Challenge Running Ltd

25/12/2025

16/12/2025

This next year we are moving all our T-Shirt orders to Magic Race Shirts.

If you have been at either of our backyard races this year you will have seen the shirts.

They either have coloured lettering that changes colour in sunshine or have lettering and logos that appear when they get wet from sweat or rain.

We think they look cool and the service and quality has been great too.

See the images of the Peddars and St Peters race shirts we will be ordering soon for races in Feb.

Let me know what you think.

BTW entries are open for both races still.

Lindley

15/12/2025

Hello all,

Our brand new Volunteer Newsletter - edition no.1 - has just dropped into the inboxes of all our previous incredible volunteers and all competitors over the past few years….

If you are not yet part of the coolest crowd in Ultra and would like a nosy at this amazing bit of editorial, please click the link below…

https://www.challenge-running.com/email-campaigns/view/NDY4MA%3D%3D

(Insta crowd - please find live link in our latest story)

Happy Noel 🧑‍🎄

14/12/2025

Our iconic St Peter's Way Ultra is on Feb the 22nd next year.

43 miles across historic Essex passing old churches and villages and finishing at the oldest chapel in the UK built in 653 AD. The St Peters Chapel on the wall at Bradwell on Sea.

Entries are open until the second week of Feb and T-Shirt order and bus bookings are open till mid Jan when we have to make final bookings.

The price will rise slightly on Jan 1st.

Get your entries in.

Challenge Running : St Peters Way Ultra https://share.google/D1QGjddTzcgEv84xr

See you there

Lindley

05/12/2025

Our next race is the Peddars Way Ultra on Feb 1st. 48 mile of easy flat trail running.

Great CP's support and a great wooden medal and optional T Shirt.

Don't just believe us, read our reviews.
https://www.challenge-running.com/e/peddars-way-ultra-11027/reviews

Enter on the website https://www.challenge-running.com/e/peddars-way-ultra-11027
Enter before the price rise in Jan.

Lindley

Peddars Way Ultra Event Tracking Page - Updated just before the race A 48 mile route through historical Suffolk and Norfolk, Starting from Knettishall Heath Nature reserve and running north to Holme-next-the-Sea on the Norfolk Coast. This...

01/12/2025

Hi all with about 200 ppl so far signed up to the Suffolk Backyard Ultra in June we thought we would ask how far do you think you can go and what distance will the winner go?

Below is a link to the video we made when Suffolk held the world record for a brief time.

https://youtu.be/50XB69rbQrY?si=X62W1QK7LptQ97m1

Feel free to share the movie link.

Lindley

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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