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Event overview

Thousands of adventurers have taken on the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge® - part of 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 goal, conquer the full island and push yourself over 100km for an important cause. If you’re up for a 100K charity ultra this year, make it the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge®.

The Ultra Challenge Experience

Do it at your own pace and enjoy your weekend outdoors. The level of support enables you to go further and achieve your goal. There are marquee rest stops, lots of food and drink, medical and massage teams, with a fully signed route to guide you.

An enormous 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 ultra challenges as friends and family will recognise and support your courageous endeavours as you cover an impressive 100km! 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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  • 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.

The Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge is fun, safe, and rewarding – with full support all the way, enabling you to push yourself further in stunning scenery. With pre and post-challenge camping options and a Chale basecamp with plenty of parking and shuttle bus transfers – it will be a Bank Holiday weekend not to miss!

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
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Paid parking
  • Showers
  • Toilets

Event HQ

Chale Parish Recreation Ground
Military Road
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
PO38 2JF
UK

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  • Check points
  • First aid
  • Food stations
  • Hilly
  • Marshals
  • Mass start
  • Point to point
  • Toilets
  • Undulating
  • Water stations
  • Way markers

Overview

This Chale start looks over the dramatic coastline to the west, and the route follows the coast with ups and downs around past the ‘Needles’. Then it’s northwards to the halfway in historic Cowes – a welcome stop where a hot meal and a massage awaits. Head around to Ryde, Bembridge then another major rest stop at Culver Down for some hot food – before the final stretch back into Chale. An epic Challenge!

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  • Chip timing
  • Event app
  • Goody bag
  • GPS tracking
  • Map
  • Massage
  • Medal
  • Pre-event training sessions
  • Training plan
  • T-shirt

Included

  • Every 10-15km | snacks and drinks
  • 25km | picnic lunch and fizzy drinks
  • 52km | hot meal
  • 82km | brunch/lunch
  • 106km | cooked breakfast/hot meal
  • Finish | glass of fizz, medal and t-shirt

Bookable extras

  • Camping packages
  • Parking
  • 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.

The island is spectacular, the camaraderie between participants like no other event I’ve ever done!

A brilliantly organised event - I would highly recommend this to anyone. BUT be prepared it is tougher than you think!

  • Age 18 & over
  • Entries open
  • Charity entries open
  • Charity places
  • Enter online
  • Event merch available
  • Series discount

The registration fee and minimum sponsorship amount will vary depending on charity/distance chosen.

Age

  • 100km - 18 years and over
  • 50km - 16 years and over
  • 25km - 14 years and over
  • 14-17 year olds need to be accompanied by an adult