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Winnie the Pooh Wander 15 October 2016 & Tigger Bounceathon
16 October 2016 We've been fortunate enough to have been given permission to hold events at Ashdown Forest at the actual locations that inspired the famous books and are holding two runs to celebrate the 90th Anniversary (almost to the day!) of publication! -
Betteshanger Marathon
22 October 2016A certified road marathon at Betteshanger Country Park near Deal in Kent, which is fairly unremarkable really. It's just a normal road marathon with one subtle difference. The time limit is ten hours which we feel removes the time pressure element that some runners feel at speedy marathons! -
Autumn Cakeathon Challenge
23 October 2016We originally just had the one Cakeathon but the theme has proved so popular and as we refuse to have big events, we've added another one to the Autumn season for our lovely cake making, cake eating running friends! Lots of cake, lots of prizes and a bit of running is thrown in as well! -
Autumn Ranscombe Challenge
30 October 2016 We're fortunate to be able to return to Ranscombe Farm Reserve throughout the seasons and hopefully at this time of year we'll hit the lovely autumn colours of the woodlands. An eight hour challenge event to run as many or few laps on the Downland trails through woodland and fields. -
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World Vegan Day Challenge
1 November 2016 SVN events have always seemed to attract a few vegan runners so to do something a bit different we're having an event to celebrate World Vegan Day! We'll have a vegan friendly aid station, all the goody bags will be vegan and to non vegans, don't panic, Oreo's are vegan friendly! -
Somme Centenary Run
18 November 2016 Our July 1 event has proved so popular that its been impossible to accomodate all the runners who wish to take part in the one event so we've arrange for a second event to commemorate the ending of the Battle of the Somme. The medal will be a similar "tombstone" design... -
Oyster Bay Marathon
25 November 2016 A flat coastal course along the Oyster Bay Trail between the seaside towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable to kick start our Saxon Shore Seaside Series! Ten events in ten days, ten medals, ten great goody bags, ten challenges around the Kent coast! Run one or all ten! -
Saxon Shore Marathons
26 & 27 November 2016Join us in late November for a jaunt or two along the Saxon Shore Way where it winds its way along the coast at Deal. The course is very flat, the surface is very good, and even the most navigationally challenged amongst us will be able to get around the course without getting lost! -
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Reculver Marathon
29 November 2016 This marathon is from the same base as the Viking Coastal marathon but heads off in the opposite direction for two short loops before heading along the regulation Viking Coastal route but then carrying on beyond Reculver for two long loops. You reward, lovely views and huge bling! -
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Dymchurch Marathons
3rd & 4th December 2016 We love to bring you straightforward, friendly, flat, mud free, navigation free, trouble free marathons and we've found a couple of courses in the town of Dymchurch. Their newly reinforced sea wall is wide, flat, offers a lot of views of the sea, Martello Towers and a seaside town in winter. -
The Usual Suspects Challenge
17 & 18 December 2016 An end of year event to celebrate all the Usual Suspects as regular runners on the long distance scene are known as, and a very unique huge medal as all the runners names will be part of it for a unique souvenir of the 2016 year long distance running season! -
Fowlmead Challenges
31 December 2016 Two end of year Challenge runs! A regulation Day Challenge from 1000 to 1600 for those who want to see out the year with a nice long run and then spend the evening celebrating with friends and family and a Black Fowlmead Challenge for those want to see out the year running! -
New Years Day Marathon
1 January 2017 Welcome 2017 with a mud free, traffic free, certfied road marathon at Betteshanger Country Park. We'll have a custom medal, an aid station every two miles and our usual high standard of goody bag on offer! Please note this event will have a hard six hour time limit due to limited park opening hours. -
