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An idea takes flight

The evolution of an idea….Or the very, very first annual headtorch runs marathon.

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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...

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Beer. Run. Repeat.

Our birthday event combined all the things we love: running, drinking beer, and talking about running and drinking beer.

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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....

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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?...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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