The Winter Green Man Ultra 45
The Winter Green Man Ultra 45 is a full clockwise loop of the Community Forest Path, starting and finishing at Ashton Park School just outside the centre of Bristol.
Date: Saturday 21st August 2027 07:00
Location: Ashton Park School, Bristol
Distance: 45 miles / 72 Kilometres
Elevation: 3100 feet / 945 metres
Cut-Off: 12 Hours
Number of Checkpoints: Four
The Winter Green Man Ultra 30
The Winter Green Man Ultra 30 (affectionately known as The Green Boy) is a partial anti-clockwise loop of the Community Forest Path, starting in Keynsham at checkpoint two of the 45 mile route and finishing at Ashton Park School just outside the centre of Bristol. Other than the start time, distance and location, all information for the 45 mile event is also relevant for the 30 mile event.
Date: Saturday 21st August 2027 10:00
Location: The White Horse, Hambrook
Distance: 29 miles / 47 Kilometres
Elevation: 2657 feet / 810 metres
Cut-Off: 9 Hours
Number of Checkpoints: Two
All finishers will receive a GMU medal and Technical GMU T-Shirt.
Pre-race emails will be sent out within 2-3 weeks of the event. A final pre-race email is sent within 1 week of the event following a full course recce.
All competitors must register on-line prior to the event. Collection of race numbers and a safety brief will be at the start location at least half an hour before the start of the race, where competitors will present their kit for examination on request.
Race Bibs - Participants will be given a race number which must be clearly attached by safety pins to the front of the chest. If this is not clearly visible you may be delayed at checkpoints.
Chip-Timing - The race is both chip timed at the start and finish, and manually timed throughout. The manual timing is still done by computer input, eliminating hand-written timing errors and the need for paper.
Tracking - From 2027 all Summer Green Man Ultras will be tracked.
The course is very challenging and for competitors own safety and fairness the following rules must be adhered to. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this and future events.
The event is under race conditions and entrants will be issued with race numbers
Checkpoints will be provided (4 in total) to (a) monitor times & well-being of competitors, (b) provide water and some nutrition.
Check point cut-off times are set which will allow completion of the event within a 12 hour period. Anybody who falls outside these times, at any of the checkpoints, will have failed to have completed the challenge and not be allowed to continue. The cut-off times are as listed departure times for the 12 hour timelord.
All entrants must be 20 years of age or over at the start of the race.
Each competitor must ensure that they carry with them all mandatory requirements needed to complete the race.
Every entrant must confirm that they have read these rules and other event information and therefore understand the nature of the event and that participation is at their own risk.
At the end of the race finishers will receive (a) bespoke Green Man T-Shirt, (b) bespoke Green Man medal, (c) Signed certificate to confirm entitlement to either a Woodwose or a Woodwight (providing completion inside 12 hours).
Hot food will be available at the finish.
