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The UK's Number 1 Mountain Festival! Sport, Speakers, Live Music, Activities, Good Times. A full multi-sport and entertainment festival with exciting new changes for 2024!
We put you on a bus... We blindfold you... We take you to an unknown location... You have no tech, no map, no watch, no idea where you are... Will you make it back to HQ or be lost for ever?
Possibly the flattest marathon in the country. All distances are fast, officially measured, PB courses on quiet country roads through pretty local villages.
We put you on a bus... We blindfold you... We take you to an unknown location... You have no tech, no map, no watch, no idea where you are... Will you make it back to HQ or be lost for ever?
Take on England’s finest countryside for charity, at your own pace, with stunning views en-route. With distances from 10km right up to 100km there’s a Lake District Challenge for everyone!
Run or hike the UK's most iconic ultramarathon and conquer 70 miles in 26 hours over a fully waymarked journey through Hadrian's Wall country. Ideal first ultra.
If you are looking for a standard flat canicross course … this is not it!
Far reaching views of the Lake District fells, rolling Beatrix Potter countryside and a challenging mile-long climb up an ancient 'Coffin Trail' -
A stunning run around the famous and beautiful Lake District.
The Montane Trail 13 & 26 Howgills is one of our most popular routes. Choose the half marathon or the full marathon distance.
Are you ready for the Sting in the Trail?
Trail Outlaws are delighted to be co-hosting the RAF Spadeadam Half Marathon and 10 mile Bergen Challenge.
This season Green Space Events have planned 3 events at Dodd Wood.
If you are looking for a standard flat canicross course … this is not it!
Wild Fox Trails brings a whole new dimension to the world of trail running, combining stunning trails with navigation choices designed for the trail runner.
The Challenging Whinlatter Forest is the venue for this Trail Half Marathon & 10k in 2024.
2024 – Grasmere Gallop has teamed up with the OMM Festival for an epic outdoor weekend.
Cumbria's Largest Mass Participation Sporting Event!
The Montane Trail Ultra, 20 & 10 Ullswater Way starts and finishes at Jenkins Field in Glenridding.
From the shores of Coniston Water into the shadows of the Old Man passing through the historic workings of the Coppermines Valley.
Incredible views on the most scenic trail marathon in the country
In simple terms run as many of the 4.2 mile loops as you can within your chosen time limit.
Are you ready for your ultimate (but totally achievable) challenge? Then why not see just what you can do on one of the stunning ultra marathon courses?
With the fells resplendent in purple hues of heather, Lakeland Trails in Keswick is the perfect way to start the Autumn Series.
Get ready to bounce your way through The World's BIGGEST and most EPIC Inflatable 5K Obstacle Course!
Maverick Race heads north for our 3rd year, to bring you a trail running adventure in the stunning Lake District.
The gently rolling trails around Cartmel offer lovely views over Morecambe Bay and the harder your run, the more Sticky Toffee Pudding you can eat afterwards.
The 40th Great Cumbrian Run has been Cumbria's leading half marathon since 1982! See you on the start line for this very special anniversary edition. It's going to be a great day.
Breathtaking scenery along trails through ancient woodlands and surrounded by some of the highest and most dramatic fells in the Lake District National Park.
Stunning trail running on the eastern shores of Ullswater
A 5.5 mile multi terrain race.
This years race is once again sponsored by Pete Bland Sports.
A 300km ultra following Wainwright’s coast to coast route from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay
A 100km ultra following Wainwright’s coast to coast route from St Bees to Shap
The venue is very easy to get to and is just off the M6 & A69
The venue is very easy to get to and is just off the M6 & A69
Distance: 4km with 480m of ascent
Forty fell miles with around ten thousand feet of ascent and descent.
Race Distance 7.2k or 4.5 miles.
The Derwentwater Dawdle is named as a 'Dawdle' is the fastest most will manage on it. But be aware. It is not a Doddle.
Since 1998, the SCARPA Great Lakeland 3Day™ has offered a 3-day challenge quite unlike any other.
This is a Fully Chip timed event
Welcome to the all new, awe-inspiring Kendal to Preston Ultra 50
A fantastic undulating, late spring, evening 10K organised by Howgill Harriers.
The Latrigg Fell Race is a classic ‘up and down’ race on one of the most popular fells in the Lake District.
Often described as the friendliest and most beautiful UK marathon.
A 6 km Multi Terrain race.
A serious struggle of will and lung capacity.
The Scafell Sky Race is a classic Lake District route that will test the speed and endurance of experienced and aspiring mountain runners.
A beautiful, semi-technical 10km route in Great Langdale, based out of the National Trusts Stickle Barn, part of the Rab Scafell Sky Race Weekend
The Solway Marathon is a flat and fast route on the scenic rural roads of North West Cumbria.
The Solway Half Marathon is a flat and fast route on the scenic rural roads of North West Cumbria.
The first of a 4 race summer evening series.
FRA Category ‘AM’ race with a distance of 13K and 825m of ascent.
Race Class: AL 36.8km/22.9m, ascent 2290m/7513ft
Having run for around 10 years, the consensus is that the route is in fact only 37 miles, but we like the name so it's staying as Pennine 39.
The Lakeland Five Passes Ultra is 32miles and includes 10,000 feet of vertical elevation with no rest as it ascends peak after peak & pass after pass.
An accurately measured and certified 10k road race.
Do you have what it takes to complete an epic 200 mile journey around the most stunning and brutal Dales?
Setting off from the shores of Windermere in the Lake District, this ultramarathon takes place on arguably the most beautiful trail in the country, the iconic Dales Way.
The second event in the 4-race Castle 5K series.
Race Class: AL 34km/21.1m, ascent 2750m/9022ft.
The Swirral Grind is an uphill only race.
If you’re looking for a serious challenge, then this is it.
The St Sunday Mountain Race™ is a stepping stone to harder and longer Sky Races.
If you're looking for some real excitement, some really technical ground and some really technical hands on rock experience during a race then look no further,
A semi technical 15k trail race around the base of Place Fell on the shores of Ullswater.
The Grand Tour of Skiddaw is an approximately 46 mile ultra trail race taking in the beautiful Northern Lake District with a climb up the mighty Skiddaw...
The third event in the 4-race Castle 5K series.
A fantastic trail race in the Eden Valley, Cumbria.
The final event in the 4-race Castle 5K series.
Climb of 914m (2999ft), 7.2km / 4.5m
This is an officially measured and certified accurate course by the Association of UK Course Measurers.
Four Passes is an absolutely classic 19(ish) mile route, with 5300ft of ascent taking in four of the Lake Districts most scenic valleys and their adjoining passes.
50 mile ultra run from Caldbeck to Cartmel through the stunning and mountainous Lake District National Park.
A beautiful, challenging marathon course set in England’s most spectacular mountain scenery.
A beautiful half marathon in the heart of the Lake District.