Welcome to Marmot24™

The World’s first 24-hour mountain marathon, the inaugural Marmot24, will be held on the weekend 2nd and 3rd August 2014.

This exciting new event combines the very best elements of the predominantly British mountain marathon phenomenon with aspects of the more international, 24-hour rogaining events. With mountain running and navigation at the heart of the event competitors will have 24, 12 or 6-hours to visit as many checkpoints as possible on a score format course. Competitors will be able to compete in teams of two or four people with an array of trophies on offer for the leading teams in each category.

The location will be announced on the 2nd June 2014 but the event will be held in Northern England in the heart of a spectacular and remote mountain area.

With the 24-hour race starting at noon Saturday, the 12-hour race starting at midnight Saturday and the 6-hour race starting at 0600 on the Sunday morning, everyone will finish at 12 noon on the Sunday in an exciting and dramatic finale to a memorable weekend of racing.

There will be a central event centre within the event area where all teams will start and finish. The location of the controls is such that competitors can choose to pass through the event centre during the race, with the two-person teams making the choice whether to rest, or eat, whilst the four-person teams can tag-in their team mates; swapping tired runners for fresh runners. The event centre will be a hub of activity with a large marquee, race control, catering and camping for competitors and supporters. Supporters are actively encouraged and they can provide help for the competitors (cook meals for example) at the event centre.

Competitors must compete as pairs but can enter in teams of either two or four people. For the four person teams, this means that there is a huge tactical dimension to the race, as competitors must choose when to tag-in their teammates by returning to the event centre. Only two team members are allowed on the course at any one time.

We have commissioned a sculptor to create an original Marmot24 trophy and anticipate awarding 46 trophies to the leading teams across all the different prize categories.

Shane Ohly
Race Director

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