Description of the route
You start the 8.5-mile route with an uphill climb out of Sutton Coldfield town centre, into Anchorage Rd, passing Sutton Town Hall and Wyndley Leisure Centre & Pool before turning right onto Monmouth Drive.
From here you enter Sutton Park at Boldmere Gate, winding your way up to the Jamboree Stone, down to Town Gate, turning left towards Blackroot Pool then left at the Railway Turn before tackling ‘Cardiac Hill’ on your way out of the park at Four Oaks Gate.
The final 1.5 miles to the finish, in Sutton Town centre, is reasonably level or downhill. The route has been described as ‘challenging but great fun’.
