UK & World Ultra List 2012

Last Updated - 16Feb12

All events on the 'World Ultra List' below, are qualifying events in terms of 100 Marathon Club Statistics and qualification for membership.
NB. All events on this list should hold a permit to include 'Public Liability Insurance'.

20 12 See 'Old Details' section below for events not yet confirmed for the current year!
04Feb12 XNRG The Pilgrim Way 33miles (OR, North Downs) , GbU Thames Trot 50m  (TR) , Moonlight 32.75m (MT, Canterbury)
05Feb12 XNRG The Pilgrim Way 33miles (OR, North Downs)
12Feb12 Punchbowl 30m (OR/ldwa)
18Feb12 South Devon Coastal 33m (TR/ELife)
19Feb12 Cotsworld 35.35m , London Ultra 50k (TR) ,
25Feb12 Winter Poppyline 51m OR/ldwa,Norfolk)
03Mar12 Centurion Thames Path 100m (TR)
04Mar12 Barry 40m (track) ,
10Mar12 Wye One Way 50m  (TR) , ULTRArace Grantham Canal Run 29.3m (TR) , Naked Strenth 100k (New Forest)
11Mar12 ULTRArace Grantham Canal Run 29.3m (TR) , Naked Strenth 50k (New Forest)
17Mar12 Exmoor 40m (MT/H'Hub, Minehead)
18Mar12 Fuerth 6hr (Germany) ,
24Mar12 Sussex Coastal 33m (TR/ELife)
25Mar12 Sevenoaks 30m (OR/ldwa) ,
31Mar12 Born to Run 37m (Llanelli, Form ) , Lost World Causeway Crossing 100k/50k (N.Ireland) , Three Shires 29m  (Staffs, OR/ ldwa) ,
01Apr12 Connemara 39m (Ireland) , South Downs 28m (OR/Ldwa)
06Apr12 Dead Sea 50km  (Jordan)   
07Apr12 Two Oceans 56k (South Africa) ,  Compton 40m (MT) , Bedford Clanger 28m (MT,(Form)
14Apr12 Exmoor Coastal 33m (TR/ELife)
15Apr12 Pewsey Downsaround 35m (OR/ldwa) , Coventry Way 40m (OR/tra) ,
20Apr12 Jogle ULTRArace 860miles (John O'Groats/Lands End) ,
22Apr12 Chagford Chall 30m (OR/ldwa,Devon)
28Apr12 Crawley 12hr/6hr (Track) , Woldsman 50m (OR/ldwa) , Wye Forest 50m (OR/ldwa, Glos, (FULL)) ,
05May12 Malvern Hills 53m/83m (TR) , XNRG Pony Express 30miles (TR,New Forest)
06May12 XNRG Pony Express 30miles (TR,New Forest)
12May12 Rennsteiglauf 72.7km (TR,Germany) , Welsh Ultra Brecon 40m (TR) , Steenbergen 24hr (Netherlands) , Marlborough Downs 33m (OR/ldwa) , Ridgeway 40m (OR) , Sandstone Trail 33m (TR,Shropshire)
19May12 24hr Challenge (MT, Canterbury) ,
20May12 ULTRArace 50m (Cardiff) , Rocks & Rolling Ultra (Donegal) ,
