Events to possibly do… one day

Here is a list of trail / off-road races that look like my bowl of porridge:

VARIETY OF DISTANCES

Lakeland trail series:
http://www.lakelandtrails.org/
Range of distances (12-21km), over the year, in Lake District

Jurassic Coast Challenge
http://www.votwo.co.uk/votwo2007/events-and-adventure/race_view.php?i=42
26.2 miles x 1day / x2 days or x3 days (or do all 78.6miles in one go!) in the Dorset Coastline, March
TRAINING WEEKEND (for multi-day ultras): http://www.votwo.co.uk/votwo2007/events-and-adventure/race_view.php?i=41

Trail Running Assc.
http://www.tra-uk.org/tra_series.php
Short (-13.1miles), middle(13.1-30miles) and ultra (30+miles) distances, all over UK, all year

Gatliff Ultra Marathon
http://www.copsecroydon.co.uk/copse2007/gatliffmarathon.php
The Twenty Fourth GATLIFF MARATHON
November From Edenbridge, Kent: 50kms, 35kms & 20 kms (31, 22 & 12.5 miles)

Clarendon Way [competed]
http://home2.btconnect.com/R2D2/clarendon/
Half and full Marathon, Sept, South Downs

10K

3G North Downs 10k
http://www.allabouttriathlons.co.uk/events_g3_08.php
Guildford 10k Trail races, Jan-March

Bannatynes Wellingborough Multi-terrain 10K
http://www.justracinguk.com
Wellingborough 10k Cross-Country Feb

Puma Urban Escape 10K
http://www.trailplus.com/puma_urban_escape.cfm
3×10k Cross-Country Sept-Oct

Box Hill Fell Race 12K
http://www.sloweb.org.uk/events.htm
Cross-country, Box Hill, Dorking Surrey (v close to station), Jan

Campbell Park XC Canter 10K [competed]
http://www.heartbeatevents.co.uk/
Central Milton Keynes, Dec (5K option too)

Epsom Perch Oddball 10K
http://www.sportsystems.net/perch/Scripts/default.asp
South Downs, Surrey (Jan)

HALF-MARATHON

Harvest Trail 6 or 10miles [competed]
http://www.royston-runners.org.uk/html/harvest_trail.html
Hertfordhire, September

Leith Hill Half
http://www.trionium.com/leithhillhalf/
Half marathon on South Downs, March

Salomon Hellrunner [competed]
http://www.hellrunner.co.uk/south.cfm
10-12 miles of bogs, mud and hills, November, Hants

Forest of Dean Half [competed]
http://www.rotary-rfod.org.uk/rfod-half-marathon.htm
Half marathon, March, Gloucestershire

Midsummer Munro Half
http://www.trionium.com/mm/
‘The Toughest Half’ Half marathon on South Downs, c21st June

MARATHON

Three Forts Marathon:
http://www.threefortsmarathon.org.uk/default.asp
27 hilly miles over the South Downs, May

Endurance Coastal Marathons:
http://www.endurancelife.com/coastal_marathon/Series.html
five races, Jan-April and Nov along UK coastline

White Peaks Marathon: [competed - half]
http://www.matlockac.org.uk/wpmara.htm
mid-May, Peak District, Derbyshire

Saab Salomon South Downs marathon:
http://www.209events.com/event.php?event=33
South Downs, June

Sleepwalker Midnight Marathon
http://www.theupside.org/page_1176482950093.html
20 miles through the Breacon Beacons, Autumn Exinox (22/23 Sept)

ULTRA-MARATHON

Devil O’ the Highlands:
http://www.devilothehighlandsfootrace.co.uk/
Mountail ultra marathon, 43miles, August

Tring 2 Town
http://www.ambitionevents.com/tring2town/
40 miles along the canal to London (and back the next day if you fancy!)

Downlands Running festival 30
http://www.runfurther.com/content/view/112/135/
30 miles in the Hawards Heath Downlands, July

Seni Extreme 200
http://www.ambitionevents.com/seniextreme/welcome.htm
200 miles Birmingham-London over 3 days, May

Marathon of Britian
http://www.marathonofbritain.co.uk/
175miles over 6 days, Sept [Village Crewing opp!]

Round Rotherham
http://www.runfurther.com/content/view/112/135/
50 miles loop around Rotherham Dec

50 Mile Challenge
http://www.50milechallenge.co.uk/2.html
50 miles of a singe 6.5 mile loop around nr Canterbury, Aug

Run the Moose, Canada
http://www.runthemoose.com/
Northern Ontario, trails – hot and humid! Aug

MOUNTAIN MARATHON

Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon (SLMM)
http://www.slmm.org.uk/
2 day mountain event, Lakes, July

Original Mountain Marathon (OMM)
http://www.theomm.com/pages/OMM_121.html
2 day mountain event, Scotland, Oct

Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon (LAMM)
http://www.lamm.co.uk/
2 day mountain event, Scotland, June

Highland Mountain Marathon (HMM)
http://www.highlandermountainmarathon.org.uk/
2 day mountain event, Scotland, April

RUNNING RACES ABROAD:

Augrabies Kalahari Ultra Extreme:
http://www.extrememarathons.com/augrabies/
152 miles in 6 days, Kalahari S Africa, October

Marathon des Sables
http://www.marathondessables.com/
Need I say more?

Everest Marathon:
http://www.everestmarathon.org.uk/links.html
Portal to lots of ultras

209 Events:
http://www.209events.com/
many multi-day Ultra trail events abroad

Trail Run Spain
http://www.trailrunspain.com/P/trail_running_andalucia_spain.htm
Trail running holiday in Andalucia