Winter Cakeathon
14 January 2017We've been totally overwhelmed with the response to the Cakeathons, we sold out three events in record time, so now there is a winter one! Runners like cakes! A fun day for cakes, cake making prizes on offer, some fancy dress encouraged and a bit of running is involved too! -
Fowlmead Chocathon
15 January 2017 What could be better than combining two of a runners favourite things? Running and chocolate! Run one lap, run a marathon, run an ultra, eat chocolate! At the aid station, when you run and afterwards from the goody bag! Special chocolate themed medals and goody bags! -
Ranscombe Challenge - Winter
21 January 2017 The Ranscombe Challenge Winter promises to be a proper tough challenge in the depths of winter, there will likely be mud, it will likely be cold, could be rain? Could be frost? Will be hilly, will be hard! Come join us for some winter trail running on the beautiful North Downs in January -
The Hugin Challenge
22 January 2017 We're returning to the Pegwell Bay Nature Reserve for the third running of the The Hugin Challenge? They'll be a big bit of bling in the shape of the Hugin (which you'll pass twice each lap), how far will you run? Half Marathon, Marathon, an Ultra or somewhere in between? -
Unusual Suspects
11 February 2017 We wanted to create a real fun event, real fun medal, to appeal to all of those who don't quite fit in to the usual running categories. The Unusual Suspects. The plodders, the joggers and the mid pack waddlers. A six hour challenge event based out of the Cyclopark at Gravesend. -
Music Legends Challenge
12 February 2017 The first of our Music Legends Challenges will feature David Bowie.... a Bowiethon! David Bowie sadly passed away in January 2016 and this is to celebrate his life and music. There will be musical themed bling of course and fancy dress and anything Bowie related is most certainly encouraged! -
Gothic Challenge
13 February 2017 On the day before Valentines, the 13th February, what better than to mark the dark side of our characters and souls. Not everyone enjoys pink and hearts, some love black and skulls! We encourage folk to come along in their darkest attire, black is never out of fashion, anything dark... -
Valentines Day Challenge
14 February 2017 Valentines Day is for lovers, well, and for runners! What better way to treat your loved one than to run around with them in the delightful surrounds of Gravesend, the M2 and the High Speed rail link, in the middle of chilly February. A fun love filled six hour challenge event! -
100 Marathon Club AGM Marathon
25 February 2017 The 100 Marathon Club AGM Marathon will be held at Betteshanger and we're hiring the cycle track for the day so we can have a 26 mile 385 yard classic road marathon. A handicap start, a dated bespoke medal, lovely tarmac surface...Open to members and non-members alike! -
Marathon Day Marathon
26 February 2017 What's Marathon Day I hear you ask? 26th February! 26.2, ah, what a great idea to run the distance on the day specially made for it! With a a special bespoke "Marathon Day" medal of course and our usual standard of goody bags for the well deserved post marathon treats! -
Cookiethon Challenge
6 March 2017 We love "food & running" and we love cookies!! King's Wood between Ashford and Canterbury will be the venue for this cookie based run! The lovely wooded trails around the Forestry Commission site will help burn off the calories! Awards for the best cookies brought along by runners too! -
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Moonlight Challenge
11 March 2017 The successor to the brilliant Challenge Hub event of the same name with an SVN twist! A 1600 start gives a couple of hours in light before the sun goes down and the Full Moon rises over the 6.67 mile loop around farmland at Reculver in Kent! An eight hour challenge event with new bling for 2017! -
SVN Charity Challenge
25 March 2017 & 26 March 2017 A charity heavy event to support British Wildlife! From the entry fee we'll donate £5 to Betteshanger Country Park & £15 to a small Charity/Trust/Rescue Centre supporting your chosen critter. You choose what to support - Hedgehogs, Barn Owls, Bumble Bees or Red Squirrels. -
Fowlmead 50 - 1 April 2017
Fowlmead 12hr Challenge - 1 April 2017 A 50 mile run on the smooth tarmac surface at Fowlmead. We're hiring the cycle track for the day to enable runners to try a 50 mile run on an excellent surface with none of the regular issues associated with mid-length ultras! No navigation, no mud, no kit requirements and no DNFs! -
