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3rd November 2023

From Adventures to Racing

After six years as Runaway Adventures, we are officially relaunching as Runaway Racing.

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On 9th July 2017, standing outside Pret at Euston station we were searching for Pete, an Australian tourist who had unexpectedly become the sole attendee of our very first adventure, a trip to Tring for a 10 mile run and a pub lunch.

Back then the mission was simple, get out of London at the weekend, find a decent trail and sample the rural Sunday roast scene. We did this, month in, month out, and a lot of fun it was.

A few years into this and with the encouragement from the community we went out on a limb and decided to schedule our first race, the Chiltern Ridge 50K on May 11th 2019. It was a daunting prospect and at the time felt like an enormous accomplishment to get the permissions in place and to have 150 runners signed-up.

Fast forward to today and we have just finished our 24th race! It's been a story of many ups and downs but reflecting back the overwhelming feeling is positive and it's been a delight to have so many runners take on our races, often in challenging conditions.

As we prepare for next year we felt the time has come to update our name and branding. With that I'd like to officially welcome you to Runaway Racing.

The adventures and pub lunches will always continue but races are at the heart of what we do and we can't wait for the next one.

See you on the trails again soon.
Chris

Our trail running races

Chiltern Hills Invitational 8th Dec 24
Chiltern Ridge Ultra 50K 5th Apr 25
Chiltern Hills 100K 26th Apr 25
The Ridgeway Challenge 31st May 25
Tewinbury Trail 10K 8th Jun 25
Dunstable Downs Half Marathon 22nd Jun 25
Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon 6th Jul 25
Hughenden Manor Half Marathon 19th Jul 25
Hughenden Manor 10K 19th Jul 25
Wendover Woods 5 & 10K 1st Aug 25
Suffolk Coastal Path 50K 13th Sep 25
North Chilterns 50K 12th Oct 25
Chiltern Ridge Winter 50K 8th Nov 25
Greensand Country 50K Returns in 2026

Past results & photos

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