Challenge Running Ltd

27/11/2025

Hi all. With Christmas coming why not buy a race entry for a loved one (or a really hard race for a hated one)!

If you know their details just go and enter as if you are them.

If you don't know all their info then just email us and you can pay us and we will send you a code so they get a free entry and can put all their own details

Also with December almost here you have one month to enter 2026 races before we have to make the inevitable small raise in prices for our events.

Unfortunately we have not raised prices for a couple of years and will need to make small increases to cover rising costs.

£5 on the smaller races like Stort, Peddars and St Peters.
£10 on St Edmund, Backyard races etc
£25 on Thames Rung Full Distance and £10 on the £100 and £15 on the 150.

We still think they are great value for money considering what you get compared to many races out there.

Lindley

18/11/2025

Great to see the Peddars Way Ultra starting to fill up.

Great 1st time ultra race.

Just over 50 places left till full.

Entries open Challenge Running : Peddars Way Ultra https://www.challenge-running.com/e/peddars-way-ultra-11027

11/11/2025

Suffolk Backyard Gender and age splits today.

25.58% Females and 74.42% Male and this time the group age most represented is the 36-40 year olds.

Just over 100 full race entries available still in this event.

www.challenge-running.com.

10/11/2025

Another day another gender/age split stat.

Thames Ring Races

16% Female and 84% Make so far and there is a dead heat between 2 age groups.

With exactly 28.57% the 41-55 and 51-55 groups are most represented.

Entries are still open.
Challenge Running : Thames Ring Series https://share.google/07pm0x1zqIxBZzF7v

Lindley

09/11/2025

Continuing with our age and gender stats for next year's events so far.

St Peters Way is currently 30% Female and 70% Male.

Again the biggest age group is the 46-50 age group.

We will go through all our races this week showing our current stats.

Lindley

08/11/2025

Current age and gender entry profiles for Peddars Way in February with over half the entries taken.

Just over 22% Female, 1% Mon Binary and 77% Male.

The most represented age group is 46-50 year olds

I thought that may be interesting to some

Lindley

06/11/2025

Hi all. We have been playing with the website and have added a new page.

The "Event Photos"page has been added as part of the "Our Events" tab on the home page and can be linked directly here https://www.challenge-running.com/contents/3340-event-photos

We will add all event photos links to this page going forwards.

Lindley

27/10/2025

Hi all. The photos from yesterday's Stort30 are now available to view and purchase.

https://www.onlinepictureproof.com/benroakephoto/albums/

Thanks to Ben for taking these on the day.

Lindley

Welcome to BenRoakePhoto

26/10/2025

Jayne Chappels completes today’s Stort 30 podium taking 3rd lady in the very precise time of 4:20:00. I mean, it’s almost as though she timed that!

26/10/2025

Aaaaaand that’s a wrap….our marking/sweep team are in and we’d like to thank all the fantastic runners, their support and the absolutely brilliant volunteer team for a marvellous day spent running and celebrating the beautiful Stort River.

In no particular order, many thanks to Will Everitt, Tom Sheffle and Davo Davidson our marking/sweep team. Joe Fischr, Jon Panter at CP3. Colin and Glenda Jackson and Kieron Davies at CP 2/4. Fumiaki Imamura, Eloise Brame and Simon Burcham at CP1/5. Hayley Coles and Gina Shaw keeping you all topped up with hot drinks and biscuits. Jason Fabien, general dogsbody. Maxine Lock registration, timing and event medic. Ben Roake our roving photographer. And of course three cheers for the beardiest Race Director that ever was, Lindley.

See you all next year. In fact entries for the 2026 running are open and available here….

https://www.challenge-running.com/e/stort30-10280

26/10/2025

Lost property

The pictured headphones were found at the running club.

Let us know if you’re missing yours!

26/10/2025

Karen Pickering takes 2nd lady at Stort 30 in 4:16:11