26May12 Welsh 62m (MT/H'Hub, Wales)
27May12 GbU Northants 35m (Shires & Spires)  (MT, Northampton)
31May12 Severn Challenge 29m (TR) ,
01Jun12 Severn Hafren 45m (TR) ,
02Jun12 Severn Path 56m (TR) , Housman 100 miles (OR/ldwa) , Grand Union Canal 145 miles ,
03Jun12 Comrades Marathon (South Africa) , Severn Way 56m (TR) , 
04Jun12 Severn Challenge 28m (TR) ,
09Jun12 Dartmoor Discovery 32.36 miles (FULL) ,
16Jun12 Long Eaton 50m (MT) , Portumna 50k/100k  (Clare, Ireland)
22Jun12 ULTRArace 100m (Stratford) ,
23Jun23 Three Rings of Shap (MT, Cumbria) , ,
30Jun12 XNRG Round the Island 38miles (OR, IOW) , Reading 24hr
01Jul12 XNRG Round the Island 32miles (OR, IOW) ,
07Jul12 Scottish 75m (MT/H'Hub, Ullapool) , Osmotherley Phoenix 33m (OR/ldwa) , Enigma Summer 30m Bletchley, Form )
08Jul12 Croydon Ultra 30m (MT)
15Jul12 Fairlands Valley Challenge 50k Ultra (OR) ,
22Jul12 50m Challenge (MT, Canterbury) ,
28Jul12 Round the Rock Ultra 48m (MT, Jersey) , Swiss Alpine 78.5km (TR,Davos) ,
01Aug12 Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset 100k (TR) ,
04Aug12 Devil O' The Highlands 43m (TR)
11Aug12 Northumberland 62m (MT/H'Hub, Wooler) , Herts Stroller 53m  (OR/ldwa, Hitchin) 
12Aug12 Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 50k (MT) ,
18Aug12 Hell on the Humber 12hr (Humber Bridge)
19Aug12 ULTRArace Peaks 40m , Dorset Doddle 32m (OR/ldwa) ,
25Aug12 Lakeland Warrier 100k/50k (MT,N.Ireland) ,
27Aug12 Enigma Gold (TR,Bletchley, Form )
01Sep12 Bullock Smithy 56 miles (ldwa/OR) , 
12Sep12 ULTRArace M2M 357miles (Ireland) ,
21Sep12 XNRG Toad Challenge 30m (OR, Thames Path) ,
22Sep12 XNRG Toad Challenge 30m (OR, Thames Path) , White Cliffs 52m (OR/ldwa,Kent) , Cotswold 40m (OR/ldwa)
23Sep12 XNRG Toad Challenge 30m (OR, Thames Path) ,
06Oct12 GbU Round Ripon 35 miles (TR)
07Oct12 ULTRArace Nottingham 50k (TR) ,
13Oct12 Norfolk 62m  (MT/H'Hub, Kelling Heath)
20Oct12 Rowbotham's Round Rotherham 50m (OR) , 
09Nov12 XNRG Druid Challenge 28 miles (OR, Ridgway) ,
10Nov12 XNRG Druid Challenge 27 miles (OR, Ridgway) ,
11Nov12 XNRG Druid Challenge 27 miles (OR, Ridgway) ,
25Nov12 Gatliff 50k (OR,Kent) ,
 

