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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.
Jan 164 min read


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...
Dec 11, 20241 min read


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...
Dec 11, 20241 min read


An idea takes flight
The evolution of an idea….Or the very, very first annual headtorch runs marathon.
Sep 15, 20243 min read


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...
Aug 17, 20241 min read


Beer. Run. Repeat.
Our birthday event combined all the things we love: running, drinking beer, and talking about running and drinking beer.
Jun 30, 20243 min read


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....
Jan 22, 20247 min read


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?...
Jan 22, 20246 min read


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...
Jan 22, 20243 min read


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...
Jan 11, 20246 min read

My Pain Belongs To The Devine
This is an incredibly hard post to write although it's not because I failed; it's because I feel quite numb and somehow my brain won't...
Jan 11, 202412 min read

Copthorne 100 – 2022
I've known Allan Rumbles - the RD of Canary Trail Events - since the early days of the Wednesday nights head torch runs and done many...
Dec 11, 202315 min read

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