Run Reigate 2021

ON SUNDAY September 19^th 2021 the town of Reigate in Surrey restarted the Intersport Run Series with Run Reigate.   This was their first run event since lockdown having moved the event to a “virtual” run in 2020.

This is the seventh year the event has been run in Reigate with three runs on the day, a children’s run around The Priory, 10km and half marathon. The event has been going from strength to strength over the years with Intersport adding a second half marathon event to their portfolio since opening Run Gatwick in 2019.

This was my first major group run with spectators and it felt really good to do it.   As a mark of respect I even managed to break a lot of PB's on this run including, 10km, 15km 10 miles and half marathon.   That was a great return and I should have followed this up two weeks later with Cardiff, except they postponed it to March 2022.

Reigate is a picturesque old market town in the heart of Surrey, just below the North Downs. The run was altered this year to take in a new build between Horley and Salfords and was pushed down a country lane instead of using the main Reigate Road from Hookwood. This made the run more picturesque running through the Surrey countryside.

The route starts in The Priory where it goes down towards Mead Vale and on towards Hookwood before moving past The Black Horse PH crossing the Reigate Road and up Horse Hill with a long run before it returns to the Reigate Road.

The route then follows the main road back into Reigate before turning left at The Beehive PH meandering through residential roads before being pushed out to the countryside and finally re-entering on the opposite side of The Priory.