The Drop - Huddersfield

Sat 28th December 2024

A graphic promoting "The Drop Huddersfield" event, featuring a stylized background with dark green and black geometric patterns. Text reads, "The Drop Huddersfield: A Different Kind of Race" along with "15 or 10 Mile". An image of a running figure is also included.

The Drop - Huddersfield

From The Drop

  • Date Sat 28th December 2024
  • Location ArcadeCafe, 9 Byram St, Huddersfield HD1 1ND
  • Price £47.97
  • Races 2 races
  • Distances 10 Mile

Event summary

Get ready for the ultimate challenge at 'The Drop' event organised by The Drop in Huddersfield on Saturday 28th December 2024. This unique race will test your skills as you are blindfolded and transported to an unknown location where you must find your way back to the event centre without the use of any technology or assistance. Choose between a 15 or 10-mile option, either running solo or as part of a team. Registration opens at 08:25 with the bus leaving at 09:00, and participants must start as soon as they reach the drop location. With no GPS, map, or compass allowed, this race is all about self-sufficiency and determination. Don't miss out on this unforgettable experience, sign up now for £35.00 per person before spaces fill up!

Organiser's Description

​We put you on a bus...
We blindfold you...
We take you to an unknown location...
You have no tech, no map, no watch, no idea where you are...
Will you make it back to HQ or be lost for ever?

'The Drop'

Using a little bit of military know how we have come up with possibly the most challenging race in the UK! 

The Drop offers a 15 and 10 mile option.

Solo or make up a team of anyway you want. 

At registration you will hand over all electronic devices, phones, watches and money! In return you will be given, a race number and an emergency bag.

You will be placed on our bus, blindfolded* and then driven to your drop location (The distances are as the crow flies) from the event centre. Here you will be released, all you have to do is make your way back to the event centre. 

No Map
No GPS
No Route
No Help
No Compass 

You are fully self sufficient from the moment you leave the coach, make your own way. So run, walk or crawl your way back.
 
Times:
Registration opens 08:25
Bus leaves at 09:00 
​Start when we reach the start
 
Be warned now, the distances are as the crow flies
*blindfolded, we will be using blackout safety goggles, we appreciate that some people may have problems but don't worry we have an alternative! 
 
The following will get you disqualified;
Using of a gps device. Recording your progress is acceptable, but the device you use will have to be sealed in the emergency bag. (We will supply this all you have to do is seal!)
Using a map other than any that we choose to give you or not!
Using anything except your own two legs to get you to the finish!
Breaking the seal on the emergency kit bag

Catering:: Hot drinks and snacks, Jacket potatoes and a whole heap of other foods are available next to the finish line. Its a bust city centre so lots of options 

Times::
Registration opens 08:15
Bus leaves at 09:00
​Start when we reach the start

Costs::  £35.00 (early bird) per person, run solo or in a team as big as you want. 

Closing Date:: when full... Limited to just 100 places.

Races

  • 15 Miles

    Sat 28th December 2024

    £47.97

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 10 Miles

    Sat 28th December 2024

    £47.97

    Booking for more than 1?

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Location

Byram Aracade, 7/8 Westgate, Huddersfield HD1 1ND, UK

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