- Sun 23 Feb 2025
- £23-£25
- Sun 23 Feb 2025
- £23-£25
Stockport Trail Half Marathon
The perfect race to add to your calendar as a challenge in its own right, and ideal preparation for the spring marathon season.
- Newcomers
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Flat
- Event village
- Age 17 & over
- 13.1 miles trail running
- Sun 9 Mar 2025
- £32-£34
- 1 charity
- Sun 9 Mar 2025
- £32-£34
- 1 charity
MBNA Chester 10K
This award-winning, sell-out event is Chester's only city-based 10K, it's the best City Centre 10K in the North West and is the first event of the Chester Triple Series - with top runner reviews too!
- Wheelchair users
- Recycling
- Newcomers
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Flat
- PB
- Traffic free
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Sustainability policy
- Public transport links
- Age 15 & over
- 10 km road running
- Sun 9 Mar 2025
- £20-£22
- Sun 9 Mar 2025
- £20-£22
Poynton Village 10K
A popular Sunday morning road and trail 10K race in and around the beautiful village of Poynton.
- Newcomers
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Event village
- Urban
- Rural
- Free venue entry
- Age 16 & over
- 10 km multi terrain running
- Sat 26 Apr 2025
- £64.95-£74.95
- Sat 26 Apr 2025
- £64.95-£74.95
Born Survivor | Cheshire
The UK's toughest 10km with Military escape routes! Shorten the course to 8km or 6km via escape routes should the day get too tough!
- Families
- Dogs allowed
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Age 16 & over
- Obstacle race 2
- Sun 27 Apr 2025
- £30
- Entries closed
- Sun 27 Apr 2025
- £30
- Entries closed
adidas Manchester Marathon
Experience the UK’s friendliest and flattest major marathon with huge crowd support on a route with PB potential plus chunky medals and relay options.
- Trees not tees
- Wheelchair users
- Recycling
- Newcomers
- Entertainment
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Flat
- PB
- Traffic free
- Fancy dress
- Urban
- Sustainability policy
- Relay
- Age 18 & over
- 26.2 miles road running
- Fri 16 - Sun 18 May 2025
- £30
- Fri 16 - Sun 18 May 2025
- £30
Keswick Mountain Festival
The UK's top outdoor sports festival! Incredible entertainment, sports events, speakers, live music, activities, brand expo, bars, food, drink and much more.
- Families
- Wheelchair users
- Newcomers
- Dogs allowed
- Entertainment
- Music
- Enter online
- Event village
- Event expo
- Park
- Rural
- Mountains
- All ages
- 5K run 2
- 10K run
- Half marathon
- 50K ultra run
- Fell run
- + 12 more races
- Sat 17 May 2025
- £20
- Sat 17 May 2025
- £20
Junior & Mini Great Manchester Run
Make some noise for the biggest kids’ run in the North West! It’s an incredible event, all part of the iconic Great Manchester Run weekend of running where juniors have their own day on centre stage.
- Families
- Trees not tees
- Recycling
- Newcomers
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Sustainability policy
- Public transport links
- Age 3-15
- Fun run 2
- Sun 18 May 2025
- £41-£52
- Sun 18 May 2025
- £41-£52
Great Manchester Run
The city’s original and best-loved running event! With a 10K or a half marathon distance to choose from, over 99% of Manchester runners say they’d recommend it to a friend.
- Families
- Trees not tees
- Wheelchair users
- Recycling
- Newcomers
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Sustainability policy
- Public transport links
- Age 15 & over
- Half marathon
- 10K run
- Sun 18 May 2025
- £10-£49
- Sun 18 May 2025
- £10-£49
Essar Chester Half Marathon and Fun Run
One of the UK’s longest established and most highly regarded half marathons, starting and finishing in this historic Roman/Medieval city. Come and celebrate over 40 years of running in Chester!
