Mercer Surrey Half Marathon

📍 Venue

Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking, GU22 9BA

The Event Village and all event facilities are located in the main leisure centre car park.

🚲 Travel Information

We recommend cycling, walking or running to the event if you live locally.

The event village is easily accessible from Woking town-centre car parks and Woking train station. Please follow all of the up to date government guidance on safe travel.

🅿️ Parking

There is no parking available in the event village unless you are a blue badge holder. The event village is a short walk from the city centre car parks, which you can find on Parkopedia.

🚗 Road Closures

This event takes place on fully closed roads. Closure times will be posted here, once they have been confirmed with the local authorities. If you plan to drive, please check before you travel.

Registration

Enter to receive your race number (with integrated timing chip) in the post! If you the event the postage deadline (TBC), you will need to collect your race number from the information tent on the event day.

Bag Drop

You may store your bags free of charge at our designated Bag Drop within the Event Village. Please attach the baggage label from your race number to your bag before you arrive at Bag Storage. We do not accept responsibility for loss or damage of property.

Toilets

There are over 100 toilets available within the event village, including some accessible units.

Xempo Race Pacing

Xempo will be putting forward a team of experienced race pacers to keep you motivated throughout the run and perhaps even cross the finish line in a new personal best time.

Event Programme

Registration details will be confirmed here and communicated to all entrants by email.

Please note that race start times may be staggered over the course of the morning, to ensure social distancing. Please account for your event day to be longer than usual. Updated information will be posted here.

Training Plan

To make sure that everyone has the best possible chance of completing the 5km or 13.1 mile challenge, there will be 5km or Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Elite Half Marathon training plans available for free. Look out for further details soon!

Other Information

We are continuously reviewing the covid-19 guidance and national situation.

All participants will be asked to complete an online health declaration form to confirm that they do not have any symptoms of covid-19. This will be checked on entry to the event, to ensure that all participants have completed the form.

Spectators will not be permitted entry into the event village. This is to ensure that we can maintain social distancing at all times.

Massage

Our Injury and Performance Partner, Synergy Physiotherapy provide sports massage.

Sports massage is great for relieving muscle soreness and can prevent injury. Consider booking in with Synergy Physiotherapy today.

🏅 Awesome Medals!

Every finisher will be rewarded with a shiny Surrey Half medal – a great addition to any collection.

📸 Free Photos

Smile for the camera! Epic Action Imagery will be taking photos out on the course and at the finish line. Photos will be available to download for free shortly after the event – please tag us @aatevent when you share them on social media so we can “like” your posts.

🍌 Fresh Fruit

Enjoy a complementary piece of fresh fruit at the finish line.