Sphinx AC Summer 5

The Sphinx AC Summer 5 is on an accurately-measured course suitable for fast (and not so fast!) club runners as well as those non-club runners who want to run a road race in a traffic-free environment.

The course is generally flat with some minor (no, really!) undulations. Courtesy of the good people at Coventry City Council, we also have use of toilet and changing facilities which include showers.

2012 Sphinx AC Summer 5

When 19:45, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 Where Coventry Memorial Park Price £7 affiliated in advance £9 unaffiliated in advance £10 all entries on the night

The course (click to embiggen)

The Sphinx AC 2012 Summer 5 is the Warwickshire Road Race League (WRRL) 5-mile event for 2012. This means that the men's veteran categories are 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 (and so on) instead of the more conventional 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 etc. 

Enter now!

You can enter the Sphinx AC 2012 Summer 5 online now at http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?EN=70091

or download the Sphinx AC 2012 Summer 5 entry form  - fill it in and post it to us (don't forget to include your entry fee).

2011 Sphinx AC Summer 5

The 2011 Sphinx AC Summer 5 was held on Wednesday 29 June 2011.

Some reviews of the event:

"Just wanted to thank you for a great race, well marshalled - who were very encouraging and fabulous cakes at the end! Thanks also for the spot prize I got, a very nice surprise for someone who is always at the back! Thoroughly enjoyed it :)"

"We ran your Summer 5 race tonight and just wanted to say a huge big thank you to all involved. Great race, great marshals and amazing cakes!! A medal, water and a banana at the finish, perfect. Please pass on our thanks to all involved."

"Can you pass on my thanks to all concerned for an excellently organised race tonight. Even the weather was organised, and the cakes were a treat too.
It is also appreciated that the results were available so quickly, both at the venue and on your web site. The marshalling was very good and the people really friendly."

2010 Sphinx AC Summer 5

The 2010 Sphinx AC Summer 5 was held on Wednesday 30 June 2010.

Some reviews of the event:

"Ran the Sphinx Summer 5 last night round the Memorial Park. To be honest, I didn't really feel like running and if someone had said, lets not, I would quite easily walked away!! But I didn't, and in fact really anjoyed the run. We gathered at the start, like packs of animals waiting to pounce. Groups of Northbrookers (my club), groups of Centurians and loads of Sphinx runners. I knew it was going to be a challenge when I saw some of the people that I was up against. But I had to get my mind in order and just get on with it. Gun (or bleeper thingy) went off and so did we!! Started at a reasonable pace and decided my aim was to keep up with 'Jack the Legend' and Mallory, 2 runners that always disappear in to the distance at most races. However, tonight, once I had got going, I felt good and comfortable and managed to hang on both of them.  Zipped past one or two runners along the course to finish only just behind a couple of my fellow clubmates before heading straight for the cake table!!Our prize for the night, apart from a medal, was a pile of fairy cakes - yummy!!!!!
I'll do this next time if the cakes are as good!!"

"Coventry's Evening summer 5 mile road race. Wednesday evening was so simply perfect in every way possible. The outer perimetter path and road at Coventry's War Memorial park is never easy either direction when running pushing a wheelchair, but we have run so many races there - it's always a pleasure to go back and train or race again so we ran with 225 others and ran the 2 and 3/4 lap ( 5 miles ) in around 44.44 it was perfect in every way. Weather, ( Humid ), at times just a light breeze, the run itself, the fun and enjoyment of just doing what we do, and of course seeing everyone, chatting with loads of friends -
They and others we dont know made it all so worth it"