Tunnel Vision Night Run 5mile

The Tunnel Vision Night Run is an out-and-back 5 mile race starting off Scotland Road in Market Harborough, behind the Protheroes garage. The route follows the Brampton Valley Way, a disused railway line, out along a flat, hard-packed track before turning back the way it came. The defining feature is the 422 metre Oxendon Tunnel roughly halfway along the route, a long, pitch-black former railway tunnel that runners pass through twice, once in each direction. Mood lighting is installed inside the tunnel, but a head torch is still required to run through it safely. Running after dark on Thursday evening, this is the earlier and blacker of the two Tunnel Vision events, with the tunnel section giving the whole race a genuinely atmospheric feel. The course surface suits road or light trail shoes, and finishers are rewarded with a hot drink and biscuits at the end.