Important NoMad Ultra Information for the 50 mile race only. (Please read fully prior to entering the event)
PLEASE NOTE OUR EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE FOLLOWING COVID-19 INSTRUCTIONS AS ISSUED BY ENGLAND ATHLETICS AND THE TRAIL RUNNING ASSOCIATION TO SECURE THE PERMIT AND TO STAGE THE EVENT. THERE WILL BE CHANGES AS REQUIRED AND WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES AS NECESSARY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPTO DATE WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION THROUGH SI ENTRIES AND EMAIL.
1. COVID EVENT SPECIFICATIONS Under government guidelines, all will be advised NOT TO ATTEND THE EVENT IF YOU HAVE NEW SYMPTOMS: THESE MIGHT INCLUDE A HIGH TEMPERATURE, NEW COUGH OR HAVE LOST TASTE/SMELL or have been feeling unwell. Anyone showing signs of ill health or COVID-19 should not attend the competition, in any capacity. Pre-event communication to all participants will include reminders not to attend the event if they have been unwell in the last 14 days. Anyone self-isolating because of ‘track and trace’ advice or suspected contact with an infected person should not attend. Anyone, who subsequently becomes ill should contact the Covid19 coordinator for the event and inform them @ [email protected] A register of competitors, officials and all volunteers associated with the event must be kept for track and trace requirements.
Please check if you need further information to the current NHS advice website - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-Covid-19/
It is unclear what impact Covid-19 will have on the long-term health of those who contracted the virus. Covid-19 Health Assessment • If you were hospitalised due to Covid-19, you should undergo a form of health screening prior to taking part in a competition. This screening is best led by a doctor with specialist training in sports medicine. However other doctors may feel competent to make decisions on your fitness to compete and to decide any appropriate investigations that might be required. • If you were not hospitalised due to Covid-19, but self-isolated having shown symptoms at any time, you are also recommended to undergo a form of screening. • If you have felt entirely well during the pandemic, you are not routinely recommended to undergo health screening, but it is something to be considered as part of your normal health monitoring for the health-conscious competitor. Your GP should be able to guide you on what level of screening you may require, and who is the best person to assist you in the process.
• Individuals who fall into the ‘vulnerable’ or ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ must assess their own risk in association with attending any events and follow government guidance in this area. Individuals who are not themselves ‘vulnerable’ or ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ but are in contact with individuals in these descriptions should make a personally informed decision about attending any event.
There will be additional safety measures to maintain 2m distance wherever possible & we'd like participants to be patient and respectful of each other in the village parking and at race village to keep everyone safe and work to government guidelines. More details of these will be outlined & emailed to all participants nearer the event date should things change. THERE WILL BE HAND SANITISER STATIONS AVAILABLE ALL-AROUND RACE VILLAGE AND AT WATER STATIONS. PLEASE USE THEM AS YOU ENTER THE VENUE & AGAIN AS YOU LEAVE. USE THEM BEFORE & AFTER USING TOILETS. TO USE THEM BEFORE & AFTER COLLECTION OF YOUR MEDALS / T-SHIRTS ETC at the finish. The Race Village start area will be expanded so that people waiting will have more open space between runners. We ask that your time at the race village is kept to a minimum before and after the event and no additional spectators or support are allowed on the field.
2. Entry Pre-Requisite – Running an ultra-event is a challenge, so we ask you to demonstrate you can run a long-distance event, at a minimum of a marathon distance upon entering indicating to us up to 2 race event names and your finish time. With some navigational experience and please note that this is NOT a walking event. This year has made it hard to have events as evidence We ask that you take consideration of your training and current situation as running 50k or 50 miles is no easy thing, not many people can just rock up and complete an ultra!! We ask you review and be sensible and we will need to enforce the time limit and cut off times. You can share training and any events but please be sensible, we want you to enjoy the event, complete and be successful. We certainly would not want anyone to be at risk of injury and put any extra pressure on the emergency services. We will look to offer refunds ONLY for existing entrants postponed from 2020, defer to 2022 or you can reduce from 50m to 50km. Should the situation change for new entrants and this year’s 2021 event need to be cancelled /postponed to 2022 due to COVID then refunds or deferrals will be applicable to all.
