Monthly Club Handicap on Saturday Morning

Don't miss the November handicap in Hyde Park on Saturday morning. Registration opens 8.15am, and closes 8.55am sharp. Meet at the Boathouse.

 

Picture from Monthly Club Handicap on Saturday Morning

The race for the Tom Hogshead Trophy is hotting up, even if the weather isn't!

We meet as normal at the Boathouse on the north side of the Serpentine. If you're running, the race is open to club members only and is 6,975 metres of pure joy (or two laps of the Serpentine, in old money). Registration opens at 8.15am and closes promptly at 8.55am or earlier if the race limit of 100 is reached. You do not need to pre-register. You can only register on the day. First time runners need to pay £2 for their race number which is then used for all subsequent races. If you forget or lose your number you keep the same number but will need to buy a replacement which costs £2.

If you have never run the handicap before, or have only run it once in your lifetime, or you haven't run for more than a year, then you will be a "scratch" runner on Saturday. This means that you are running to establish your legitimate current start time. Scratch runners run the same course, but they cannot win medals or score place points. (Once you have done your two scratch runs, you compete on the same level as other competitors and can win medals and points and acclaim).

You need to wear club colours in the race - make sure you have your red top with yellow stripes if you're going to compete (tri tops, red/gold Serpie t-shirts, and running tops are all valid) otherwise you may be denied points and medals! Please note that headphones aren't allowed in the race.

See more information about the handicap on the Serpentine website.

The Handicappers
handicapper@serpentine.org.uk

Submitted: 29 October 2017

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