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Sheffield 10k

Sunday 09 Jun 2024

Aged 16 and over

£17.49

Children

£11.00

Minimum fundraising target

£50.00

Date

Sunday 09 Jun 2024

Time

09:30

Venue

Graves Park

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Life is worth Racing for. Enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life and raise money for life-saving cancer research.

About the 10k event

Looking for more of a challenge without any pressure? Race for Life 10k is for you! Our 10k events are now chip-timed, so you can find out if you’ve beaten your personal best – while you’re raising funds to help beat cancer. 10k is just over 6 miles. Take it at your own pace or push yourself a little more. Have fun with it and enjoy the atmosphere.

Location

Venue

Graves Park, Hemsworth Road, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8LL

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Course information

Our 10k event is a 5k double lap route around the grounds of Graves Park starting near the animal farm , the route takes participants around the boating lake, between the cattle fields, around the cricket fields and through Cobnar Woods. The course terrain is a even mix of path, woodland trials and grass and does involve some hills between 3-4k.

Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. There will be a water refill station 1/2 around the course and a ScottishPower water refill station will be available to use at the finish. 

Please arrive 30 to 45 mins before your start time so that you are prepared and ready to go on time.

Our courses have been measured with a measuring wheel. This is the most accurate measurement method and may not always correspond with digital tracking apps and watches.

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Join forces or go solo

You can take part in any Race for Life event as an individual or a group to raise money for life-saving research. Walk, jog or run together in a group or go solo at your own pace, or lead the way as a Group Leader and get family, friends and colleagues involved! However you choose to take part, you’re helping to beat cancer.

Warm up with other Race for Lifers

Shake off any pre-Race nerves and get moving with our fun warm-up session just before your event.

Supporters and spectators welcome

Bring along as many supporters as you like to cheer you on! We’ve got things for everyone to do, check out the Location section above to see what’s happening on the day.

Soak up the atmosphere

After you've completed the course, stay on and celebrate with other participants, friends and family with a picnic in the park.

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More than 10 million of you have taken part in Race for Life events since 1994, fundraising for Cancer Research UK.

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Race for Life has raised over £970 million towards life-saving cancer research since it began 30 years ago.

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With your money, we've helped develop radiotherapy, which helps 130,000+ people with cancer in the UK every year.

Event details

Once you sign up for your Race for Life event, you'll receive an email with all the need-to-know details to help you feel fully prepared for the day.

Meeting point

The start and finish lines are located in the field next to the Animal Farm

If using what3words, enter //////stop.hello.chin in the free app, to find the exact starting point

Travel information

Pedestrians: The closest entrance to the event site for pedestrians is the Animal Farm entrance on Hemsworth Road 

General Event Parking:  Located in the field in front of the cricket pavilion on Cobnar Road, off Hemsworth Road. The journey from this car park to the event site is a 5 min walk and does involve a path with a steep and gradual incline
Please adhere to the one way system and 5mph restrictions at all times.

Event Parking is free of charge.

Blue Badge Parking: Limited Blue Badge parking spaces are available at the animal farm entrance off Hemsworth Road, this car park would be most suited to blue badge holders. 
Alternatively event parking (including additional blue badge parking) is available at the Cobnar Road entrance, off Hemsworth Road.
The journey from this car park to the event site is a 5 min walk and does involve a path with a steep and gradual incline
Please adhere to the one way system and 5mph restrictions at all times.

Volunteer Parking: Volunteer parking is the same as general event parking. Please refer to this section.

Drop Offs: Participants can be dropped off in the allocated zone on Cobnar Road. A steward will be on hand to assist and direct you.

Public Transport:

Bus: Graves Park is   serviced by multiple bus routes. The nearest bus stop to the event site is Hemsworth Road which is a 5 min walk away via the Animal Farm car park entrance. The number 20 bus stops on Hemsworth Road, this is the nearest bus stop to the event site. Plan your journey https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/
Train: The nearest train station is Sheffield, located 4 miles away 

Electric Charging points: The closest car charging point to the event site is at Morrisons Meadowhead, S8 7UE

Cycling & Bike Racks: Not available at the venue

Facilities

Available

Refreshments

Toilets

Dogs allowed

Parking

Not available or suitable

Bag drop

Showers

Not suitable for pushchairs

Not wheelchair accessible

Accessibility

We aim to provide our supporters with as much information as possible so that they can make an informed choice based on their own specific needs.

Please refer to the meeting point, course information and travel sections where we aim to give you suffient information on each of these areas.

We have assessed this route and concluded it is not wheelchair accessible. We have a 3K event on the same day that is accessible 

If you require any further information on the accessibility of a Race for Life event, or wish to bring a carer/assistant to accompany you or if you need to bring a guide runner, please contact our Supporter Hotline on 0300 123 0770 and press 1 when prompted (Opening hours are 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday) or email us at raceforlife@cancer.org.uk 

We aim to have a British Sign Language Interpreter  available on stage whilst our event host is speaking 

John

John is smiling with his arm around his daughter. They are at the finish line of a Race for Life and both are wearing pink.

I'm not a runner. I was proud to complete Race for Life.

- John, Race for Life Knutsford

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Your entry fee covers the cost of your event, but your fundraising helps us save and improve lives. Join the celebration, join the family, and join the thousands helping to raise the money we need to power Cancer Research UK’s biggest discoveries.

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When you sign up to an event, you'll get fundraising support every step of the way. Get top tips, ideas and resources to help you hit your target and raise as much money as possible for life-saving cancer research.

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Prepare for your 10k event

Choose a training plan to help you get Race for Life ready. You could even use Strava or Fitbit to track your walk, jog or run.

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