Trail Running calendar near Carlisle 2025-2026

Grasmere Gallop is a 42km, fully way-marked trail race set in the Lake District, looping Grasmere and surrounding valleys such as Alcock Tarn, Loughrigg summit, Rydal Caves, Great Langdale, and Easedale Tarn. The route delivers a true Lakeland challenge with around 1,905 metres (6,250 feet) of ascen..

Lake District Ultra Challenge, staged in the southern Lake District with basecamp in Kendal, is a self-paced endurance event offering multiple distances. The Full Challenge is a 100 km loop featuring Garburn Pass, historic Ambleside, a halfway point by Lake Windermere, and scenic forests and nature..

The Samaritans Way Ultra is a trail running event held at Guisborough Rugby Club, featuring two race distances: a 40km marathon and a 60km ultra marathon. The course follows the Official Samaritans Way, a trail created by Teesside Samaritans, with updated routes for 2026. The event supports Teesside..

Ultra Scotland 50 is a 56-mile ultramarathon along Scotland’s Southern Upland Way. It begins at St John’s Town of Dalry and finishes at Moffat Rugby Club, with around 400 entrants and a 20-hour cut-off. The route weaves through forests, valleys and mountains and totals about 2,447 meters of ascent,..

Ultra Scotland 100 is a 104-mile ultramarathon along Scotland’s Southern Upland Way, from St John’s Town of Dalry to Galashiels. Ultrarrunners traverse 4,611 meters of elevation across forests, valleys and high moorland, with landmark climbs including Benbrake, Gateshaw Rig, Lowther Hill (701m) and..

The Pooley Bridge Wild Trail Runs, held in the scenic village of Pooley Bridge at the northern tip of Ullswater in the Lake District, offer a memorable trail running experience on June 13, 2026. Runners can choose between a Half Marathon (13.1 miles/21.1 km) and a 10km trail run, both set against st..

SCOTT Sports Summer Cheviot Goat is a challenging 50-mile (ish) ultramarathon staged by Cold Brew Events in the Cheviot Hills of Northumberland. The route loops through remote border-country terrain, starting from Ingram Village Hall (Ingram, NE66 4LU), touted as England's loneliest ultra. Runners f..

Set in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, the Kettlewell Trail Half is a challenging trail half marathon organized by Due North Events. The race starts and finishes at the car park field at Hawkswick Cote, offering spectacular views over the Wharfedale valley. The course climbs around 900 metres of..

Buckden Pike is Barlick Fell Runners’ classic fell race held on Buckden Pike. The event was first run in 1981, with the route designed by Peter Jebb after Buckden Gala invited him; he and his wife Anne led the race for two decades. In 1987, the route was tweaked to be more challenging, and this cour..

The Hopper 6,12 & 24 hr Trail Race takes place at Hamsterley Forest in County Durham, England. Runners tackle repeats of a 4.2-mile loop, with around 660 feet of elevation gain per lap, allowing participants to accumulate distance across time-based events. The program includes solo 6-, 12-, and 24-h..

The Fountains 10K is a scenic and challenging running event held in Grantley, near Ripon, North Yorkshire. The race features a 10-kilometre undulating, mixed-terrain course that includes quiet country roads, off-road trails, and moorland within Nidderdale. Notable course highlights are the 'Puddle'..

The Saturn 7 Hour Time Challenge in Durham is a trail running event held along the scenic River Wear, offering views of Durham Cathedral. Hosted at the Durham Amateur Rowing Club, the course features a flat, fully signed loop of approximately 4.37 miles (7 km), with options for shorter laps to accom..

Beat The Bounds, Patterdale is a boundary-running event in the Ullswater Valley, Patterdale, Cumbria. Participants choose from four distances: the Full Boundary at 28 miles with about 10,200 ft of ascent; the First Half (16 miles) and Second Half (12 miles); and a 7-mile Minibeat for families. The c..

The Blacksheep 3 and 6 Hour Challenge is a trail running event held in Masham, on the edge of the scenic North Yorkshire Dales. Participants can choose to run for either three or six hours, completing as many loops as possible within their chosen time. The course features a mostly flat terrain with..

Wheelbirks Summer 10k Trail is a running event held at Wheelbirks Parlour in Stocksfield, Northumberland. The 10-kilometre course starts and finishes at the ice cream parlour, offering a varied terrain of farm field boundaries, forest and woodland trails, plus steep technical climbs and descents and..

Lakeland Trails Ultra is a Lake District endurance event offering Ultra distances of 100k and 55k, plus 23k and 14k trail runs that share sections with the Ultra routes. Runners start and finish at Rothay Park in Ambleside, with fully waymarked, marshalled courses that showcase dramatic mountain sce..

Lyke Wake Challenge is a 40-mile point-to-point endurance event from Osmotherley to Ravenscar, run by the Quakers Running Club. The route covers moorland, trails, and some road, finishing in the grounds of Raven Hall at Ravenscar. Runners pass seven checkpoints (Carlton Bank, Clay Bank, the Lion Inn..

Run the Blades is a multi-distance trail running event held at Whitelee Wind Farm near Glasgow, Scotland. The weekend features three races: a 10K, a half marathon, and a 50K ultramarathon, with the option to tackle all three over the weekend. Runners traverse wind-farm access roads on exposed, rolli..

Rab Helvellyn Sky Ultra 2026 is a 57km mountain ultra in the Lake District, centred on Patterdale. The route packs about 3700m of ascent and traverses iconic ridge-lines, including Long Stile Edge, Swirral Edge, and Striding Edge. Marketed as the most technically demanding course-marked race the Lak..

St Sunday Sky Race, organized by Lake District Sky Trails, takes place near Patterdale in the Lake District, UK. The 29km route climbs about 2050m, delivering a technical mountain trail over St Sunday Crag and the eastern fells. A classic, stepping-stone Sky Race for those building toward longer adv..