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Ultra runs in UK

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Missed out on the London Marathon Ballot? No probem! 'London Calling' is the special 'Not London' event!
  • Sun 26 Apr 2026
  • £37.50-£39.50
Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK

London Calling

Missed out on the London Marathon Ballot? No probem! 'London Calling' is the special 'Not London' event!

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Traffic free
  • Event village
  • Urban
  • Age 18 & over
  • 7 hrs multi terrain running + 33 ft ascent
On the same day as the famous marathon in London, why not come along to The "Other" Run? Complete an ultra and earn a Zig Zag medal too. Cover your Virtual London Marathon miles here!
  • Sun 26 Apr 2026
  • £33-£38
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

The Other Run | Ultra Marathon

On the same day as the famous marathon in London, why not come along to The "Other" Run? Complete an ultra and earn a Zig Zag medal too. Cover your Virtual London Marathon miles here!

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Age 18 & over
  • 7 hrs road running
4.167 miles on the hour, every hour, until the there is only one left standing. Have you got what it takes for just one more loop?
  • Fri 1 May 2026
  • £100-£102
Portland, Dorset, UK

Portland Pig BackYard Ultra

4.167 miles on the hour, every hour, until the there is only one left standing. Have you got what it takes for just one more loop?

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Coast
  • Plastic-free event
  • Age 20 & over
  • 1 day multi terrain running
This Bank Holiday event is run as cheaply as possible in order for people to be able to build their numbers or simply to help people achieve their own goals at an affordable price.
  • Mon 4 May 2026
  • £16-£27
Staines, Surrey, UK

Bank Holiday Madness May

This Bank Holiday event is run as cheaply as possible in order for people to be able to build their numbers or simply to help people achieve their own goals at an affordable price.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
The finish line is unique to you: 24 hours after the mass start, the race shall stop and the Solo Runners and Teams furthest South on the National Trail, shall be declared winners.
  • Sat 9 - Sun 10 May 2026
  • £95.50-£155.50
Prestatyn, Clwyd, UK

24 Hours South | The Offa's Dyke Ultra

The finish line is unique to you: 24 hours after the mass start, the race shall stop and the Solo Runners and Teams furthest South on the National Trail, shall be declared winners.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • GPS tracking
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Age 18 & over
  • 24 hrs trail running + 8561 ft ascent
Come and join the Spring Lucky Dip Run! There is no set medal for this race; instead, you will get to choose your own from a selection of medals from past events!
  • Sun 10 May 2026
  • £16-£35
Staines, Surrey, UK

The Spring Lucky Dip Run

Come and join the Spring Lucky Dip Run! There is no set medal for this race; instead, you will get to choose your own from a selection of medals from past events!

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
The circular 35 mile ultra is a registered UTMB index race with 20.2 miles of cross country trails and 14.3 miles on road through wonderful countryside. Fully tracked and interactive
  • Sun 10 May 2026
  • £60
Naseby, Northamptonshire, UK

Shires and Spires | Ultra

The circular 35 mile ultra is a registered UTMB index race with 20.2 miles of cross country trails and 14.3 miles on road through wonderful countryside. Fully tracked and interactive

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • GPS tracking
  • Undulating
  • Age 18 & over
  • 35 miles multi terrain running + 2052 ft ascent
Come and celebrate 50 years since the release of the iconic Rocky film! Have you got the Eye of The Tiger, the guts to get the glory and the will to rise up to the challenge and run?
  • Sat 16 May 2026
  • £16-£35
Staines, Surrey, UK

Rocky at 50 Run

Come and celebrate 50 years since the release of the iconic Rocky film! Have you got the Eye of The Tiger, the guts to get the glory and the will to rise up to the challenge and run?

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Road run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
The ultra is graded ‘very hard’ and one to get into your ultra running calendar if you’re looking for UTMB index runs where you can bag points. Includes Full Weekend Festival Ticket in the price!
  • Sun 17 May 2026
  • £80-£85
Keswick, Cumbria, UK

Keswick Mountain Festival | adidas TERREX 50K Trail Ultra Marathon

The ultra is graded ‘very hard’ and one to get into your ultra running calendar if you’re looking for UTMB index runs where you can bag points. Includes Full Weekend Festival Ticket in the price!

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Music
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Mountainous
  • Event village
  • Age 18 & over
  • 50 km trail running + 1800 m ascent
Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.
  • Sun 17 May 2026
  • £37.50-£39.50
Bournemouth, Dorset, UK

SoBo Series | Volume 3 | Good Vibrations

Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Event village
  • Coast
  • Age 18 & over
  • 7 hrs road running
Zig Zag Running is 6 years old this month so why not come along and celebrate?! You are promised lots of cake!
  • Sun 17 May 2026
  • £33-£38
Dereham, Norfolk, UK

The Birthday Run | Ultra Marathon

Zig Zag Running is 6 years old this month so why not come along and celebrate?! You are promised lots of cake!