Ranscombe Spring Challenge - 8 April 2017
Rachels Ranscombe Ramble - 9 April 2017 One weekend, one location, two different 8 hour challenges, two different medals! The classic course for the Ranscombe Spring Challenge on the Saturday and a longer tougher loop on the Sunday for Rachels Ranscombe Ramble in a hopefully bluebell carpeted run!. -
Northampton Cakeathon
15 April 2017Following the huge sucess of our Cakeathon runs in Kent we are now having to expand to cope with the demand and the number one request we've had is can there be one outside of Kent, so here it is! The Middle of England, Northampton! A gentle trail run along the River Nene and flood reservoirs. -
Northampton Chocathon
16 April 2017 What could be better than combining two of a runners favourite things? Running and chocolate! Run one lap, run a marathon, run an ultra, eat chocolate! At the aid station, when you run and afterwards from the goody bag! Special chocolate themed medals and goody bags in the middle of England! -
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St George's Day Marathon
23 April 2017 We never seem to celebrate St Georges Day the same way that the other nations do. So to do our bit to rectify this and so that we can all celebrate being English or celebrate the English way of life we're going to have a small "English" marathon where we can show a bit of pride! -
Cakeathon May Bank Holiday Challenge
1 May 2017We've been totally overwhelmed with the response to Cakeathon, we sold out two events in record time, so now there is a third! Runners like cakes! A fun day for cakes, cake making prizes on offer, some fancy dress encouraged and a little bit of running is involved too! -
Viking 100 - Viking Challenges
6/7 May 2017Our first 100 mile running event the Samphire 100 was a huge success! Our second 100 mile weekend will be too with your help! Incorporating the Challenge Hub 24 hour event and expanding to include 100 mile, 6 and pacer challenge events too! Come join us for an epic weekend... -
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Cakeathon Spring Challenge
29 May 2017We're moving the Cakeathons around in 2017 and the Spring Bank Holiday one will be at the lovely Jeskyns Community Woodland near Gravesend in Kent! A former farm being returned to its natural state... gentle rolling hills, trails, fantastic bling and of course cakes! -
Viking Coastal/Reculver Marathons
3 & 4 June 2017 On the Saturday we'll have the "classic" Viking Coastal route but for the Sunday the Reculver Castle route which will be a bit more adventurous, and basically two loops, chopped up in to two short and two long! There will be a tiny bit of navigation and a couple of hills and a different medal too... -
Ranscombe Summer Challenges
8 & 9 July 2017 One weekend, one location, two eight hour challenges, two routes, two medals, two goody bags! The classic Ranscombe course for the Summer Challenge during the Saturday and an alternative loop on the Sunday hopefully catching the best of the summer flowers both days! -
Samphire 100 - Samphire Challenges
15/16 July 2017Our first 100 mile running event the Samphire 100 was a huge success! Come and earn a buckle or have a REALLY long run with us at the lovely Samphire Hoe on the coast at Dover, we're going to be there all weekend... 6/24 hour & Pacer Challenge events too! -
Cakeathon Challenge
28 August 2017The Cakeathon Challenge was inspired by 2015 being the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Institute. It's grown to numerous Cakeathons a year and now being held at the lovely Ranscombe Farm Reserve, a lovely trail run and cake, what better way to spend a bank holiday Monday! -
Black Hugin Challenge
2 September 2017A day, evening and night run all rolled in to one! A 1700 start gives us (hopefully) a nice early Autumn late afternoon start followed by a lovely twilight before running deep in to the night at the lovely Pegwell Bay Country Park, bring a head torch for this six hour Challenge event! -
Beerathon
16 September 2017 As some of you may be familiar with we do like our food themed events and one that has been constantly mooted is a Beerathon, so here it is! The lovely folk at Ranscombe Farm Reserve have agreed to be the hosts for this rather novel Challenge running and drinking event for a second time!
