The Drop UK
Next Race: 04/10/2025
Up & Running - 133 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3WR
Next Race: 04/10/2025
Up & Running - 133 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3WR
We put you on a bus...
We blindfold you...
We take you to an unknown location...
You have no tech, no map, no watch, no idea where you are...
Will you make it back to HQ or be lost for ever?
'The Drop'
Using a little bit of military know how we have come up with possibly the most challenging race in the UK!
The Drop offers a 15 and 10 mile option.
Solo or make up a team of anyway you want.
At registration you will hand over all electronic devices, phones, watches and money! In return you will be given, a race number and an emergency bag.
You will be placed on our bus, blindfolded* and then driven to your drop location (The distances are as the crow flies) from the event centre. Here you will be released, all you have to do is make your way back to the event centre.
No Map
No GPS
No Route
No Help
No Compass
You are fully self sufficient from the moment you leave the coach, make your own way. So run, walk or crawl your way back.
Be warned now, the distances are as the crow flies
*blindfolded, we will be using blackout safety goggles, we appreciate that some people may have problems but don't worry we have an alternative!
The following will get you disqualified;
Using of a gps device. Recording your progress is acceptable, but the device you use will have to be sealed in the emergency bag. (We will supply this all you have to do is seal!)
Using a map other than any that we choose to give you or not!
Using anything except your own two legs to get you to the finish!
Breaking the seal on the emergency kit bag
Catering:: Hot drinks and snacks, Jacket potatoes and a whole heap of other foods are available next to the finish line. Its a bust city centre so lots of options
Check out all the FAQ's for: times, kit etc. FAQ's
Tracker numbers, 1 tracker per team or solo Dropster, these are NOT your Bib numbers!
Tracker First Name Last Name Team
7 Steve Alcock Gays on the Run
47 Ethan Anderson Solo
20 Thomas Armstrong The lost & found
7 Michael Bailey Gays on the Run
39 Mark Barnes Solo
2 Vincent Barton Brinner Boys
2 Joe Barton Brinner Boys
14 Chris Benn None Direction
13 Mark Benson Mileshy
13 Rick Bessell Mileshy
1 Chris Birks BALTIMORA
22 Debbie Broad Vale Vixens
22 Caroline Buckley Vale Vixens
8 Delphine Bugarel Is it this way
8 Kerry Burdaky Is it this way
3 Natalie Busby Chihuahua chicks
32 Peter Byrom Solo
17 Ben Capsey Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
17 Carolyn Capsey Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
34 Jay Churchill Solo
5 Debbie Clarke Every Which Way But!
11 Vicki Cockman Malted Flakes
11 Charlotte Cockman Malted Flakes
10 Tricia Coleman Level 7
37 Adam Collier Solo
13 Ellen Cox Mileshy
4 Dan Crofts Dan.
10 Andrew Crofts Level 7
16 Stephen Crowe Radcliffe Raiders
12 Robert Dixon Manchester Frontrunners
46 David Eccles Solo
4 Daniel Eden Dan
22 Sara Eden Vale Vixens
18 Katherine Edgar Super Cool Running Club
6 Jeremy Fagan Fagans
6 Jonathan Fagan Fagans
14 James Fox None Direction
10 Tom French Level 7
15 David Frith Ooops not that way
17 Paul Gee Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
45 Andrew Geraughty Solo
19 Ruth Gibson The LFs
27 Jordan Gillott Solo
41 Matthew Gowrie Solo
25 Angela Grace Solo
11 James Graham Malted Flakes
14 Jono Guildford None Direction
28 Fiona Hall Solo
50 Thom Harrison. Solo
30 Ben Hill Solo
10 James Hodgson Level 7
29 Lisa Hunsley Solo
22 Lucy Iles Vale Vixens
3 Tilly Ireland Chihuahua chicks
31 Mark Jessop Solo
48 Kyle Johannessen Solo
13 Steph Jones Mileshy
13 Hannah Jones Mileshy
49 Simon Jordan Solo
14 Rachel Kenyon None Direction
18 Gregory Kershaw Super Cool Running Club
17 Richard Knight Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
8 Clive Koffman Is it this way
43 Emma Langford Solo
13 Natalie Levy Mileshy
19 Caroline Malone The LFs
17 Lee Marks Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
3 Mel Marshall Chihuahua chicks
20 Andrew Matthews The lost & found
7 Declan Mc Gettigan Gays on the Run
17 Claire McMurdock Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
44 Abbie Middleton Solo
36 Richard Miles Solo
22 Ruth Mooney Vale Vixens
14 Claire Naylor None Direction
17 Belinda Neild Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
12 David O'brien Manchester Frontrunners
7 MATTHEW PARKES Gays on the Run
1 John Parry BALTIMORA
14 Jacqui Phazey-baines None Direction
11 Sam Phillips Malted Flakes
17 Matt Pollard Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
35 Karl Rackham Solo
26 Stuart Richards Solo
21 Paul roberts This is the way
17 Kevin Russell Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
23 Michelle Ryan Solo
13 Dannii Sallabank Mileshy
21 Jon Saward This is the way
9 James Scully JDR-Frontrunners
17 Amy Sheils Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
17 Ryan Skeer Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
5 Jacqui Smith Every Which Way But!
8 Julie Smith Is it this way
24 Stephen Smith Solo
8 Louisa Sou Is it this way
13 Emily Thompson Mileshy
20 Danny Trimble The lost & found
33 Cassie Tyrrell Solo
17 Adam Unsworth Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
22 Louise Walker Vale Vixens
42 Jason Walsh Solo
40 Stuart Wheelwright Solo
38 David Williams Solo
2 Andrew Woods Brinner Boys
7 Chris Woolfenden Gays on the Run
Parking
Parking is available in the city centre, please park sensibly, preferably arrange to car share. Be aware how long you could be parking for, there are great rail and bus links, leave the car at home and join us for a drink after!
Nearest Railway Station
Station, 10 minute walk from event HQ
Bus Services
Bus station 5 minutes from event HQ