The Grizzly
Grizzly 2025
The next Grizzly (‘Who Let the Bogs Out?’) will take place on 9th March 2025.
Please note: the Grizzly/Cub 2025 races are now full, and no further entries will be sold. However, experience shows that places will come up over the coming weeks (see social media), so do keep training and support the many other races and events taking place locally.
Now that the dust has settled on the entries for next year’s race it is important that the organising team is allowed to get on with the all-important preparations for the event. As you can imagine these take many hours over a number of months for a lot of our team – all of whom are volunteers giving up their time to put this hugely successful event on. It is testament to the hard work over many years that the Grizzly has become so attractive that we are over subscribed.
Grizzly/Cub Prices*
Grizzly Affiliated £42
Grizzly Non Affiliated £44
Cub Affiliated £29
Cub Non Affiliated £31
*A booking fee will also be charged.
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Remember, this is a not-for-profit race organised solely by local volunteers and any net profits from the race are donated to various local groups, organisations and charities. Approximately £500,000 has been donated over the past 35 years.
New Grizzlers be warned
The Grizzly and Cub are running races and has more than 3,000′ ascent in its 20 miles. There are two sections of beach (pebbles), totalling well over a mile; two energy-sapping bogs, where runners are often up to their waists in water and mud; and the infamous “Stairway to Heaven”, a steep path up the side of a cliff (beware if you suffer from vertigo). Some of the descents are steep and often very slippery, so please take care. It will take roughly your road marathon time, perhaps longer if conditions are grim.
Both the Grizzly and the Cub courses are the same as in 2024, but please still study the route map carefully.
This video will give you a taster of what you can expect from the Grizzly.
And here are some helpful Do’s and Don’t’s for the race weekend.
Environmentally friendly Grizzly
Following the success of 2024 we will continue to take further steps towards becoming a more environmentally friendly event. This is now a cup-free event (so please carry your own bladder pack or bring a reusable cup to be filled around the course).
We will again be using biodegradable marking tape around the course. Finally, we have introduced multiple-use polyester marshal bibs instead of single-use plastic bibs. We hope to make further changes in the years ahead, so please help us in our drive towards an environmentally friendly Grizzly.
Race t-shirts
No free race t-shirts will be given out to runners at the end of the event, but Grizzly race shirts will be available from our local supplier – ShipShape from early January, further details will be posted on this web site and our social media platforms.
Grizzly medals will be given to all finishers.
Merchandise
The Grizzly 2024 Race T shirts and other grizzly related items are now available to order through our supplier, Shipshape.
Grizzly hoodies, bobble hats and snoods will be available in the Race HQ (The Gateway Theatre) during the Grizzly weekend. Cash and cards can now be used.
Sponsors
EAST DEVON PHYSICAL THERAPY
Thanks to East Devon Physical Therapy, who again sponsored the Grizzly race. Guy Sweetman and his team have been long-term supporters of the race, for which we are very grateful. Guy and his team offered a much needed massage at the finish line again this year. All proceeds went to charity.
LYME BAY WINERY
Lyme Bay Winery has supported the Grizzly for many years. They are a local company producing delicious and award winning English wine, fruit wine, cider, mead, liqueurs and spirits from their home in Devon’s beautiful Axe Valley.
QUICKS ENGINEERING (SW) LTD, KILMINGTON
Big welcome and huge thanks to the Grizzly’s newest sponsors, Quicks Engineering (SW) Ltd, in Kilmington, who are very kindly supplying prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed runners in the male and female Grizzly and Cub races.
WBW SOLICITORS
This is the first year WBW Solicitors have sponsored the Grizzly. The Seaton office is one of thirteen offices across the South West, their expert teams are able to offer specialist advice and support on a broad range of legal and financial services to both individuals and businesses.
Official charity partner – Farming Community Network Charity
The Grizzly race would not be possible without the cooperation of the local farming community for which we are extremely grateful. We are pleased to announce we have chosen the Farming Community Network as our official charity partner this year. The FCN supports the farming community through difficult times and periods of change.