- Families
- Newcomers
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Rural
- Public transport links
- All ages
- Half marathon
- Fun run
- Sat 14 Jun 2025
- £230-£240
- Sat 14 Jun 2025
- £230-£240
Rat Race | The Wall
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.
- Recycling
- Enter online
- Undulating
- Event village
- Rural
- Sustainability policy
- Public transport links
- Age 18 & over
- 70 miles trail running + 3460 ft ascent
- Sun 15 Jun 2025
- £30-£42
- Sun 15 Jun 2025
- £30-£42
Wilmslow Relays and Ultra Challenge
Your aim is to complete as many full laps of the 5K circuit through lovely parkland within a 6 or 3-hour time limit, as an individual or as part of a relay team of 2, 4 or 8 people.
- Music
- Park
- Free venue entry
- Age 12 & over
- Multi-terrain run 2
- Sun 29 Jun 2025
- £18-£42
- Sun 29 Jun 2025
- £18-£42
Sport in Action Festival of Running
Possibly the flattest marathon in the country. All distances are fast, officially measured, PB courses on quiet country roads through pretty local villages.
- Newcomers
- Event village
- Age 15 & over
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- Road run
- Sun 7 Sep 2025
- £24-£36
- Sun 7 Sep 2025
- £24-£36
Bury 10K
The Bury 10K is back and is guaranteed to be a fun and friendly event for all abilities, whether you’re a beginner just starting out on your fitness journey or an experienced runner looking for a PB.
- Newcomers
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- PB
- Traffic free
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Sustainability policy
- Age 15 & over
- 10 km road running
- Sat 13 Sep 2025
- £64.95-£74.95
- Sat 13 Sep 2025
- £64.95-£74.95
Born Survivor | Lancashire
The UK's toughest 10km with Military escape routes! Shorten the course to 8km or 6km via escape routes should the day get too tough!
- Families
- Dogs allowed
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Age 16 & over
- Obstacle race 2
- Fri 26 - Sun 28 Sep 2025
- £45-£210
- Fri 26 - Sun 28 Sep 2025
- £45-£210
13 Valleys
Celebrating the unique valleys of the Lake District which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site status, by linking them together with spectacular trail and ultra routes for you to enjoy!
- Newcomers
- Event village
- Rural
- Mountains
- Sustainability policy
- Age 17 & over
- Trail run
- Ultra run 3
- Sun 5 Oct 2025
- £10-£66
- Sun 5 Oct 2025
- £10-£66
MBNA Chester Marathon and Metric Marathon
A multi-award winning event, three-time winner of the 'UK's Best Marathon Up to 5,000 Runners' and the UK’s only marathon from the City of Chester, plus a rare Metric Marathon on race day too!
- Families
- Wheelchair users
- Newcomers
- Entertainment
- Music
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Rural
- Public transport links
- All ages
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- Fun run
- Sat 11 Oct 2025
- £130-£160
- Sat 11 Oct 2025
- £130-£160
Lakes in a Day
On foot from the very top of the Lake District to the very bottom via the stunning Helvellyn Ridge and the western shoreline of Lake Windermere. Not easy but certainly spectacular!
- Newcomers
- Plastic bottle free
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- GPS tracking
- Hilly
- Mountainous
- Event village
- Sustainability policy
- Age 20 & over
- 50 miles trail running
- Sun 12 Oct 2025
- £39.50-£49.50
- 3 charities
- Sun 12 Oct 2025
- £39.50-£49.50
- 3 charities
Manchester Half Marathon
Round off the season with a flat and fast half on fully closed roads with some of the best crowd support around and receive your chunky medal near Old Trafford.
- Trees not tees
- Wheelchair users
- Recycling
- Entertainment
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Flat
- PB
- Traffic free
- Fancy dress
- Event village
- Urban
- Sustainability policy
- Age 17 & over
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sat 7 - Sun 8 Jun 2025
Lake District Ultra Challenge
- Trail run 2
- 50K ultra run 2
- 100K ultra run 2
- Marathon