2. Age – no one under the age of 20 will be allowed to enter the 50 mile race
3. Entry and Time Limit – Online entries are through SI Entries. The entry limit is maximum entrant teams of 160 across all NoMad events to be reviewed by the organisers with waiting lists available. The time limit is 13 hours to complete the NoMAD50 miles. You will need to give an indication of the expected time upon entering to complete the event, and factor this into cut off times and the time limit. Due to COVID we will be starting the event from 6am, with staggered 6 persons grouping based on shortest estimated finish times, so faster runners first to avoid overtaking as much as possible. This will be every few minutes to ensure all entrants get started as soon as possible to give space and support participants with the cut off times. Once participants have entered by the SI closing date with any necessary amendments the start time will be worked out and communicated to you. Please review the cut off times and if there is any issue, you should not enter, and existing entrants can postpone or cancel their entry as above. We appreciate we have had to alter the running order this year due to COVID and would revert next year when not under COVID - 19 requirements.
4. Entry Fee –£42 affiliated / £44 unaffiliated. Entry includes medal, technical t-shirt and a GPS tracking for results. Event mementos will be collected at the finished prior to your departure.
Enter Online https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=7135 Edit Entries – Please make sure all your information is correct, emergency details and phone numbers, estimated time to complete event and if there is any persons you want to run with let us know limit of 6. The date to edit entries will be up until 16th June 2021 https://www.sientries.co.uk/edit_entry.php?event_id=7135
5. Check Points – There will be 5 checkpoints. These will be kept stocked with water available for filling your own bottles and some prefilled disposable bottles available, we are not expecting to be supplying any food under current restrictions but may look to support with some packet wrapped foods. You will need to be self-sufficient with relevant required food along the way and support from family and friends if that is available to you. (In the unlikely event of a checkpoint not having opened before you arrive, please continue.)
Checkpoint post codes are as follows - Start & Finish -Breaston Playing Fields - Longmoor Lane, Breaston, Derby DE72 3BB 1 - Chellaston – Sinfin Moor Lane, DE73 5SQ 2 – Hollybrook Inn, Littleover – Hollybrook Way, DE23 3TZ 3 – Bluebell Inn, Kirk Langley – Adams Road DE6 4LW 4 – Bridge Inn, Duffield - Duffield Bank, DE56 4BG 5 - Carpenters Arms, Dale Abbey - Dale Lane, Dale Abbey, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 4PP
6. Cut Off Times – Checkpoints 3 to 5 will have cut off times. Any runner arriving after that time will no longer be part of the race and will not be allowed to continue. If you arrive at a checkpoint after the cut-off your tracker will be removed and you will be retired from the event. You will need to be responsible for getting yourself back to the finish or home. Cut off times are based on a finishing time of 7.00pm at the latest and are for your safety & consideration for our volunteers. CP 3 - 1.30pm CP 4 – 3.00pm CP5 – 5.30pm
7. Registration – registration will be at the race village from 5.30am onwards. You will be advised of your starting times prior to the day based on expected finish time to complete the event. There will be separate start times given to groups of 6. Please arrive no more than 30 minutes prior to your time to minimise overcrowding at the race village. We will start the event with fastest runners going first to minimise overtaking – participants must be ready for their start time grouping
At registration you be asked that you have a working mobile turned on with sufficient charge and that you have all the recommended kit. You will also be given a card containing telephone numbers for the race control, checkpoints and collect your GPS timing device as instructed on the day.
Race numbers will be sent out in the post 1 week prior to the event. (Please ensure this race number is always visible on your front during the race).
8. Start & Finish- Due to COVID the Race village is going to be very minimal this year. Based at the Breaston playing fields, accessed off Longmoor Lane with a pedestrian walk way through tree lined path to start and finish funnel. There is a football pavilion on the park which is behind the Cavagna factory on the main road.
There will be a couple of tents, race gantry and toilets. Please adhere to giving space and where possible we will mark out a one way system and lines for space when queuing for the start area. Using hand sanitiser before and after contact where advised and generally as much as possible. Tents to include first aid, storage and finishers mementos (can be collected here at the end only.) Participants need to minimise time at the race village and leave soon after finishing. We ask that your time at the race village is kept to a minimum before and after the event and no additional spectators or support on the field.
9. GPS Timing Device All entrants will be supplied with a tracker and a weblink will be provided during the week prior to the race, where runners and friends and family can watch your progress during the race. This is to be secured safely in your backpack / running vest on your person at the race village and return this to us at the end of the day in a container. It is important you do not lose this, you will be charged a fee and results will be missing & you will automatically be disqualified from the event.
10. Route description – the route is about 50 miles running distance (distances below are map measured) and has about 2,700 feet of ascent. The individual stages to manned checkpoints are as below, 5 checkpoints. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED.
