- Sat 17 May 2025
- Entries closed
09:30
Age 18 & over
£169
- 76 km trail running + 1800 m ascent
Event overview
Over 200,000 adventurers have taken on an Ultra Challenge® - the UK’s biggest and best series of treks and trail runs for a wide range of ages, fitness and experience levels which raises £10+ million a year for charities!
You’ll get full support all the way so you can set a new ultra-distance goal, enjoy wonderful countryside and push yourself further for an important cause. If you’re up for a charity ultra challenge this year, make it the Jurassic Coast 3/4 Ultra Challenge®.
The Ultra Challenge Experience
Do it at your own pace. The level of support enables you to go further than ever before. There are marquee rest stops, lots of food and drink, medical and massage teams, with a fully signed route to guide you.
A big finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement for you personally and also for your fundraising efforts.
Get Sponsored for Charity
You’ll be amazed how much you can raise on these tough challenges as friends and family will recognise and support your courageous endeavours - an ultra is impressive! All fundraising goes directly to your charity via an online JustGiving page.
£10+ Million Fundraising
The series raises £10+ million a year for charities. Choose your charity, set up a JustGiving sponsorship page and make your challenge count!
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Charity places
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- All fitness levels
- Event village
- Families
- Newcomers
Your challenge, your way
Whether you’re a walker and new to challenge events, an experienced trekker, a marathon enthusiast upping the distance, or a seasoned ultra runner after UTMB points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! Walk, Jog, or Run at your pace, as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you. There’s an Ultra March® option for ‘fast walkers’ – and a new ‘Solo Challenger’ start time to join up with others.
Best support & hospitality
This Ultra Challenge® famously lays on the best support and hospitality available on any UK endurance-style event. This enables you to step up and confidently tackle an 'Ultra' distance, with the best chance of success - and to enjoy your challenge! Here's a summary:
Before
- Challenge app
- Facebook forum
- Training guides
- Fundraising support
- Training walks and runs
- Video briefings
- Travel planning
- Parking
During
- Baggage transfers
- The start line
- Chip timing and tracking
- Rest stops
- Food and drink
- Medical support
- Camping
Along the route
- Fully signed route
- Apps, maps and GPS
- Route safety experts
- Emergency response
- Trek masters
- 24 hour control room
After
- Finish line experience
- Finish times and certificate
- Shuttles and transfers
- Hot meal
- Medical care and follow up
- Deals on future challenges
- Bag storage
- Bag transfer
- Bar
- BBQ
- Cafe
- Camping
- Changing facilities
- Coast
- Entertainment
- Music
- Paid parking
- Rural
- Showers
- Toilets
- Check points
- First aid
- Food stations
- Hilly
- Marshals
- Mass start
- No headphones
- Point to point
- Return transport
- Toilets
- Water stations
- Way markers
Overview
A perfect choice if you’ve done a Half Challenge before – and want to ‘up’ the distance without committing to a ‘Full’ option. The route is 3/4 of the Full Challenge – so it starts at the Corfe Castle main start, takes in the fantastic 2nd 1/4 Challenge route to Weymouth, and then on to West Bay and the finish line at Bridport (the 2nd 1/2 of the Full Challenge) after a tough 76km – with its stunning views. Do it as a ‘continuous’ challenge or rest overnight after the 1st 34km and camp at the Weymouth basecamp (or hotel/B&B) – and do the remaining 42km (2nd half) on Sunday morning.
Map
- Chip timing
- Event app
- Goody bag
- GPS tracking
- Map
- Medal
- Post-race meal
- Pre-event training sessions
- Pre-race meal
- Training plan
- T-shirt
Included
- Snacks and drinks every 10-15km
- 34km | hot meal at Weymouth
- 60km | selection of hot/cold food
- Bridport finish | glass of fizz, medal, t-shirt and hot meal
Bookable extras
- Camping packages
- Parking
- Pre challenge transfer
- Post challenge transfer
- Baggage transfers
- Challengers meal
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising support
How to start fundraising
You need to create your fundraising page on JustGiving within 48 hours of registering for your challenge. Then you can start your fundraising by sharing your page online with your friends and family.
Fundraise as a team
As long as you’re all fundraising for the same charity, you can create a team fundraising page on JustGiving. You will still have to reach the combined total fundraising amount as the target is per person, not per team.
Fundraising concerns
Speak to your charity about any worries. They are the experts and will offer you support, materials and inspiration throughout.
Remember only 50% of the target has to be reached 3 weeks before the challenge meaning you’ve got time after the challenge to impress everyone with your achievement and keep on fundraising.
Help for you
If you don’t reach the fundraising target, there are alternative options. You can always change to a self-funded place and still take part in the challenge.
Next steps
Once you've got your charity place, your details will be passed to the charity and you will hear from them within 14 days.
If you’re looking for a nice steady stroll along a beautiful part of the Great British coastline then the Jurassic Coast Challenge is definitely for you, assuming of course you’ve got nerves of steel and balls to match!
Such an amazing event. 1st Half conquered. It was brutal and the hills kept coming. Everyone was kind and chatty and checked on each other. We had a fab time. Scenery was stunning. Will be back for second half next year.
