The route follows the Quarter Marathon to Checkpoint 9 (4.3M}, then is follws to towpath to Stroud, under the bypass and continues westward onto the Severn-Thames Canal towpath, past Ebley Warf, Stonehouse, Ryeford and on to Kings Stanley (Checkpoint 10). The route leaves the Towpath and turns towards King Stanley, via Stanley Mill and over Ryeford East Road and onto the Old Cotswold Way.  This is the beginning of a long ascent up onto Selsley Common, via Manor Farm, Middleyard (Checkpoint 11) and up into Pen Woods. The final section of the 600ft climb, follows the Cotswold Way towards Stroud and up onto Selsley Common and reaching the highest point in this run with a view looking across the Stroud Valley out towards the Severn Estuary and Forest of Dean.