An idea takes flight
The evolution of an idea….Or the very, very first annual headtorch runs marathon.
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CANARY TRAIL EVENTS
Aug 171 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 where the RD was advertising it, he...
Jun 303 min read
Beer. Run. Repeat.
Our birthday event combined all the things we love: running, drinking beer, and talking about running and drinking beer.
Jan 227 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 226 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 223 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 116 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 1112 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...
Dec 11, 202315 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...
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