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******************* OLD DETAILS BELOW ******************

2011 Details below will be held on a rolling 13 month period from the current date for reference
or until the following year is confirmed if earlier.
15Jan11 GbU Country to Capital 45m (TR,Wendover)
23Jan11 Gloucester 50k
30Jan11 Wilmot Wander 32m (OR/ldwa,Derbys)
05Feb11 GbU Thames Trot 50m (TR,Oxford) , 
19Feb11 South Devon Coastal Ultra (TR/ELife) , Green Man 45k (Bristol)
12Mar11 Wye Valley 50m (MT)
17Mar11 Balatron SuperMarathon 195km (4 days, Hungary)
20Mar11 Fuerth 6hr (Germany) , SIS Lightning 12hr (OR, Malvern Hills)
26Mar11 Eco Trail 80k/50k (Paris, France)
27Mar11 Perth 50k/100k
02Apr11 Limburgs Zwaarste 60k/80k/100k (MT, Netherlands)
09Apr11 Edinburgh Glasgow 57m (TR)
16Apr.11 Exmoor Coastal Ultra (TR/ELife) , VO ONER 78.6m (TR, Dorset)
22Apr11 9Bar Jogle ULTRA 860 miles (John O'Groats / Lands End) ,
30Apr11 The Oxon 40m (OR/ldwa) ,
14May11 Stanwick Ultra 45k (MT, Northants) , Big Black Mountains Chall 47k (TR, Abergavenny)
15May11 Forest of Dean 33m (TR)
21May11 Rennsteiglauf 72.7km (Germany)
28May11 Housman 100 miles (OR/ldwa)
05Jun11 GbU Northants 35m (MT)
11Jun11 Enduroman 100m (MT, Bournemouth) , Lochalsh Dirty 30m (MT, Scottish Highlands) ,
24Jun11 VO South Downs Way 33m ,
25Jun11 Pathfinder March 46m , Durham Dales Challenge 30m (OR/ldwa) ,
Black Hills 100m/100m/50m (Trail, SD, USA) , VO South Downs Way 33m ,
26Jun11 VO South Downs Way 33m , Boddington 50k ,
02Jul11 Enigma Summer 30m (Bletchley, FULL )
Kinlochleven Ultra 64.25k (MT) , Exmoor Coastal 40m (MT, Minehead)
09Jul11 Harden Hard'un 27m (OR/ldwa,Yorks) , South Downs Way 103m (MT) ,
10Jul11 Croydon Ultra 30m (MT) (Form)
16Jul11 The Moors the Merrier 28m (OR/ldwa,Calderdale) ,
24Jul11 Downlands 30m (OR, W.Sussex,)
30Jul11 Davos 78.5km (TR,Switz) , Lakeland 100m/50m (OR) , Thunder Run 24hr (OR, Derbys) ,
31Jul11 Help for Heroes 100k/50k (MT, Coventry)
13Aug11 Centurion North Downs Way 100m/50m (TR)
20Aug11 Mauerweg 100m (MT, Berlin Wall) , 
27Aug11 Northumberland 62m (MT/H'Hub, Wooler) , Speyside Way 35m (MT,Scotland)
28Aug11 Boston 12hr/6hr & 100k ( Form )
03Sep11 Jordan Ultra 360km/180km (6day/3day)
10Sep11 Honeystreet Ultra 51.5k (MT, Wiltshire) , Shotley Peninsula 50m (OR/ldwa) , GbU Trans Britain (6 days) (MT)
11Sep11 London to Brighton 56m (TR) , 
13Sep11 ULTRArace M2M 357miles (Ireland)
17Sep11 Open to Offas 30m (OR/ldwa.N.Wales) , Mountain Trail Challenge 30m (TR/Brecon Beacons) , High Peak 40m  (TR/Buxton) 
24Sep11 JW Ultra 30m (MT, Stratford Canal) ,
08Oct11 Norfolk 62m  (MT/H'Hub, Kelling Heath)
09Oct11 ULTRArace Nottingham 50k (TR)
15Oct11 Northumberland Coastal 33m (TR/ELife) ,
22Oct11 Caesar's Camp 50m (Aldershot) ,
11Nov11 Gower Coastal 33m (TR/ELife)
19Nov11 Rosedale 40m/30m (TR/Yorks)
27Nov11 Hereward 38.4 miles (MT, Peterboro/Ely) , Gatliff 50k (OR,Kent) , Frozen FatAss 50k (OR,North Essex)
03Dec11 Dorset Coastal 33m (TR/ELife) , Welsh Ultra Brecon 40m (TR)
04Dec11 Doyen of the Downs 30m (TR, Arundel)
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14Jan12 GbU Country to Capital 45m  (TR, Wendover)
15Jan12 Winter Tanners 30m (OR)
21Jan12 Anglesey Coastal 33m (TR/ELife) , ULTRArace 45m/90m (MT, Northampton/Tring)
22Jan12 ULTRArace 45m/90m (MT, Northampton/Tring)
28Jan12 Yorkshire50m  (MT/H'Hub, Whitby)
29Jan12 Wilmot Wander 32m  (OR/ldwa,Dbys)
Race List Notes
209 2:09 Events
A Advertised in Running press
amb Ambition Events
Bsk Bustinskin Coastal Series
Bwf British Walking Federation
ELife EnduranceLife Coastal Trail Series
Form Entry Form can be downloaded from this website (when current)
FR Fun Run/Non Permit race. Distance possibly not measured.
GbU Go Beyond Ultra Series
ldwa Listed in LDWA handbook.
MT Multi-Terrain, generally with some road sections
NC Date not yet confirmed
OR Off road. (LDWA Type event)
ORM Off-road marathon (ie. approx 26 miles - (LDWA type event)
Prov Provisional Date
Rrc RRC/TRA Race Directory
TR Trail. (may have some road sections)
TRA Trail Running Association Series
VO Votwo Challenge Series
W Walkers only, (W) - check if runners allowed!!
XNRG Extreme Energy Series
(+) Other distances { Times/Cost for Longer Race }
? Date and/or details not yet confirmed