There is a strict kit check at event registration. Without the required kit, you will not be allowed to start. Heading out onto the route whilst knowing that you don’t have the kit below could endanger not only you, but those who may have to come and help you in an emergency situation.

The compulsory kit list is as follows:

1. Waterproof trousers and jacket. Must be fully waterproof with taped seams (wind / showerproof not acceptable). The jacket must have a hood. There is a current trend to ‘go lighter’ but we would prefer you to ‘go safer’ and carry items which can withstand the worst conditions.

2. Spare base layers, long sleeve top and bottoms. These should be sealed in a bag and only used in emergency situations.

*each year people laugh at the fact that emergency base layers must be sealed and not used during the event. It’s very simple, if you are forced to stop due to an emergency and you are already wearing your spare base layers (which are now likely to be soaking wet), then you may quickly find yourself in trouble. You therefore must carry an emergency set, which stay packed away, unless an emergency presents itself.

3. Hat and gloves.

4. Map and roadbook (supplied at registration)

5. Compass – know how to simply orientate a map and locate your position, should your electronic devices fail.

6. First aid kit.

7. Emergency food (sealed in a bag to be used only in emergencies – see above post regarding base layers)

8. Head torch and spare batteries or spare head torch.

9. Whistle.

10. A back pack or similar to carry all the above.

11. Quality off road running shoes (not road shoes).

12. Mobile phone fully charged.

13. Blanket or survival bag.

14. Solid plastic cup for hot drinks or soup, 2nd cup / bottle or soft flask for cold drinks, a spork (or similar) for eating food at checkpoints. There are no plastic cups or cutlery provided to minimise waste.