Marathon Day Marathon
Wed 26 February 2020 - Deal 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!

Leap Year Challenge
Sat 29 February 2020 It seemed too good an opportunity to miss in 2020 as we're given the gift of another day! Join us at the Betteshanger for a lap or two, or a mathathon or an ultra! We'll have a special "Leap Year" medal and not to mention our usual goody filled goody bags and picnic style aid station!

Betteshanger Challenge
Sun 1 March 2020 - Betteshanger A gentle trail run around the leisure paths of the lovely nature reserve with a piece of a Olympic sized bling as a reward to be earned... seriously, it's huge!

Book Day Challenge
Sat 7 March 2020 - Kings Wood We've been given permission to hold a weekend at the lovely King's Wood Country Park in Central Kent, between Canterbury and Ashford. 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 Saturday morning?

Funky Pants Challenge Run
Sun 8 March 2020 - Kings Wood A celebration of the ever more colourful and funky leggings! We'd like as many folk as possible to join in by wearing the funkiest leggings that you can find! There will be prizes for the funkiest!! .

Yorkshire Cakeathon
Sat 21 March 2020 - Penistone, YorkshireWe'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. Back again after a wonderful 2019 event!

Cookiethon
Sun 22 March 2020 - Penistone, Yorkshire We love "food & running" and we love cookies!! The Cookiethon round off weekend of food based runs, a run for sweet toothed runners! Awards for the best cookies brought along by folk too!

Totally Nutty Nut Run
Sat 28 March 2020 - 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 29 March 2020 - 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!

Northampton Cakeathon
Sat 11 April 2020 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 12 April 2020 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!

Kent 50 Challenge
Sat 18 April 2020 - 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 20th running of this classic event!

St George's Day Marathon
Thur 23 April 2020 - 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!

Darnley Challenge
Fri 24 April 2020 - Gravesend We're moving this somewhat unusual SVN event to late April to hopefully avoid any mud and hit bluebell season! With a bigger than usual 13.1 mile loop, 3 parks, 3 pubs, bling, chocolate and self navigation just to keep things interesting in this 8 hour challenge!

Unicorn Run
Sat 25 April 2020 - Gravesend A rainbow run to celebrate the mythical unicorn! There will be rainbows, funky unicorn leggings and of course unicorn rainbow bling! I believe in myself!

The Reject Run
Sun 26 April 2020 - Gravesend An awful lot of folk try to enter the London Marathon lottery, and the vast majority don't get lucky in the draw and this run is for you! Same day as the London Marathon, but a totally different experience! More chocolate and goodies and better bling a given for this six hour challenge event!

Ranscombe Spring - Sat 2 May 2020
Random Ranscombe - Sun 3 May 2020 One weekend, one location, two different challenges, opportunity to earn the 2020/21 Ranscombe Medal set! The classic course for the Ranscombe Spring Challenge on the Saturday and a variation loop on the Sunday for Random Ranscombe. Bluebells will be out in force hopefully!!

VE-Day Challenge Run
Fri 8th May 2020 - Gravesend Cyclopark In 2020 the May Bank Holiday is being moved to the Friday to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day! We'll have unique VE Day bling and what better way to enjoy a Bank Holiday?!.

Very British Challenge Run
Sat 9th May 2020 - Gravesend Cyclopark We thought it would be fun to celebrate being British! It's something that we as a nation aren't terribly good at, so don the red, white and blue, earn some British themed bling and enjoy some British treats! .

Relativity Run
Sun 10th May 2020 - Gravesend Cyclopark The Relativity Run medal was so popular in 2016 that we've made this an bi-annual event! Perhaps the only medal in your collection that features a 150mm ruler as part of it! In 2020 we'll be having a Relativity long run in Gravesend!

Olympic Run Challenge
Sat 23 May 2020 - Northampton 2020 is Olympic Year again so we'll celebrate with the return of our Olympic Run! We'll have Olympic sized bling, summer themed as it's a Summer Olympics this time around!

SVN Charity Challenge
Sun 24 May 2020 - Northampton A charity heavy event to support British Bumble Bees or Hedgehogs! We'll donate £15 to a small Charity/Trust/Rescue Centre supporting Bumble Bees or Hedgehogs from each entry with appropriate bling of course!

SVN Lucky Diip Challenge
Mon 25 May 2020 - Northampton 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! And no, you can't reserve any, it'll be what's available when you finish!

Viking 100 - Viking Challenges
30th May 2020 - ReculverOur first two Viking 100 mile endurance runs were a huge success! Our third Viking 100 mile weekend will be too with your help! Incorporating the Challenge Hub 24 hour event and expanding to include 100 mile and pacer challenge events too! Come join us for an epic weekend...

