The Jingle Mile - A Christmassy East Angular FetchEvent.

106 watchers
Jan 2015
7:57am, 24 Jan 2015
1,109 posts
  •  
  • 0
Teknik
Thanks Nellers - I'll give Sarfend a try in the summer :)
Jan 2015
1:54pm, 24 Jan 2015
75,823 posts
  •  
  • 0
GregP
Chelmsford has a bit of a hill and it narrows a lot - and it's big (444 today) so there's traffic pretty much the whole way if you're anything like mid-pack.

I'm told Colchester is really slow?
Jan 2015
1:58pm, 24 Jan 2015
29,287 posts
  •  
  • 0
Nellers
Colchester is all Tarmac but the usual course does 2 and a bit climbs up from the river to the castle. That saps the speed.
Jan 2015
2:20pm, 24 Jan 2015
12,352 posts
  •  
  • 0
GlennR
Cambridge is good and fast. The narrowness of the first kilometre slows things down a bit, but for most runners that is a good thing. After that it's all pretty wide over hard trails.
Jan 2015
6:15pm, 24 Jan 2015
1,897 posts
  •  
  • 0
Drell
I wouldn't count Cambridge as fast for anyone of my speed nowadays, Glenn. It's much busier than it used to be, and I've sometimes had to walk over the first bridge. And trying to get any kind of pace over the first k is impossible.
Jan 2015
6:16pm, 24 Jan 2015
1,898 posts
  •  
  • 0
Drell
But everyone should come along this Saturday, and give it a go. It'll be busy, and slow, but the most fun parkrun around at our fifth anniversary run. Fancy dress, and lots of cake :-)
Jan 2015
6:21pm, 24 Jan 2015
12,383 posts
  •  
  • 0
The Teaboy
I'm hoping to make my debut. I'll try to wear a fetch top if I do. I need the stickers.
Jan 2015
7:15pm, 24 Jan 2015
12,356 posts
  •  
  • 0
GlennR
I'm easy to spot and will be starting at the back. You'll hear Drell before you see her.
Jan 2015
7:24pm, 24 Jan 2015
18,692 posts
  •  
  • 0
HellsBells
I'll be scanning bar codes so you'll find me at the end. Tiger Feet is going dressed as Harry P with her friend as the Hungarian Horntail
Feb 2015
2:08pm, 12 Feb 2015
4,572 posts
  •  
  • 0
Rosehip
OK, now the brief parkrun discussion interlude is over this thread has gone quiet.

I haven't done anything about booking the track yet - but can do so if there is enough interest. It's Feb already so I guess we're looking at a Summer mile now - Is June 13th popular enough ? Should I start a new thread ? Should I give up and leave it to someone else who knows what they're doing to organise a mile somewhere?

About This Thread

Maintained by RichHL
Okay, here it is. Again. And again. And yet again. And once more. And this time with feeling. And this time in the summer which probably means it's going to piss it down. And now again at Christmas. And this time not even in East Anglia, really (which is probably just as well). And back in Cambridge with bells on. And this time it's a bit Disnae. Yet again, eighth time for luck. Like Tokyo 2020, Jingle Mile 2020 has been postponed to 2021 but we can't afford a rebrand. Instead there is a Virtual Jingle Mile. Make up your own swears. And back for a Not The Jingle Mile 2020 In 2021 thanks to Hells Bells. The Jingle Mile 2020 is happening in 2022, thanks to the magic of television. (It's not the magic of television.)

fetcheveryone.com/races/jingle-mile-2022-it-apos-s-happening-again-7105729

Saturday 3 December 2022
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost £5.00

Directions to the track:

DON'T ENTER WILBERFORCE ROAD FROM MADINGLEY ROAD!

It's blocked off about a hundred yards down.

From M11 - Exit at J12 (A603, Sandy & Cambridge), follow the A603 along Barton Road to Grange Road on your left. Up Grange Road to Adams Road on your left. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A14 Eastbound - Exit at J31. Follow A1307 Huntingdon Road towards Cambridge city centre. Follow signs for A1134 Ring Road and turn right onto Mount Pleasant and follow the one-way system down onto Madingley Road. Turn right onto Madingley Road, first left onto Grange Road, and second right onto Adams Road. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A428 Eastbound - Exit for Cambridge and American Cemetary. Follow the signs for Cambridge city centre past the American Cemetary, across the M11 bridge, Churchill College on your left until you reach Grange Road where you turn right. Take the second right onto Adams Road. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A14 Westbound - Exit at J31 onto the M11 Southbound and follow the directions above.

For anyone who is coming by train, there is now a bus service U from the railway station to Robinson College, Grange Road, which leaves a half mile walk along Adams Road to the Wilberforce Road University Track.

You could also walk from the station. It's a couple of miles. Head out of the station and onto Station Road, right onto Hills Road then follow that all the way into the city centre to Petty Cury. Turn left there and go down onto the Market Square. Cross the square diagonally then bear down the side of Great St Mary's. Turn right at the end then immediately left down Senate House Passage. Follow Trinity Lane round to the right and then left onto Garrett Hostel Lane. Over the bridge then straight on over Queens Road and up Burrell's Walk. Bear right at the end and up onto Adams Road. The track is at the end of Adams Road.

Swimmers and paratroopers, you're on your own. Weirdos.

Related Threads

  • cake
  • christmas
  • fetchmile









Back To Top
X

Free training & racing tools for runners, cyclists, swimmers & walkers.

Fetcheveryone lets you analyse your training, find races, plot routes, chat in our forum, get advice, play games - and more! Nothing is behind a paywall, and it'll stay that way thanks to our awesome community!
Get Started
Click here to join 112,238 Fetchies!
Already a Fetchie? Sign in here