SVN Virtual Runs
Available now! SVN have made available selected events to be run Virtually from now till at least the end of 2021. Earn some of our amazing bling.... and chocolate rewards! The SVN Virtual Runs count towards SVN totals AND Mega Marathoner Milestones!

Halloween 100 - Halloween Challenges
30th October 2021 - Samphire HoeHalloween on a Saturday plus a Full Moon! Hybrid lap format, the first loops up on top of the cliffs, the later ones down in Samphre Hoe. Come join us for an epic weekend...

Armistice Day Centenary Run
Thur 11th November 2021 - Samphire Hoe We're going to mark Armistice Day with a "tombstone" medal and run under the famous White Cliffs of Dover!

Autumn Ranscombe - Sat 20th Nov 2021 -
Ranscombe Lucky Dip - Sun 21st Nov 2021 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.

Saxon Shore Seaside Series
Fri 26th November 2021 - Sun 5th December 2021A series of 10 Challenge Events based out of Samphire Hoe, near to Dover, Kent. This is going to be the toughest 10x10 in the world ever! Five days below the cliffs, five days above and below them! Ten marathons will be circa 25000' of climb...

Black Knight Challenge Run
Fri 26th November 2021 - Samphire Hoe There will be coconuts and anyone unfortunate enough to incur any kind of injury will be met with "Tis but a scratch..."

Fudgeathon
Sat 27th November 2021 - Samphire HoeOne of our lovely helpers Jackie is famous for her fudge and hence this event was created to celebrate fudge! There will be fudge, there will be awards and there will be a bit of running! Warning though, this may be an event that you put in more calories than you run off!

Bobble Hobble Challenge
Sun 28th November 2021 - Samphire Hoe We've noticed in recent years an ever more popular look for runners in winter is the bobble hat! I am sure the bobbles are getting bigger and more colourful, so we thought that we'd have a run to celebrate the bobble!

Dragon Challenge Run
Mon 29th November 2021 - Sampire Hoe I've always been a huge fan of fantasy fiction and of course dragons have always been a staple of the genre and I've always fancied a go at creating a striking big dragon medal. The image above is the base artwork for the this, it's going to be cracking!

St Andrews Day Challenge
Tue 30th November 2021 - Samphire Hoe It's St Andrews Day today and we like shortbread! Would be rude not to make note of the day as we have many Scottish exiles who run with us! There will be a Scottish themed medal, aid station and kilts are encouraged... although it may be a touch breezy!

Advent Challenge
Wed 1st December 2021 - Samphire Hoe A massive new medal for 2021! Run as many laps of the as you wish in a six hour Challenge event!

Mega Challenge
Thur 2nd December 2021 - Samphire Hoe A Challenge Event with a difference! The distance you run will detirmine the medal you receive...

SVN Lucky Dip Challenge
Fri 3rd December 2021 - Samphire Hoe A Lucky Dip medal challenge! A reduced entry fee and a random medal! They are all nice and they need to be earned and go to a good home!

Dark Iron Challenge
Sat 4th December 2021 - Samphire Hoe A new theme for December, Dark Iron, forged deep underground in dark tunnels. Fortunately you will be able to pass through the tunnel down in to Samphire Hoe!

Cone of Doom Challenge
Sun 5th December 2021 - Samphire Hoe Many SVN events feature a cone... the Cone of Doom and now he has his own event! A fun medal for Conan!

Viking Coatal & Gnome Roam
Sat/Sun 11th/12th December 2021- Birchington Our good friends at RunBelievable Challenges have runs this weekend in along the Viking Coastal Trail at Birchington for quite possibly the flattest runs in the country!

SVN Festive Frolic Challenge
Sat 18th December 2021 - Gravesend A fun event to celebrate the pending Festive period! Fancy dress is very much order of the day, we'll have some prizes for the best outfits! They'll be Christmas themed goodies at the aid station, festive bling and of course the usual standard of chocolate heavy goody bags! A festive run

Usual Suspects -
Sun 19th Dec 2021 - Gravesend 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 2021 year long distance running season!

Saxon Shore Marathon
Tue 28th December 2021 - Betteshanger Join us in late December for the 10th Anniversary of the Saxon Shore Marathon and SVN! hard to believe our first event was way back in 2011...

