Get your sprint on to catch early bird

RUNNERS are being urged to capitalise on an early bird offer for the Guilden Sutton 10k Road Race.

- BY DENNIS WALL

West Cheshire Athletic Club are organising the fixture on Sunday, September 21, which is now in it's 42nd year and was formally known as the Sutton 6 and began as a six-miler, becoming a 10k in 1993.

Runners are being presented with an early bird offer of a £3 discount for all entries before July 1.

The 10K start is about 500 metres from Guilden Sutton Village Hall (Race HQ, number/chip collection and where the finish is).

The course has two loops, the first 3.2K followed by a larger loop. The first 4.2K undulates, passing twice under and once over the A55 bypass, after which the course is fairly flat.

There is a drinks station at approximately 6.8K where the footpath is wide, the footpath then takes you to the lowest point of the course at 8K.

There are then a couple of short rises to the finish at the Village Hall.