Chichester 10k – Grand Prix

The 23rd Annual Chichester Priory 10 K will start from Chichester Festival Theatre car park. The organisers are confident that this race, which has reached a milestone 23rd year, will prove as popular as ever – Many runners use it as part of their early training for the London and Brighton marathons.

The course for 2014 will be the same as last year, when the organisers introduced a few minor changes that were appealing to the runners. There is likely to be a minor adjustment at the finish so as to avoid any building works at the Festival Theatre.

The start for the race will be in College Lane and runners will proceed in a northerly direction until they meet the junction with Wellington Road, where they will turn right into Graylingwell Park. After running through the Park, runners will arrive at the top of Kingsmead Avenue and after a gentle downhill slope will join the old course at 2 km. From then on it is business as usual around the Goodwood airfield, into East Lavant and back down the Broyle Road to the finishing line in the Festival Theatre car park.

This well established local race is very popular with a wide range of abilities and it is expected that entrants from all over the UK will take part. It is hoped that many of the faithful supporters will return, as well as new entrants, so that the race limit of some 1800 runners will be reached. For the last few years this race has always been oversubscribed. If you intend to run the 23rd Chichester 10 K please make sure you get your entry in before the end of the year.

The race is organised by the Rotary Club of Chichester Priory and through this annual event the Club raises money for many deserving causes. We are pleased that in 2014, for the seventh year in succession, the race has the same major sponsors, shared between Peter Cooper, the local Volkswagen dealership, and Brooks, the International Sportswear Company. Both sponsors will have teams competing in the event.