TrailFest - Cannock Chase Forest

It’s pretty spectacular… and hilly! The routes start at the rifle range cadet hut and go on a tour of fire roads and tighter single track routes around Cannock Chase. With no road crossings you can just put your head down and enjoy the amazing hills.

Each route is tough. The main 10 mile loop has over 1500ft of elevation, the 10K has around 800ft! There are steep up and down hill sections on loose stones. It’s not scrambling and for experienced trail runners it’ll be nothing of great note. However, for any “tarmac lovers” it might seem a little crazy! It is rewarding though, I promise! The views are spectacular and the escapism is very real!

The routes will be fully marked, although having the route with you is very strongly advised.

The main elements of all the routes can be seen in the video. The forest is a living breathing habitat and as such things change, species need to be protected and pathways rerouted sometimes. We will be based from the Tackeroo campsite and use the block of woodland opposite but this potentially could be changed if it is deemed necessary.

50 km
Registration Open – 07:00
Event Start – 08:00

Marathon
Registration Open – 07:00
Event Start – 08:30

Half Marathon
Registration Open – 08:00
Event Start – 09:00

10 km
Registration Open – 08:00
Event Start – 09:00

• The cut off for the event is 20:00. So for the 50 km event that means an 12 hour cut off - 23min/mile pace. All other events have the same 20:00 cut off - so that’s 10 hours to do the 10k! Our cut off’s aren’t mean to be punitive, we just have to let volunteers and medics when they can go home! In the last 3 years only 1 person has been within 1 hour of an 12 hour cut off on this course and they had about 30 minutes to spare.