Greener Earth Trail Series at Pippingford Park: Race One

Next Race: 26/01/2025 + 1 other

Pippingford Park Manor, Nutley, Uckfield, TN22 3HW

Overall Rating

4.7/ 5

21 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 5/5
How did you rate the organisation? 5/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Yes

Howard Nurden

Thanks - this was a great event, well organised with a good atmosphere and worthy attempts to make such events more environmentally friendly.

The pre information was clear. One comment on this (which applies to most events I do) is that when information is sent out again, in the email it might state that any new information included is highlighted, then when looking at the information it is clear that apart from what is highlighted the information is as per what was previously circulated. The would save looking through lots of information to find that in the main it has been read before.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Melanie Mitchell

Great location, friendly event and lots of hills.

As it was a Greener Earth event, I wasn't sure why the wooden medals were in a paper envelope. The bag was not needed.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Mark Brocklehurst

Challenging but beautiful

A stunning location with lots of hills. Despite the hills, a delight to be out there. This will get even better as time moves on. A soon to become jewel in the crown and a must for anyone looking for a training run for a challenging ultra or marathon.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Christopher Hall

Excellent race. Nice challenge. Definitely would run again.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Laura Topping

Recommend highly

Loved this course - beautiful scenery with panoramic views at the very top at heathland meadow flat path. Fantastic downhills and lots of the ‘tasty’ uphills!! Very tranquil as no public roads with traffic to negotiate. Super friendly atmosphere and easy parking.
We ran it in dry hot conditions - I’d like to run it in wet and slippery conditions as it would be a completely different event.
Fabulous supportive, enthusiastic marshalling - thank you lovely Marshalls, you were wonderful! and clear route markings. Minor point was the final Marshall spot where the race splits left for 10 mile second loop and right for 5 mile finish. I was soooo relieved to see a downhill that I went to left instead of right for the 5 mile finish. I felt the marshall could have preempted this by being more directional. However, he might have had an off moment as it was hot hot hot for the marshalls and, I was not on the ball enough to remember what the race director had said at the race briefing about the course split. Maybe a big sign next year saying 10m left and 5m right split?
Recommend highly. Thank you very much for a great morning

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Leonie Jiskoot

Beautiful route and everyone was very friendly!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Emily Gamble

Stunning scenery, friendly Marshalls

Such a beautiful setting. Also, huge advantage over other beautiful runs I have done as a private park so unlike eg Surrey Hills runs there are no pedestrians/dogs etc. Very friendly race

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Juliet Blundell

Loved it

Better pens, couldn’t write on the back of the paper. Fab pre race details. I did miss the 5 mile turn off, I think I was the only one who did

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Jakub Klimczak

Beautiful hilly route

Well organised with green approach. Loved paper cups at water station and medals made of wood. Great atmosphere.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Chuck Wan

The hills are alive...

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Gerald Shortland

Everything was well thought through with the aim in mind of making the run a green event. Well done

Thank you for organising the event. Only comment would be better biros to fill in the contact info on the bibs.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Anthony Bradley

Challenging with an element of fun :)

More of a road runner. But do love a trail race. Enjoyed:)

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Matthew Hill

Brilliant event if you like a challenge

Minor note, could have done with another water stop at the 5 mile point for the 10 mile runners. Other than that, amazing event, very well put together!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Emily Nurden

Well run green race!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Clive Walker

A beautiful location and a challenging course

This was a fantastic location with stunning views from the start of course. The race itself was one or two challenging laps, mainly on hard-packed trails and forest roads. We all knew it might be a tough one when the run director described the first hill as a "tasty climb". And there were a few more hills after that. Many thanks to the event team and the course marshals who were all very friendly encouraging.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Joanne Mair

Really fun race with amazing views and great friendly atmosphere

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Roland Baines

Undulating, challenging, beautiful course and scenery

Congratulations, I wish you every success with this in the future. If it helps, and I know the calendar gets crowded, but I wondered if races at Robertsbridge, Heathfield (and Eastbourne) may have impacted on numbers signed up? More constructively, why not email the club secretaries of all the surrounding running clubs a week before the event advertising that loads of late entries are available?

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Julie Harper

Amazing place to run!!!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024
Adel Greene

Fantastic event very well organised

Beautiful scenery, race village has everything you could want very friendly & very well organised highly recommend very impressive

Reviewed using Eventrac, Jun 2024