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 40 miles multi terrain running
Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Themed medal too!
  • Thu 21 May 2026
  • £16-£135
Durham, County Durham, UK

Dun Holm Challenge | Day 1

Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Themed medal too!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 4 more races
Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.
  • Fri 22 May 2026
  • £16-£29
Durham, County Durham, UK

Dun Holm Challenge - Day 2

Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.
  • Sat 23 May 2026
  • £16-£29
Durham, County Durham, UK

Dun Holm Challenge | Day 3

Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Can you survive Farmmageddon? You have 32 hours to complete 100 miles over a fantastic 5.3K loop through the lovely grounds of Hyde Hall Farm. 24-hour or shorter distance options too.
  • Sat 23 - Sun 24 May 2026
  • £33-£165
Buntingford, Hertfordshire, UK

Farmmageddon

Can you survive Farmmageddon? You have 32 hours to complete 100 miles over a fantastic 5.3K loop through the lovely grounds of Hyde Hall Farm. 24-hour or shorter distance options too.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Age 18 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run 2
  • + 2 more races
Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.
  • Sun 24 May 2026
  • £16-£29
Durham, County Durham, UK

Dun Holm Challenge | Day 4

Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.
  • Mon 25 May 2026
  • £16-£29
Durham, County Durham, UK

Dun Holm Challenge | Day 5

Whether you are a Durham resident, you just love the area, or you fancy running along the River Wear with views of the Cathedral, then this is the run for you! Durham-themed medal too.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Come and celebrate 50 years since the release of the iconic Rocky film! Have you got the Eye of The Tiger, the guts to get the glory and the will to rise up to the challenge and run?
  • Sat 30 May 2026
  • £18-£35
Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan, UK

Rocky at 50 Run | Wales

Come and celebrate 50 years since the release of the iconic Rocky film! Have you got the Eye of The Tiger, the guts to get the glory and the will to rise up to the challenge and run?

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Park
  • All ages
  • Road run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Taking in the two Munro summits of Cairn a Chlamain and Ben Dearg along with Glen Tilt and the vast forests of Blairuachdair, the Full Tilt Ultra has it all. Are you up to the challenge?
  • Sat 30 May 2026
  • £79
Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, UK

Blair Castle Trail Weekender | Full Tilt Ultra 58K

Taking in the two Munro summits of Cairn a Chlamain and Ben Dearg along with Glen Tilt and the vast forests of Blairuachdair, the Full Tilt Ultra has it all. Are you up to the challenge?

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Mountainous
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 58 km trail running + 2026 m ascent
In its sixth year! Come take on the challenge of the track at Wodson Park. Do you have it in you to complete your distance on a 400-metre athletics track?
  • Sun 31 May 2026
  • £27-£38
Ware, Hertfordshire, UK

Circuit Du Sore Legs

In its sixth year! Come take on the challenge of the track at Wodson Park. Do you have it in you to complete your distance on a 400-metre athletics track?

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Park
  • Age 14 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • 50K ultra run
  • + 1 more race
Push your limits at the highly competitive Summer Suffolk Backyard Ultra — run 4.167 miles every hour, on the hour, until only one runner remains standing.
  • Sat 6 Jun 2026
  • £80-£130
Brandon, Suffolk, UK

Suffolk Back Yard Ultra Festival

Push your limits at the highly competitive Summer Suffolk Backyard Ultra — run 4.167 miles every hour, on the hour, until only one runner remains standing.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Age 12 & over
  • Fixed time runs 2
  • Ultra run
Who remembers the character Strawberry Shortcake and all her adorable friends like Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue?! Here's your chance for a medal of her!
  • Sat 6 Jun 2026
  • £15-£35
Staines, Surrey, UK

Strawberry Shortcake Scamper

Who remembers the character Strawberry Shortcake and all her adorable friends like Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue?! Here's your chance for a medal of her!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Road run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
The UK’s favourite 24-hour trail race! Epic, Brutal, Relentless. Race against the clock to tackle as many laps of the iconic course as you can. How far can you go in 24 hours?
  • Sat 6 - Sun 7 Jun 2026
  • £95-£105
  • Team & charity places only
Reading, Berkshire, UK

Endure24 | Reading

The UK’s favourite 24-hour trail race! Epic, Brutal, Relentless. Race against the clock to tackle as many laps of the iconic course as you can. How far can you go in 24 hours?

Team & charity places only

  • Dogs allowed at venue
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Ballot
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Park
  • Free venue entry
  • Sustainability policy
  • Relay
  • Age 18 & over
  • 24 hrs multi terrain running
A truly beautiful area of North Wales! The route uses two way-marked 15-mile linear routes either side of the river, to create a spectacular, challenging excursion in and above the valley.
  • Sat 6 Jun 2026
  • £53.50
Llangollen, Clwyd, UK

The Llangollen 50K

A truly beautiful area of North Wales! The route uses two way-marked 15-mile linear routes either side of the river, to create a spectacular, challenging excursion in and above the valley.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Age 21 & over
  • 50 km trail running + 5435 ft ascent
Take on the trails on the Official Samaritans Way created by Teesside Samaritans many years ago. Run alone or in a relay; there are different options and different distances to get your shoes muddy.
  • Sat 6 Jun 2026
  • £63-£85
Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK

Samaritans Way Ultra | 60K Ultra

Take on the trails on the Official Samaritans Way created by Teesside Samaritans many years ago. Run alone or in a relay; there are different options and different distances to get your shoes muddy.

  • Enter online
  • Age 20 & over
  • 60 km trail running + 4560 ft ascent

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