Please be aware that you are responsible for your own navigation – on the site you will find route descriptions and maps, but you will need to provide your own copies for the day. Some fields can be overgrown making exits not always obvious. There are further maps and route descriptions on our website http://www.thenomadultra.com/ These are downloadable to Garmins and devices from website & links. Full route map is at http://www.synatra.co/gpxpage.php?id=215 and viewable in sections as below (We are reviewing the maps, written instructions and gpx routes. Some of the stages are old to be updated. Prior to event day, there will be updated information also notifying you of changes and once we have checked the final course) 11 Stage 1 Breaston Playing Fields to Chelleston miles Stage 2 Chelleston to Littleover (Hollybrook Inn) 7.5 Stage 3 Littleover (Hollybrook Inn) to Kirk Langley (Bluebell Inn) 10 Stage 4 Kirk Langley (Bluebell Inn) to Duffield (Bridge Inn) 7.29 Stage 5 Duffield (Bridge Inn) to Dale (Carpenters Arms) 8.3
Stage 6 Dale (Carpenters Arms) to Breaston Playing Fields 5.25
Relevant maps are OS Explorer 245 National Forest/Burton on Trent, 259 Derby and 260 Nottingham.
2020 Change to the Finish in Breaston – For safety reasons we will not be crossing the Longmoor Lane straight from the fields due to it being a 40 mph busy road with faster cars, instead we will take you along the NoMAD Way trail path which runs parallel to the main road, then on pavement left onto Risley Lane following signs to come back along Longmoor lane crossing with marshals direct to the opening of the park in a residential 30 mph area. This is not included in the mapping above.
11. Kit – there will be no kit check but we ask you to be responsible and prepared. You are required to have the following. 1. Mobile Phone fully charged and switched ON!. 2. COVID Mask and hand antibacterial gel – reminder to use hand gel after use of gates & stiles on the course also. 3. Maps of the route, either OS or from the maps on our website. 4. Route directions from our website 5. Water bottles or cups to fill (we want to minimise providing plastic cups, only to fill your cups/ bottles) 6. Wind/waterproof top 7. All Food as required for the event (dried fruit, gels, cereal bars) and for emergency. No food expected at checkpoints. 8. Hat for sun/rain as appropriate. 9. Money for emergencies, for travel back if retired from event. 10. Small first aid kit and you will need to include sun screen, insect repellant, hydration tabs and but we recommend antihistamine for hay fever and reactions to long grass.
12. Bags – there will not be any storage area for valuables, but only essential small bags for the finish may be left at the start/finish tent at your own risk to be left in an open tent & collected at the end. We will permit a drop bog at the start for items to go to check point 4 but this is to be in a small carrier plastic bag size clearly labeled and will not be expected to be returned to the finish. If there are items left or some value, these will be sent to you if the cost of postage is received.
13. Results – they will be available on our GPS Tracker site and will be live. Results will be added to the website after the event.
14. Prizes – the 50-mile race is intended to be an enjoyable challenge for participants. There will be a trophy for the first male and first female. Medals will also be awarded to the 2nd, and 3rd Male and Female finishers. Prizes will be awarded for the 1st male and 1st female finishers. All prizes will be engraved and posted out to entrants after the event - there will be no prize giving on the day.
15. Race Memento – all finishers will receive a custom-made NoMad medal with a technical t-shirt and event headwear. These are to be collected at the finish as directed using hand sanitiser prior to picking up.
16. Car Park. – Please park with due care around the village of Breaston along Longmoor Rd and Rectory Rd both have access on the race village park. Other side streets are available but please do not block local residents and park safely not on corners or blind spots. Support teams must park temporarily on the side roads, please park carefully not blocking or causing issues for residents. Do not use the Navigation Inn car park.
Any vehicles supporting the 50-mile runners need to be aware that parking at the checkpoints will get congested with the relay vehicles, so it might be better to arrange to meet elsewhere on the course. If you will be parking for a long period of time please don’t use parking spaces near to the course unless they are public or for shops or pubs that you are using.
17. Retirements & Cancellations –
Retirement during event - Any runner retiring must telephone race control immediately. If it is at a checkpoint, they must ensure that the marshals there are aware of their retirement and you will need to make arrangements to return to the finish. You will need to be responsible for getting yourself back to the finish or home. You can hand over your GPS tracker timing devices to the marshals, should you not be returning to the race village.
If a runner retires without informing the race control the police and next of kin may be informed. This may cause unnecessary trouble and anxiety and a ban from entering future events.
Cancellations – Refunds - We are a small event and we do not offer refunds due to the outlay of costs; we do however offer transfers before the event entry closure date on SI entries. We will only be considering refunds to deferred 2020 entrants should this be required all requests need to be emailed to [email protected] Should the event get postponed again due to COVID-19, we will be offering refunds less booking fee or deferral to 2022, in line with last years approach.
