Route Details
The race follows the way-marked Greensand Path, with a couple of small exceptions where a detour is made for safety or logistical reasons. The principle of the race is that finding your way is part of the challenge. There will be timing officials at start, finish and each changeover point, but none to guide you en route. So be warned that some navigation is required (some teams and runners have clearly found this difficult to adjust to in the past). A reconnoitre of your route before the race is advised.
Route details are available below. Each "Leg x" link on the left opens a one-page document for the leg shown, in a choice of HTML or MSWord formats). It includes start and finish locations, advice on car parking, a map extract of the route, and some 'race notes' for a few significant points along the route where some have experienced difficulty in the past.
And if you have Google Earth loaded, try the "Google Earth" link. I've discovered that our ISP doesn't enable the link to take you straight to Google Earth, sorry. But if you right-click the link and save it as a .kml file (change the suffix if necessary), you can launch the file from Google Earth, or directly from Windows Explorer. This should give you a detailed route for the leg, which you can check, save, and even simulate running the route with a Google Earth "tour".
HTMLMSWordLeg Start and FinishGoogle Earth
Leg 1Leg 1Leighton Buzzard to StockgroveLeg 1
Leg 2Leg 2Stockgrove to WoburnLeg 2
Leg 3Leg 3Woburn to MillbrookLeg 3
Leg 4Leg 4Millbrook to Deadman's HillLeg 4
Leg 5Leg 5Deadman's Hill to Deadman's CrossLeg 5
Leg 6Leg 6Deadman's Cross to NorthillLeg 6