Sunday 16th February 2025

Entry on the day for all courses will be available (subject to max entries of 200 on the 3 Hills ).

Please make your way to the village hall for both entry on the day and pre-entered Bib collection.

There are toilets at the village hall

Bags can be left in the village hall at your own risk

Timings

8.45: Parking opens (please do not arrive before this)

8.45: Registration opens

9.30: Entry on the day closes

9.45: Pre-entry bib collection closes

10.00: Dalwood 3 Hills starts (10 miles)

10.05: Dalwood Dash starts (5km)

10:10: Dalwood Doddle starts (3km)

11.05: First finisher on the 3 Hills

12.00 approx: Prize giving

13.00: Courses close

Event HQ: Dalwood Village Hall, Dalwood, Axminster EX13 7EG, UK (Opposite the Tuckers Arms)

By Car - The Event HQ is located just off the A35, less than 5 miles from Axminster and 6 miles from Honiton and the A30.

By Train - Axminster and Honiton are on the Exeter to London mainline.

Directions & Parking: Where possible, please approach Dalwood from Shute Cross junction of the A35 (3 miles from Axminster to east and 6 miles from Honiton to west).

If you are approaching from the A30 north of Dalwood, please take Stockland Hill road from the A30 at Upottery and turn left just before the A35/Shute Cross.

Below is a map from Shute cross to Dalwood

As you approach the village you will be met by parking marshals who will guide you to a suitable parking location.

Due to the rural nature of the event and winter weather conditions, parking will be on hardstanding as much as possible and may involve a 20 minute walk to the HQ. You will be able to leave a bag at HQ.

Some parking may involve a short minibus ride to HQ. Please follow marshals' directions.

To minimise the disruption to local residents, and reduce walk times to registration, we ask that you car share where ever possible.

Dalwood village hall is the location of race HQ and registration.

• Toilets
• Bag drop (bags left at your own risk)
• Refreshments will be on sale during and after the races.
• Medical assistance will be based at race HQ provided by Rapid EMS
  
  A water station will also be available.

There is no mandatory kit for any of the courses however:

* Trail shoes are highly recommended - the course will be muddy and slippery in places.
* Please consider the weather when deciding on clothing - it could be wet, cold, windy or all three!
* There will be a water station on the 10 mile course, but not on the 5km or 3km courses.

There will be a water station on the 10 mile course but not on the 5km or 3km courses.
We aim to be a cupless event - please bring your own collapsible cup if you have one.

There are no maximum time limits for any of the courses.

Spectators are more than welcome to come and cheer you on. The 10 mile course passes through the centre of Dalwood a few miles in or friends and family can cheer you on anywhere along the course.

The 10 mile, 3 Hills course follows the same route used in previous years consisting of a 4 mile loop to the west of Dalwood followed by a 6 mile loop to the north east

OS maps :  Dalwood 3 Hills 2025

Garmin:  Dalwood 3 Hills 2025

The Dalwood Dash is a 5km route that hits the trails and hills to the north east of Dalwood, finishing in the iconic run down from Danes hill.

OS Maps: Dalwood Dash

Garmin: Dalwood Dash 2025

The Dalwood Doddle is a 3km course taking in the river Corry, the exciting ZigZags path and finishing with a beautiful downhill run through fields and a river crossing - ideal for spectating!

OS Maps:  Dalwood Doddle

Garmin: Dalwood Doddle

Staying Safe on the course

By its nature, trail running comes with some degree of risk, but that's part of the fun. During this event we will do our best to give you plenty of...

Mud (slippery and doesn't taste great if face plant in it).
River crossings (good for getting mud off, not good for breathing)
Trip hazards such as roots & stones (especially dangerous when combined with gravity and forward motion)
Hills (better than rivers, but still not good for breathing!)
Road crossings (mainly used by horses and tractors in these parts)
In all seriousness, the course is marked for navigation purposes, there will be marshals at road crossings but it is still your responsibility to ensure it is safe to cross.

What if I get injured and/or can't finish the course?

If you are unable to complete the course then please notify a marshal and ensure that you return to race HQ and let the finish team know you are back before leaving the event.

Please support other runners on the course, if there is an injury that needs medical attention then please provide help and notify the nearest marshals who will be able to contact the medical team.

Start list for all events are available on Webscorer

Click here for start list

The finish line will be in the center of Dalwood right next to the village hall where you will find a selection of tea, coffee & cake. All proceeds will go to local charities, what an ideal way to refuel while results are being prepared!

To keep entry costs as low as possible, and reduce environmental impact there will not be a finishers medal for 10 mile course. There will however still be a small finishers gift courtesy of one of our sponsors.

Finishers on the Dalwood Dash and Dalwood Doddle will receive a finisher's medal.

Results

Live results will be available on Webscorer

Click here for results
Prizes will be presented to the top 3 finishes in the 3 Hills Female & Male Categories as well as top 3 finishers of the Dash and Doddle.

Huge THANK YOU to everyone who is helping make this event possible, especially our sponsors MKM and Devonvale Bakeries.

The event is licenced by the Trail Running Association under licence number 6857.
The event will be held under UK Athletics rules.

Like most running events we couldn't put on quality events without the help of volunteers, so are always great full for people who offer to volunteer.

If you are interested in volunteering, then please contact us at hello@rubyredrunning.com.   There are many different types of volunteer roles so please let us know if there is a particular role you would like to help on and we will do our best to match this.

Marshal headquarters will be at:

Axe Valley Academy
Chard Street, Axminster EX13 5EA

There will be limited parking available at the school, but there are plenty of parking options in the town. Please car share where possible.

We will provide timings to each marshal nearer to the event

Many runners will have experienced a race where a marshal has accidentally directed runners in the wrong direction or given incorrect advice. At Ruby Red Running, we know that the responsibility sits with us to ensure that marshals are correctly briefed and have the support they need to do a great job.

We do this in 3 ways:

• All marshals will attend a short briefing explaining the route and any specific instructions, during this briefing they will be provided with an information pack specific to their marshal point
• All marshal points are signed and numbered, so as a marshal you can be confident that you are at the correct location
• We provide a short video guide for each marshal point showing what you should expect to see and which direction the runners will be coming from/going to

The marshal video guide for the Minster Challenge can be found here:  Marshal point guide Minster Challenge