As Keen As Mustard Bewl Water Swimrun

All entrants must be 18 years or above to enter. They also must be able to swim and run the distances they are applying for.

Registration will be located at the Race HQ which will be adjacent to the cafe. Use your race pack envelope to enclose your keys and return to the key drop.

Your time will be measured by electronic timing from the gun start until you cross the finish line.

The course will be clearly signed for the specific event that you are doing:

Marshals and race directors’ decisions are final. Abusive language and/or behaviour towards the marshals, organisers or directors will not be tolerated.

The marshals or race organisers can refuse to let a team or solo participant continue if they judge them to be too fatigued or in a physical/emotional condition that would endanger themselves or others. Please return to the race finish and hand in your number band.

If you decide to retire/stop during the race please report to the nearest marshal. Do not leave the course without telling a marshal. You must then return to race finish to hand in your number band . Failure to return your number band will result in a £10 charge.

A proportion of the run is off road and through some rough ground. Please be aware that there may be unexpected natural hazards i.e lumps, bumps, holes, mud. It is an adventure race so there may be hazards to climb over or navigate through.

Please only enter and exit the water where you are directed to do so. The swim entrances and exits have been chosen to limit ecological damage to the lakes and the river banks. They are also chosen to ensure whilst they are safe, they are also a challenge and add an element of adventure to the race. Marshals will be on hand to help you. Please note that you may feel disorientated as you stand up to exit the swims. Please take your time and listen to the marshal’s instructions.

If you feel you are struggling in the swim or need any assistance in the swim please roll over onto you back and put your arm in the air. This will attract attention and the safety team will attend to you. With this in mind you are only permitted to swim on your front.

You may hold onto the front of any safety boat and when you are ready, continue with the swim as long as you make no forward progress whilst you are resting.

Unlike triathlon, you can help fellow competitors. We actively encourage you to help each other but you cannot have outside assistance.

The courses will be clearly signed and swim entry and exit points are marshalled. Be observant and follow your colour arrows and tape

The final route maps will be available 4 weeks before the event in the Competitors Handbook. This will be available on the website, posted on social media and the link to it will be in your final email, which will be sent to, once entries have closed. Your final email is sent in bulk mail so it may end up in your Junk/spam folder.

The Race Director or Safety Officer reserves the right to change the race route at any point up to and including the day of the event.

Participants will be entering and exiting the bodies of water at various points, which will be marked and marshalled. Whilst every effort will be made to ensure participants safety you must be aware that being a natural environment there is every possibility of debris being present underfoot. For this reason the wearing of trainers / running shoes is mandatory throughout the race.

Taking the wrong course may lead to disqualification or added time. The race director has the final decision.

To race as a solo participant you must be 18 years olds or over and be able to swim and run the race distances

To participate you have to race in a team consisting of two people, be 18 years old or over and be able to swim and run the race distances

There will be cut offs. We base our cut off on a 15 minute mile run pace and a 2 minute 45 second 100m swim pace, we also allow time for entry and exit into the water, upstream swimming and up hill running. Information about the cut off times will be in the race handbook which will be available on social media and the race website at least 4 weeks before race day. It will also be emailed to all entries after the closing date of entries.

Participants are taking part at their own risk and can not hold As Keen As Mustard Events or any of it's representatives, volunteers, sponsors or any individual, land owner, company or organisation associated with AKAM responsible for any accident or incident during the race.

The solos and teams are obliged, to their best of their ability to help another participants that are in difficulty or have been injured.

The marshals or race organisers can refuse to let a team or solo participant continue if they judge them to be too fatigued or in a physical/emotional condition that would endanger themselves or others.

The two members of each team have to stay together at all times and can not be more than 100 metres apart on land and not more than 10 metres during swimming.