St Albans XC Relays. 15th September 2012
Fixture details for this Saturday.
Location: Verulamium Park, St Albans, Hertfordshire
2.45pm start – Women’s race of 4 x 2 ½ miles. Team manager: Jackie Butler. The teams will be arranged on the day. Cars leave the clubhouse at 1.00pm or meet at the Club tent near the
start/finish by 2.00pm.
2.45pm start – Men’s race of 6 x 2 ½ miles. Team manager: Paul Leppard. The teams will be arranged on the day. Cars leave the clubhouse at 1.00pm or meet at the Club tent near the start/finish by 2.00pm. Changing and presentations at Westminster Lodge Athletics track, with the start/finish area about five minutes walk away. All members are eligible to run,but if you know you cannot make the meeting time at St Albans beforehand, please let your team manager know.
Travel directions: (17 miles, 27min with no traffic delays) M25 clockwise to junction 21A. Left at the roundabout, the A405 North Orbital Road. At the next roundabout take the first exit, the B4630 Watford Road, and keep going straight on towards St Albans, eventually picking up the A5183, St Stephens Hill. At the next roundabout, take the first exit Holywell Hill. The entrance to the Leisure Centre is 100 yards further on the left and the car park for the athletics track is beyond the Leisure Centre.
Message from the Race Organiser.
Just a note to let you know that there are permanent and temporary works in the park that have and may or may not further affect the course.
The permanent change is an upgrading of the main north-south route through the park. This has resulted in small change to the course at the point circled on the map of the course. In turn this will mean that competitors will have to run along a path for 20-30m, a bit uncomfortable for those who prefer to wear spikes. (In the past we cut across this path and down a bank to bring us onto the grass by the lake.)
As of last week there were some temporary barriers along another section of the course but there appeared to be only a small area of tarmac to be finished and I would guess that they may be removed by next weekend. There is however the possibility of other minor obstructions which we will have to avoid when we set out the course next Saturday morning. Thus there may still be some last-minute local changes to the course.
Perhaps it is also worth reminding you that parking can be difficult in the park so you might want to remind your team members not to leave it until the last minute. Also don’t forget to ‘pay and display’ even if your stay is within the free period.