Planner Challenge
Friday 31st December 2021 - GravesendA theme and a medal with a difference! A huge medal that has a magnetic back that acts as a perpetual monthly calendar to organise your monthly running or challenges...

Lucky Dip Challenge
Sat 1st January 2022 - Gravesend So we have a box of odd medals. What to do with them? A Lucky Dip challenge! A reduced entry fee and a random medal! An ideal way to start 2022!

Zodiac Challenges
Sun 2nd January 2022 - Gravesend Choose your star sign with our unique spinning Zodiac spinning medals! See in 2022 with your star sign!

Meerkat Meander Challenge
Monday 3rd January 2021 - GravesendA new medal that not only is super cute, everyone loves a Meerkat of course... but also is functional!

Cakeathon
Sat 8th January 2022 - Ramsgate Our good friends at RunBelievable Challenges have a run with an extended time limit and cake!

Fowlmead Chocathon
Sat 15th January 2022 - Betteshanger 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!

Yeti Yomp
Sun 16th January 2022 - Betteshanger A new medal and theme for Winter 2022. A yomp around the lovely, possibly a bit muddy as it's January, Betteshanger!

Saxons Challenge
Fri 21st January 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark A SVN mini-series! Three events, three days, three themed medals! A six hour challenge event based out of the Cyclopark at Gravesend. Run one event or all three and collect the set!

Vikings Challenge
Sat 22nd January 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark A SVN mini-series! Three events, three days, three themed medals! A six hour challenge event based out of the Cyclopark at Gravesend. Run one event or all three and collect the set!

Normans Challenge
Sun 23rd January 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark A SVN mini-series! Three events, three days, three themed medals! A six hour challenge event based out of the Cyclopark at Gravesend. Run one event or all three and collect the set!

Ranscombe Winter - Sat 29th January 2022
Random Ranscombe - Sun 30th January 2022 One weekend, one location, two different challenges, first opportunity to earn the 2020/21/22 Ranscombe Medal set! The classic course for the Ranscombe Winter Challenge on the Saturday and a variation loop on the Sunday for Random Ranscombe. Mud may well be involved!

Heroes & Villains
Sat 5th February & Sunday 6th February 2022 - Jeskyns Our good friends at RunBelievable Challenges have runs where you can be a Hero... or a Villain at the lovely Jeskyns Country park.

Carbon Challenge
Sat 12th February 2022 - Betteshanger An environmentally friendly medal is on offer with a big chunk of the entry fee going towards the planting of trees in the UK to help with carbon offsetting and enhance the countryside and indigenous wildlife.

Valentines Day Challenge
Sun 13rd February 2022 - Betteshanger 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 the old slag heaps of Betteshanger! A fun love filled six hour challenge event!

Moonlight Challenge
Sat 19th February 2022 - Brook Farm, Reculver A 1500 start gives a couple of hours in light to see the course before the sun goes down and the Full Moon sets over the 6.25-6.97 mile loop around farmland at Reculver! An eight hour challenge event with Moonlight bling too!

Marathon Day Challenge
Saturday 26th February 2022 - Samphire Hoe What's Marathon Day I hear you ask? 26th February! 26.2, ah, what a great idea to run 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 treats!

Book Day Challenge
Sun 27th February 2022 - Samphire Hoe We've been given permission to hold a weekend at the lovely Samphire Hoe near to Dover. We're not quite hitting the actual Book Day but we have a wonderful concept for the medal and a bit of fancy dress too on a Sunday morning?

Red Shirt Challenges
Saturday 5th March & Sunday 6th March 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark Will you make it? Red is the colour of the weekend, two events, two medals & two routes for these six hour challenge events.

Yorkshire Cakeathon
Sat 19th March 2022 - Penistone, Yorkshire We've been totally overwhelmed with the response to the Cakeathons, we've been requested time and time again to move them around the country and here we are in lovely Penistone, South Yorkshire.

Zodiac Challenges
Sun 20th March 2022 - Penistone, Yorkshire Choose your star sign with our unique spinning Zodiac spinning medals! Our final event in Penistone, see us off with your star sign bling!