Can I change my race distance? Another option we offer is changing the event distance should situations change in line with the event SI closure date 16th June. Can I defer my entry? We will also offer deferrals to 2022 if you are unable to take part, please email us and we can adjust the SI entry at [email protected] Can I transfer my entry to someone else? Yes, please let us know the details of who you are transferring to and SI entries number with all the relevant details emailing [email protected] and copying them in to set this up. This can only be done up until the SI entries closing date.
ANY / ALL CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE BY THE SI CLOSING DATE 16th June 2021 to support the organisation of the event. We will need to arrange for postal race numbers to be sent out and event start times to be arranged in line with the COVID -19 staggered waves.
18. Medical – Competitors will be given the telephone numbers of the nearest hospitals with Accident and Emergency facilities at registration. First Aid will be at the finish and there will be a basic kit at each checkpoint, although we cannot guarantee any first aiders will be there to help you.
All runners must give to the organiser upon entry emergency contacts prior to the SI closing entries date, and details of any allergy or medical condition they have and details of any medication that they are taking. This information should also be written on the back of the race number along with any immediate emergency contacts who may be close by and with you on the day by the entrants. It should be understood that on an event such as this comprehensive medical cover cannot be provided. If anyone should become ill or injured, we will usually be dependent on the emergency services for medical assistance. 19. Risks – 1. There are several main road crossings. Please cross carefully and responsibly as we cannot have marshals there. The A6 at Duffield MUST be crossed at the pedestrian lights.. 2. There are some small stretches of minor road that have no pavement. Please run at the side of the road facing oncoming traffic and make any crossing carefully. Take care on blind corners to traffic. 3. Many stiles can be slippery when wet or if damaged. Take care when crossing 4. Most of the route is along the Derby Nomad 50, and as such their waymarks will be a good guide that you are on the right course. Should you get hopelessly lost phone race control and we will try to locate you and support, but if you need to retire you will need to arrange your own transport and return the GPS tracker to a checkpoint or the race village. 5. Should you encounter a runner in distress you will be expected to help in whatever way you can and alert the nearest checkpoint and race control. 6. June can be hot, please be aware of your body and don’t take unnecessary risks in continuing if dehydrated or suffering from the heat. It can also be very wet. 7. Support teams may be at risk if they wait at road crossings where parking may be hazardous. If parking is limited, please do not cause an obstruction or affect visibility as this will endanger runners as well as yourself. 8. There will be livestock in fields, so please take care and if you are unsure, please wait and cross with others or divert around the area using maps you have to support this. 9. COVID HANDS & SPACE - Runners must to ensure they are socially distanced where possible and spaced-out giving way along the routes as needed to other entrants or public - Use of antibacterial hand gel at checkpoints and using personal hand gel after contact with gates and stiles as much as possible 20. Safety – Each runner has primary responsibility for his/her own safety. The volunteers helping with the organisation and administration of the event will do what they can to assist runners, but they cannot be held responsible for their safety. It is of the essence of distance running that competitors knowingly enter a situation where there is an element of risk. We expect runners to assist each other if they come across a runner in distress, and to phone race control. We also cannot allow for entrants to run with dogs for this event or have support runners with them during the event.
21. Supporters – supporters must not park their vehicles where it involves trespass or causes obstruction to other vehicles. This applies even if it means a considerable walk to rendezvous with their runner. Due to COVID Spectators are not allowed at the race village, drivers can drop off to bring you to the event. You can use support for food drink & kit but no support runners or on course help. The course is vast and mostly rural so plenty of time to have support socially distanced away from the race village and the Longmoor Rd and Breaston village. No gatherings at the checkpoints, please keep these free for marshals and participants only.
22. Pubs – The checkpoint four pubs are kindly helping us out with the checkpoints, please do not use their car parks unless you are a patron or they are not open for business. There are plenty of pubs in the local village of Breaston for afterwards, The Navigation, The Bulls Head or The Chequers as options for post-race refreshments and food. Please check websites / social media for latest information.
23. Permit – the race has a permit with the Trail Running Association.
24. Accommodation – There are 3 hotels on Bostocks Lane near junction 25 of the M1. Holiday Inn, Novotel & Ramada Jarvis - they are less than 5km kilometres from the start.
25. Transport - Breaston is served by the Indigo 5 Trentbarton bus from Derby to Nottingham which is a frequent service. There are also trains to the station at Long Eaton, which is about 4km from the start.
26. Further information can be found on the http://www.thenomadultra.com/ Contact us and feedback – We welcome your questions and feedback on our race to please email us on [email protected]
Follow us on www.facebook.com/TheNoMADUltra twitter.com/Nomadultra We wish you good luck on this challenge from all of the NoMAD team and Long Eaton Running Club.