Endurance
Who can attend the course?
Anyone over the age of 16 who is interested in assisting and would like to enhance their knowledge of the off-track endurance events including cross country, fell, hill running, road running.
What will I learn?
- What we mean by endurance
- To understand the skills, knowledge, experience, and aptitude of Endurance Officials
- What equipment an Endurance Official will need to bring to an event
- The Endurance Officials’ Pathway and progression
- What the different areas of an endurance race are:
- The Start
- The Course
- The Finish
- To understand an Endurance Official’s roles and responsibilities including:
- Sector Marshall
- Race Referee
- Start Director and
- Finish Director
- Course Director
- Judging and Recorder
All courses will be delivered in an interactive practical and lecture setting.
Next steps for Level 1
- Gain a minimum of four practical based experiences, three differing experiences of which should be achieved from the following,
- Pre-race registration duties
- Assisting with the setting out a start / finish area pre-race
- Start line assisting / assembling athletes.
- Course marshalling
- Marshalling crossing points
- Marshalling at road junctions
- Assisting with the judging / recording at a race finish or equivalent
- Stewarding / Marshalling at finish or operating a finishing funnel
- Timekeeper recording
- Attendance at the Risk Awareness Course
- Read the Health and Safety Guidance for Endurance Officials (PDF 200kB).
- Complete a DBS Check
- Complete the Level 1 application form and send to officialsaccreditation@englandathletics.org
Don’t worry if you cannot recall all the details including course code, name of field referee, as England Athletics can support you with this.
Progression to Level 2 and 3
Do you have the ambition to progress further in the endurance discipline? Further information can be found on our Endurance Pathway page, including accessing the self-taught modules for Level 2 and 3 Endurance Officials.