Totally Nutty Nut Run
Sat 26th March 2022 - Samphire Hoe A savoury weekend! A new nut themed run, featuring... nuts! A nut heavy aid station, a nuttier than usual goody bag and of course a nut based medal to be earned!

Crispathon
Sun 27th March 2022 - Samphire Hoe We're adding to our food based runs with a savoury one! The second edition will be the Worcester Sauce Wander and the colour of the day will be purple! There will be a crisp themed medal, goody bag and aid station!

Kent 50 Challenge
Sat 9th April 2022 - Brooks Farm, Reculver The successor to the brilliant Challenge Hub event of the same name with an SVN twist! An early 0700 start gives runners a full 14 hour time limit to get around the 6.25 mile loop around farmland at Reculver in Kent eight times! The 21st running of this classic event!

Northampton Cakeathon
Sat 16th April 2022 Following the sucess of our Cakeathon runs in Kent we are now expanding 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
Sun 17th April 2022 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 and then afterwards from the goody bag! Special chocolate themed medals and goody bags in the middle of England!

St George's Day Marathon
Sat 23rd April 2022 - Gravesend 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!

Bitcoin Bimble Challenge
Sun 24th April 2022 - Gravesend Confused by Crytpo? Wondering what a Bitcoin is? This is your chance to earn your very own Bitcoin, not by mining but by running!

Ranscombe Spring - Sat 30th April 2022
Lucky Dip - Sun 1st May 2022 One weekend, one location, two different challenges, opportunity to earn the Ranscombe Medal set! The classic course for the Ranscombe Spring Challenge on the Saturday and a variation loop on the Sunday for the Lucky Dip. Bluebells will be out in force hopefully!!

Smileathon
Mon 2nd May 2022 - Ranscombe A happy event in tribute to the mighty Paul Commons and his catchphrase! Hopefully we'll hit peak bluebell season at Ranscombe!

SBT Challenge Run
Sat 7th May 2022- GravesendSBT?! What's that I hear you ask - SBT stands for "Shallow Bling Tart" - folks who love their medals and who doesn't love them?! This event is especially for folks whose love for running is closely matched to their love of their bling!

VE-Day Challenge Run
Sun 8th May 2022- GravesendThis will hopefully be our third time of trying to do the event properly! Scuppered by Covid in 2020 and strict Covid protocols in 2021, third and final time of trying in 2022!

Viking 100 - Viking Challenges
Sat 21st May 2022 - ReculverOur first two Viking 100 mile endurance runs were a huge success! Our fourth and final Viking 100 mile weekend will be too with your help! Come join us for an epic weekend...

Military Challenge - Sat 28th May 2022
- Northampton A choice of military themed medals are on offer at this Six Hour Challenge event along the River Nene and around the flood reservoir on this flat course.

Undead Challenge - Sun 29th May 2022
- Northampton A choice of undead themed medals are on offer at this Six Hour Challenge event along the River Nene and around the flood reservoir on this flat course.

Game Over Challenge
Thur 2nd June 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark Ninja Game Over medal in tribute to the awesomeness that is Lee Rogers who will be starting last and trying to catch everyone else in the field! This will be the first of four events over the extended Bank Holiday weekend!

Werewolf Challenge
Fri 3rd June 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark Our series of mythological creatures continues with Werewolves on the Bank Holiday Friday. Held in daylight for the safety of our runners!

27.2 Challenge
Sat 4th June 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark Go the extra mile at Cyclopark! There is a handy 1 mile loop here and for those that add on an extra mile they'll be a bonus badge!

RAF100 Challenge Reprise
Sun 5th June 2022 - Gravesend Cyclopark A reprise event with a subtly changed medal from the original with the profits from the event all going to the RAF Benevolent Fund.

Simon & Kim's Stag and Hen Challenge
Sat/ 25th June 2022 - Betteshanger Our good friends at RunBelievable Challenges are getting married and this is their Stag/Hen run!

World Series of Running
20th August - 3rd September 2022- Gravesend Our epic 2022 challenge is a series of 15 six hour challenges at Cyclopark - each day will be a new unique medal! One for each different flag/country...