The Oxon 40/20
The Oxon 40/20 is our annual Challenge Event. Participants are invited to walk or run 40 miles in 13 hours or 20 miles in 12 hours in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 edition was on Saturday 30 April and was once again a popular event. The results are below. The 2012 event will be on Saturday 5 May. Registration will be open and full details will be here from 14 February. Keep in touch by checking this page, subscribing to the RSS feed or follow us on twitter (hashtag #oxon4020).
Oxon 40/20 2011
Clear blue skies
Once again we had great weather for the Oxon 40/20. It was sunny and warm, possibly too warm for some with temperatures reaching 22° by mid-afternoon. With the unusually warm April the bluebells were past their best but still gave a good show. Numbers on the routes were slightly down on last year's all-time record due to the unexpected and unexplained higher number of pre-booked entrants who didn't turn up on the day. But 115 starters and 98 finishers on the 40 mile route was a new record for the event: of the other 40-milers 10 diverted to the 35-mile route and 7 retired. 222 people started the 20 mile route: 218 finished and 4 had to retire.
First thanks should go to Pat Endacott, continuing as event organiser after 5 years in charge as Group Chairman, who by a judicious combination of cajoling and arm-twisting recruits and organises the brigade of volunteers who make the 40/20 happen. The catering kept up our successful record, this year under the new management of Jan Sambrook and a dedicated team of helpers who took on the catering never having been involved in the event or one like it before. Sainsburys will never look the same to her again! Thanks to Duncan and his checkers for yet another superb route and to Ivan for all his hard work in getting 390 pre-registered entries. Thanks to the cake makers - we didnt have a lot left.
Once more we thank the local firms in Henley who lent us their car parking spaces: Dalton Identification Systems, Dunster-Morten, Fairview Estates, The Henley Business Centre, Kwik-Fit, Lady Sew & Sew, Lake Wines, Markit, Newton House, One-Lan and RPS Energy. Thanks to you all. Thanks as well to the many people who emailed to say how much they'd enjoyed the event, and to those who left messages on our Forum. Thanks to the marshals at the checkpoints and event HQ, and the unseen backroom men and women, spouses and partners who make everything run smoothly. And the final thanks go to everyone who took part in such good spirit. Congratulations to the finishers and commiserations to those who didn't manage to get all the way round. We look forward to seeing you all next year.
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| Photos by Tony T | ||
 Cowleaze Wood checkpoint |
 Russell's Water checkpoint |
 There were still bluebells! |
Results for 2011
- 2011 40-mile route by time
- 2011 40-mile route by name
- 2011 20-mile route by time
- 2011 20-mile route by name
- Full 2011 results in a Microsoft Excel file
- Full 2011 results in a csv file
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Reports from 2010 and 2009 with links to some photos are in the archive.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome in the Forum.
Route Descriptions
- 2011 route description - 40 mile route
- 2011 route description - 20 mile route
- 2010 route description - 40 mile route
- 2010 route description - 20 mile route
- 2009 route description - 40 mile route
- 2009 route description - 20 mile route
- 2008 route description - 40 mile route
- 2008 route description - 20 mile route
Results for previous events
- 2010 40-mile route by time
- 2010 40-mile route by name
- 2010 20-mile route by time
- 2010 20-mile route by name
- Full 2010 results in a Microsoft Excel file
- Full 2010 results in a csv file
- 2009 40-mile route by time
- 2009 40-mile route by name
- 2009 20-mile route by time
- 2009 20-mile route by name
- Full 2009 results in a Microsoft Excel file
