to you by post, write to:

• Forest Park Ladies 5k, 66 Cross Lane, Newton le Willows, WA12 9QB

Please include a stamped addressed envelope for forms to be returned to you.

We send a race information sheet out with your race number.  If you lose it or want another copy, please click here to download it (in PDF format).

Refund policy

If you have entered the race and are unable to run for whatever reason, like most races we are unable to offer refunds.  Also, we are not able to defer your race entry to the following year.

However we do allow you to transfer your race entry to another runner.

Transfer Of Race Entries

Spectrum Striders will allow runners to transfer their race number to another runner provided they submit a completed entry form which is clearly marked:

"Transfer runner number XXXX from previous runner "

Please give as many details of the previous runner as possible; including "age on race day" and sex. We want to make absolutely sure we transfer the entry from the right person. The entry form for the new runner MUST be completed as normal with age, sex etc.

We would much prefer all changes to get to us before the closing date, but we will accept changes on the day at Race HQ.  If you want to do this, please arrive early!

We will not charge a transfer fee to do this unless we incur a cost. We want to see the right names against the runners in the results.

Results

Race results will be available to view at Race HQ on the evening.  We aim to have provisional results available to view on this web site on the evening of the race.

Prizes & Presentation

We give flowers to all finishers.

The prize presentation will be as soon as possible after the end of the race, once race results are available.

We offer prizes to the first three finishers as well as to veteran categories and to the first team.

Finally, there will be a spot prize draw but you can only claim your prize if you stay for the post-race presentation.

Race information

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