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Real stories from real runners!
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Spine Sprint - Horrific, Wouldn’t Recommend
Canary Trail Events Volunteer Captain Mike Rowell took on the Spine Sprint in probably the coldest conditions for years. Here's how it went.
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The Copthorne 200
The short version – The Copthorne 200 is really f***ing hard! Read on for the long version – The Copthorne Races are a series of races of...
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Copthorne Races 100 mile 2024 – The Return.
Copthorne Races 100 miles – Race Report I got a taxi to the start and arrived at 7.15am, RD Allan was outside greeting everyone, I said...
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An idea takes flight
The evolution of an idea….Or the very, very first annual headtorch runs marathon.
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Copthorne Races 100 miles – Race Report
This race had interested me for some time as I had learned about it from a Facebook group in 2022...
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Beer. Run. Repeat.
Our birthday event combined all the things we love: running, drinking beer, and talking about running and drinking beer.
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Surrey’s quite flat isn’t it… A blind runner & his guide take on the Copthorne Races
Copthorne Challenge 50km The Copthorne Challenge is run over a 10 mile loop centred around Mickleham Village Hall in the Surrey Hills....
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I carried a packet of crisps..
It’s some time past 1am and my watch tells me I have been on the move for more than five hours. Five hours. How can this be possible?...
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And there were steps…The Copthorne 50 miler 2021
If someone recommended a race to discover some of the best gentle rolling trails in Surrey, it definitely wouldn’t be The Copthorne. This...
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Racing Again
After a gap of almost a year I did a race. I thought I'd forgotten how to do this ultra-running stuff and spent at least the week prior...
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