Plenty of places still available for this years race. Click on the 10k Entry form below to download a form or go to Runners World website to enter online. Entries on the day will be possible too. Shiny medals for all finishers !
The Mel's Milers 10k takes place annually, usually the last Sunday of March or the first Sunday in April. The eighth staging of the race will take place on Sunday 28th March 2010. With around 300 entrants it is has a friendly atmosphere and a fantastic setting, starting and finishing in the avenue next to the quadrangle of Christ's Hospital school. Bluecoat Sports Centre provides the race HQ, with shower and changing facilities as well as the cafe upstairs.
The race is on mixed terrain which is mostly off-road, taking in a lap of the school grounds before heading off to Southwater along the Downs Link, round the CountryPark, and back along the Downs Link. In dry conditions this can be a fast course, being mainly flat and also an ideal first-time race.
Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd men and ladies, usually in the form of vouchers from local retailers. In 2009 the winners’ trophies and two first prize vouchers worth £60 were donated by Footwear Solutions in Horsham who supply Asics trainers. Second prizes were two £30 M&S vouchers, and third prizes were two £10 vouchers from Up and Running in Horsham. Our main sponsor, and provider of the race mementoes since 2008 is Oakland Security.
Each year a donation is made to a charity from the proceeds of the race. The 2010 charity is the Springboard Project, Horsham. Previous charities supported include the Mary How Trust, Ingfield Manor and Help for Heros.
