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Runs in North West

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The perfect race to add to your calendar as a challenge in its own right, and ideal preparation for the spring marathon season.
  • Sun 23 Feb 2025
  • £23-£25
  • Sun 23 Feb 2025
  • £23-£25
Stockport, UK

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
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!
  • Sun 9 Mar 2025
  • £32-£34
  • Sun 9 Mar 2025
  • £32-£34
Chester, Cheshire, UK

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
A popular Sunday morning road and trail 10K race in and around the beautiful village of Poynton.
  • Sun 9 Mar 2025
  • £20-£22
  • Sun 9 Mar 2025
  • £20-£22
Stockport, Cheshire, UK

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
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!
  • Sat 26 Apr 2025
  • £64.95-£74.95
  • Sat 26 Apr 2025
  • £64.95-£74.95
Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

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
Entries closed
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.
  • Sun 27 Apr 2025
  • £30
  • Entries closed
  • Sun 27 Apr 2025
  • £30
  • Entries closed
Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK

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
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.
  • Sat 17 May 2025
  • £20
  • Sat 17 May 2025
  • £20
Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK

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
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.
  • Sun 18 May 2025
  • £41-£52
  • Sun 18 May 2025
  • £41-£52
Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK

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
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!
  • Sun 18 May 2025
  • £10-£49
  • Sun 18 May 2025
  • £10-£49
Chester, Cheshire, UK

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
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.
  • Sat 14 Jun 2025
  • £200-£220
  • Sat 14 Jun 2025
  • £200-£220
Carlisle, Cumbria, UK

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
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.
  • Sun 7 Sep 2025
  • £24-£36
  • Sun 7 Sep 2025
  • £24-£36
Bury, Greater Manchester, UK

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
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!
  • Sat 13 Sep 2025
  • £64.95-£74.95
  • Sat 13 Sep 2025
  • £64.95-£74.95
Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK

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
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!
  • Fri 26 - Sun 28 Sep 2025
  • £45-£210
  • Fri 26 - Sun 28 Sep 2025
  • £45-£210
Keswick, Cumbria, UK

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
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!
  • Sun 5 Oct 2025
  • £10-£66
  • Sun 5 Oct 2025
  • £10-£66
Chester, Cheshire, UK

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
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!
  • Sat 11 Oct 2025
  • £130-£160
  • Sat 11 Oct 2025
  • £130-£160
Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK

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
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.
  • Sun 12 Oct 2025
  • £39.50-£49.50
  • Sun 12 Oct 2025
  • £39.50-£49.50
Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK

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
  • Sun 24 Nov
Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK

Wilmslow Festive 10K

  • 10 km road running
  • Sun 24 Nov
Wallington, UK

Beddington Park 10K

  • 10 km road running
  • Sun 24 Nov
Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, UK

Blue Skies Elf Run

  • 5 km road running
  • Sat 30 Nov
Leyland, Lancashire, UK

Mental Elf Lancashire

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • Charity run
  • Sat 30 Nov
Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, UK

Ravenstonedale 10K Road Race

  • Fun run
  • 10K run
  • Sat 30 Nov
Preston, Lancashire, UK

Wesham 10K

  • 10 km road running
  • Sat 30 Nov
Kirkby-in-Furness, Lake District National Park, UK

Kirkby Moor Fell Race

  • 12 km fell running
  • Sun 1 Dec
Southport, Merseyside, UK

Queenscourt’s Santa Sprint 3K & 5K

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • Sun 1 Dec
Sale, Greater Manchester, UK

Sale Santa Dash

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • Fri 16 - Sun 18 May 2025
Keswick, Cumbria, UK

Keswick Mountain Festival

  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • 50K ultra run
  • Fell run
  • + 12 more races

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