Rocky Horror Swim Run 2023

The Rocky Horror Swim Run is part of the Something Wild Festival weekend in South Devon, with the events taking place at the beautiful Hope Cove.

It includes a LONG 16 mile swim run with 3 runs and 4 swim sessions, MEDIUM  13 mile with two runs and 3 swims and a SHORT 7 mile swim run with 3 swim sessions and 4 run legs.(All distances have two very short run sections at the beginning and end of less than 400m)

All participants will collect their race packs on Friday evening or Saturday morning at the festival site in Hope Cove.

Races will start just before high tide at 1.30pm from the festival site in Hope Cove.

Registration and the prize ceremony, take place at the festival site in Hope Cove.

What is the route?

All swim runs start and finish at the festival site in Hope Cove.

Swim runners will enter the water at Inner Hope for their first swim, via a marker buoy or one of our safety kayakers before running completing a 10k loop towards Soar Cove following the south west coast path and back inland along the footpaths

Participants will then return to Inner Hope for their second swim.

LONG swim runners complete 2 large and one small lap, MEDIUM do 2 large and SHORT do 1 large lap of this circuit.

Zone 3 and are our event partners and will be offering substantial discounts to all event participants for event hire on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

• Rocky Horror LONG 16 miles (swim 2000m/run 18.0 miles)
• Rocky Horror Medium 13 miles (swim 1500m/run12 miles
  
• Rocky Horror Short 7 miles (swim 1000m/run 6 miles)
  

NB: Tickets include solos, relays and pairs categories.