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- Endurance Life Coastal Series -

2010

           SATURDAY 22nd May


ENDURANCE LIFE COASTAL TRAIL SERIES


A series of 7 Running Events comprising a 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon; with the Exmoor leg starting and finishing at the Hunters Inn - all courses are circular.

See map http://www.endurancelife.com/assets/courses/cts/exmoor.html

Please note that spectators are very welcome….

The Event Base

- Venue The Hunters Inn Heddon Valley, Parracombe, North Devon, EX31 4PY tel: 01598 763230

- For Spectators and Post Event Competitors

  Meals, Snacks, a BBQ, Coffees & Cream Teas are all available at the Hunters Inn, along with a well-stocked bar!

- Endurancelife Party To celebrate the “end of series” Endurancelife are going to have a party at the Hunters Inn on the Saturday evening. Evening meals will be served from 6-9pm with music from 8pm.

If you would like to book a table for your evening meal (very much advised!) please contact the Hunters Inn on 01598 763230. If you just want to party - then come along, everyone is welcome!


The information below is taken from the Endurance Life website
www.endurancelife.com


The Final Stage

It has been an amazing journey with six grueling encounters along the way with some of the most beautiful and challenging terrain on the British coast. It has been an immensely rewarding experience for everyone involved and the final hurdle now looms in the shape of Exmoor and fittingly we have saved the best ‘til last. The Exmoor courses are statistically the toughest in the line up, having the most vertical gain.

The final stage of the CTS is based in a gorgeous wooded valley near the village of Parracombe, it is a great place to be based, sheltered as it is from the wilder weather found on the cliff tops. The CTS courses all start and finish at the Hunters Inn, and take you on one of the best trail running experiences you can have in the UK. As ever, whether you are running your first event in the series, or you are diligently working your way through all seven, we sincerely hope that you have a fantastic experience. Whatever the weather decides, we guarantee that you are in for a fabulous day of challenging and inspiring coastal trail running.

2009

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The Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series
9th May 2009

Marathon, Half-Marathon & 10K

We were delighted to play host once more to Endurance Life when they had their Base Camp at the Hunters Inn for the Exmoor stage of their Coastal Trail Series; the toughest course of a series of seven coastal routes.

This is what they have to say about the area on their website:-

"This course makes a fitting finale to this awesome series and has become a
classic event in its own right.  The course encompasses stiff climbs and descents, open moorland, thickly wooded combes, historical ruins, dizzying cliffs, exquisitely beautiful rivers and a stretch of coastline that is unsurpassed". 

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Base Camp - The Hunters Inn Patio

...And about the stamina required...

"The super sized topology of this course surprises those unfamiliar with the area and it should not be underestimated.  The Exmoor course is widely regarded as the toughest course in the series and is definitely a gruelling test of endurance for even the very hardest of runners. We are confident that there is no course in Britain that offers such a variety of terrain within such a compact area. This truly is trail running territory at its best".

...And about the Heddon Valley in particular...

"This is a sublimely beautiful valley, and you will have two wonderful viewpoints of it. From below, as you run alongside the stream in the valley, and from above as you negotiate a wonderfully high and exposed coast path".

Next years event is already confirmed as 22nd May, 2010 - it is a good day to just come along and enjoy both the atmosphere and the BBQ!

Endurance Life



The Hunters Inn, Heddon Valley,
Parracombe, North Devon, EX31 4PY.
01598 763230
 
info@thehuntersinn.net