what you get for your entry fee

For your £26.50 (or £24.50 for club member) each runner will receive the following:

• Finisher's Medal
• Downloadable Race certificate with time and position
• CHAMPIONCHIP chip timing
• A space on the starting line of one of the best half marathons in the UK!

how to enter

• Closing date September 22nd 2012 or when our limit of 6000 has been reached.
• No Half Marathon entries will be accepted on the day.
• Online entries via www.runwindsor.com or print out and fill in the entry form.
• Check all details are correct and send your completed entry form and cheque to:
  Running 4 Women Ltd/Windsor Half Marathon
  PO Box 2070
  Stourbridge
  West Midlands
  DY8 1WX

start and finish

Long Walk, The Great Park, Windsor, England SL4 2HH
Car Park and access to the start is off A332.

course description

As we are constantly striving to make this course as runner friendly as we can, we have kept the running of the course in a clockwise direction. Again we would ask all runners to be aware of the requests by Race Marshals to keep over to the right hand side of the road to enable the Race Cars and Race leaders to come through. We have always found you to be extremely helpful when you have been asked to move over and we sincerely hope that you will all cooperate again this year – thank you and please enjoy the day.

prizes

Elite Runner Prizes...

Additional Prizes to the value of...

how to get there

By car

By car please allow at least 1 hour on top of anticipated journey time

From the north

Join M4 and travel westbound to J10. Take A329M to Bracknell. At Twin Bridges roundabout continue on to the A329 signposted to Ascot. At Heatherwood Hospital roundabout (near racecourse) turn left onto A332 towards Windsor. The route will be AA signposted.

From the west

Leave M4 at J10 and follow directions as above.

From the south

Leave M3 at J3 and follow A322 towards Bracknell. At first major roundabout, get in offside lane and take A332 to Ascot.  At Heatherwood Hospital roundabout (near the racecourse) continue on A332 towards Windsor. The route will be AA signposted.

These routes have been pre-planned in consultation with the Police in order to alleviate traffic congestion. Your co-operation is greatly appreciated.  Please exit by the same route.

From the east

Leave M4 at J6 follow signs towards Windsor then follow AA signs for Windsor Half Marathon.

By rail

• From Paddington: change at Slough for Windsor & Eton (Central)
• From Waterloo: to Windsor (Riverside) via Staines.
• On leaving stations, walk up High Street into Park Street to castle gates, then down to Long Walk to start (about one mile).

accommodation

Sir Christopher Wren's House Hotel and Spa

Sir Christopher's House Hotel & Spa is an elegant 17th Century town house, located in a privileged positioned between the banks of the Thames, and Windsor Castle.

It offers guests many high-class facilities including 96 individually designed bedrooms, a range of function & meeting room's ideal for weddings, business or events, the Wrens Club Spa, and "Strok's" an award winning restaurant & bar.

For Further information please call the hotel on: ( 01753 ) 861354 Email: reservation@windsor.wrensgroup.com or visit our website www.sirchristopherwren.co.uk

Sir Christopher Wren's House Hotel & Spa, Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1PX

Travel Lodge Windsor Central

34 Kind Edward Court, Windsor. Berkshire. SL4 1TG

Tel: 0871 984 6331 Fax: 01753 864130

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Copthorne Hotel Slough Windsor

The stylish modern hotel boasts two floors of club room accommodation. The hotel is in easy reach of Windsor Castle.

Cippenham Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2YE

Tel: 01753 516222 Fax: 01753 516237

sales.slough@millenniumhotels.co.uk

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windsor half marathon

Race Rules

1. Entrants are required to abide by the Race Rules and marshals' directions. Entrants for the half marathon must be amateur, and 17 years or older on race date. The race will be held under UK Athletics rules
2. Entries to the Windsor Half Marathon are personal to the applicant, entry fees are non-refundable and non-deferrable. Any runner who competes in another person's race number will be disqualified.
3. No refund can be given if the race has to be cancelled or postponed due to circumstances outside the race organisers' control
4. The race organisers reserve the right to refuse or cancel applications, including duplicate applications, or alter the date of the event, the course route or distance
5. The race organisers, sponsors, charities, suppliers and/or their agents will not be liable for any injury, loss or expense which may arise in consequence of your participation in this event save as to negligence
6. All runners are required to complete the personal, contact and health details form on the back of their race number.
7. There is a cut off time for the start - if you arrive later than 13.10pm you will not be allowed to cross the start line as the Glynn Shefford Memorial Run will be assembled at the start.
8. No wheeled vehicles (pram's, buggies etc), dogs, following cycles, alcohol or tobacco allowed
9. We strongly recommend that you do not race wearing headphones, you need to be fully aware of the surroundings
10. Race marshals and medical team members have the authority to disqualify and remove any runner they consider to be acting dangerously, or to be unfit to compete
11. Disqualified runners will be removed from the race results, banned from future Windsor Half Marathons and reported to UK Athletics
12. Team Rules - We do not require competitors to wear official club or team vests. Team results will be based on cumulative times (not places)
13. Runners are required to give assistance to fallen runners, and to report any casualties immediately to the nearest first aid post or race marshal
14. In the event of any dispute the decision of the Race Referee and Race Director shall be final
15. Prize winners are only allowed to receive one prize. E.g. If a veteran runner finishes amongst the first 6 prize winners in the Open Race then he / she will not be eligible for the award in the veteran category.
16. If for some unfortunate reason you are unable to run then you MUST return the Championchip in the envelope provided.
17. It is important to note that we shall be using a timing chip that will be attached to your shoe. These are expensive to produce. Therefore there will be a levy of £10.00 for all non returned chips. We will endeavour to retrieve your chips at the end of the finishing funnels - should you manage to slip through you can take the chip to the Administration Office.
18. Runners are NOT required to register before the race.
19. Check your bank statement for confirmation of acceptance

Refunds

1. The moment you enter our race we start to incur administration costs and banking charges, simply in processing your entry and payment. We also incur further charges in administering cancellations and processing refund payments.
2. No refund can be given if the race has to be cancelled or postponed due to circumstances outside our control, for instance by order of the government due to foot and mouth. Your entry fee is invested in the cost of staging the event, and the main costs to contractors, suppliers, administration etc are already committed well before race day.
3. Furthermore most races do not offer any form of refund at all if a runner decides to cancel their place because of injury, illness, lack of training or change of plan. There are many other instances of higher priced services, such as plane, train or theatre tickets where no refunds can be given for cancellation in these circumstances.
4. Running in someone else's race number can have very serious consequences if the runner suffers a medical emergency - we have had cases where we have been unable to identify or contact families of runners who have suffered potentially life-threatening conditions whilst using someone else's race number. The accuracy of the race results is also affected when runners are placed in the wrong age and sex category.

Transfers

Transfers of an entry to another person are permitted with the organisers consent up until 22nd September 2012. Please download a substitution entry form, the substitute must fill it in and send it with your name and address with a cheque for £10 made payable to Running 4 Women Ltd/Windsor Half Marathon to Windsor Half Marathon, PO Box 2070, Stourbridge, West Midlands. DY8 1WX. Please note that your race number must not be given to anyone else, this will result in them being disqualified and also if part of a team, this will result in the team being disqualified.

Peter Hier
Race Director
Windsor Half Marathon
PO Box 2070
Stourbridge
England
DY8 1WX