WHAT ARE THE LEVELS AND HOW DO I ENTER MY RESULTS?

The levels are listed out below. From midnight on Monday 17th February you can start gaining feet or metres as you run your sessions. Add together the total climb you are achieving and keep track of it as you go. Simply write it down or keep a log via your tracking app (eg. Strava). Strava is great for this as it automatically calculates your climb for you and keeps a running total in your profile. See further down the page for how to ensure it is working out your elevation gain correctly! Once you hit a certain level,  and you will appear on the leaderboard for that level. If you then hit another level, you can enter your new total and it will overwrite the previous one, and you will appear on the leaderboard for the next level you have hit. And so on and so forth as many times as you like! Of course, if you prefer to just enter your result once, then you can just submit your cumulative time at the end of the week. All results must be submitted by noon on Monday 24th February.

The levels are as follows:

• Level 1: Box Hill - 735 Feet (224m)
• Level 2: Kinder Scout - 2087 Feet (636m)
• Level 3: Ben Nevis - 4413 Feet (1345m)
• Level 4: British Three Peaks - 10,052 Feet (3064m)
• Level 5: Mont Blanc - 15,780 Feet (4810m)
• Level 6: Everest - 29,030 Feet (8848m)
• Level 7: Rum Doodle - 40,000.5 Feet (12192m)
• Level 8: Olympus Mons - 69,648 Feet (21229m)

This is an honour based system. No proof is required to be eligible as a finisher, just enter your climb manually.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 'STANDARD' AND THE 'UP ONLY' CATEGORIES?

The standard category is for any runner doing all of their climb and descent outside, or indoors in such a way that it is practical also to descend ie. reps of a stair case. Runners must descend as much as they climb within each session (small differences of under 300 feet are allowed). Every session in the week must conform to the standard category to stay within it.

Up Only is for runners who do any one or more of their sessions: On a treadmill, stair machine, on a stair well taking the lift down, or outside where they receive assisted transport back down (eg. car, bike, gondola).

ARE THERE ANY OTHER RULES?

The primary objective of this event is to bring our amazing community together, in a continuation of the One Community event. The goal is for each runner to aim for different levels during the week, achieving one before moving on to the next if they are able. As a result we won't be verifying and checking all results that come in, rather trusting everyone to input their overall climb achieved for completion honestly. if there are any obvious errors, we will get in touch to advise and help you correct them.

I DON'T HAVE A WATCH HOW DO I RECORD MY CLIMB?

You don't have to use a watch or GPS device if you don't want to. This is a community event and is an honour based system so simply put in what you achieved to your best judgement. You can use google maps or a similar open mapping system to work out roughly how far you have climbed.

WHEN WILL MY AWARDS BE SENT OUT?

We will post your award out to you once the final results are collated and we ascertan the level you achieved. Please give us at least 2 weeks from the day you upload your results, to get your medal out to you, but of course we will go as fast we can. For those that earn the Olympus Mons buckle you will need to wait longer for your award because we anticipate handing so few out, we will order yours specifically at the end of the week. We will email all Olympus Mons buckle winners personally in the week following the end of the event.

WHEN IS THE LAST DAY TO ENTER?

You can enter any time up until the end of the 23rd February.

CAN I RUN WITH MY DOG/ IS THERE A CANICROSS CATEGORY?

Yes - Simply select 'yes' during registration to 'running with a dog?' and you will appear in your age group but also the canicross category.

I AM BASED OUTSIDE OF THE UK, CAN I STILL TAKE PART?

Yes! The event is open to everybody no matter your location. We hope to see many international runners taking part. 

WHEN WILL MY BIB NUMBER BE AVAILABLE TO ME?

Bibs are not posted out, they are available to you once you enter. Within a short time of receiving your entry, you will appear on the entrants page here. Click on your race number to see your bib number and you can print it from there.

HELP, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A PRINTER!

Don't worry, just email us here and we will get a printed one across to you. 

HELP, I CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION!

Please drop us an email if you need anything at all by clicking here.