Ranscombe Summer Challenge
Sat 27 June 2020- Ranscombe One weekend, one location, two eight hour challenges, two routes, two medals, two goody bags! The Ranscombe course hopefully at its summer wildflower best, hopefully to catch the poppies at their peak!

Teddy Bears Picnic Challenge Run
Sun 28 June 2020 - Ranscombe We're going to have a Teddy Bears Picnic Challenge Run at Ranscombe! We'll have some prizes for the best bears, either in person or brought along for the run! We'll aim to make the aid station even more of a picnic than usual too!

Dragon Challenge Run
Sat 15 August 2020 - Northampton 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!

Gnome Roam II
Sun 16 August 2020 - Northampton A fun theme, an excuse for a bit of fancy dress if you like that sort of thing, a bit of Gnomish bling? These perennial colourful garden favourites deserve their own run, back for a second edition linking medal!

20 in 20 in 2020
22nd August 2020 - 10th September - Gravesend Our epic 2020 challenge, 20 challenge events in 20 days! 20 x Half Marathons, 20 x Full Marathons, 20 x Ultra Marathons, or anything in between! One day, two days, ten, it's totally up to you to challenge yourself how you wish!

Fowlmead 50/12 Hour Challenge -
Sat 19 September 2020 After a 2.5 year break we're having another 50 mile run at Betteshanger. 12 x 4.17 mile loops around the leisure paths to make up the 50 mile distance, with no DNFs as you can drop down to the 12 hour challenge after any lap!

The Tolkien Run
Sat 26 September 2020 - Samphire Hoe It's Tokien week and the RD is a bit of a Tolkien geek! A "catch up" year - choose the medal of your choice from the series to complete your set!

Battle of Britain Challenge
Sun 27 September 2020 - Samphire HoeA challenging route that will run both under and over the famous White Cliffs of Dover under the very skies where the Battle of Britain was fought. Each 8.76mile loop will have around 650' of climb (and downhill!) up, down and through the cliffs!

Carbon Challenge
Sat 10 October 2020 - Penistone, Yorkshire A 8.74 mile loop variation of the Trans Pennine Way route and an environmentally friendly medal are on offer with £20 of the entry fee going towards planting trees in the UK and saving the Brazillian rainforest!

Whingeathon 3 - Sat 24 October 2020
- Gravesend Cyclopark To cater for a certain class of runner we're going to have a some more Whingeing! Brian's (W)Right to Moan! - Complaints are welcome, you may use the phrase "broken", you can gripe, groan and bitch your way around. It'll be either too hot, too cold, too flat or too hilly.

Orc Rampage - Sun 25 October 2020
- Gravesend Cyclopark We're having a new theme in October 2020 rampaging around Gravesend! A striking medal design based on the header image... from the RD's love of fantasy literature!

Halloween 100 - Halloween Challenges
31st October 2020 - 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
Wed 11 November 2020 - 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 14 Nov 2020 -
Ranscombe Lucky Dip - Sun 15 Nov 2020 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.

Carbon Challenge
Sat 21 November 2020 - Northampton A scenic 5.17 mile loop around a flood plain / wildlife reserve alongside the River Nene and an environmentally friendly medal are on offer with £20 of the entry fee going towards planting trees in the UK and saving the Brazillian rainforest!

Saxon Shore Seaside Series
Fri 27 November 2020 - Sun 6 December 2020A 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 27 November 2020 - Samphire Hoe Black Knight Challenge on Black Friday! There will be coconuts and some Monty Python quotes at the first event of our Annual Seaside Series...

Fudgeathon
Sat 28 November 2020 - 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 29 November 2020 - 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!

St Andrews Day Challenge
Mon 30 November 2020 - 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
Tue 1 December 2020 - Samphire Hoe Whilst not strictly correct for many of us Advent starts today with an Advent Calendar! Earn one at our Advent Challenge! Run as many laps of the as you wish in a six hour Challenge event! New 2020 Advent Calendar bling and a Chocolate calendar too!

Wonderland Caucus Run
Wed 2 December 2020 - Samphire Hoe We held the first Caucus Run to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the publishing of Alice in Wonderland and in 2020 we're going to have the last SVN running of this event and retire the medal. Fancy dress is most certainly encouraged!

Music Legends Lucky Dip
Thur 3 December 2020 - Samphire Hoe A reduced entry fee, a randomhuge Music Legends medal and a challenging 8.74 mile loop out of Samphire Hoe will make for an interesting run we hope!

Unusual Suspects
Fri 4th December 2020 - Samphire Hoe 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 above and below the White Cliffs of Dover!

Roald Dahl Challenge
Sat 5th December 2020 - Samphire Hoe Our most colourful bling ever! There will be chocolate and there may even be peach flavoured things too! Maybe giant sized?!

Njord Challenge
Sun 6th December 2020 - Samphire Hoe The Viking God of the Sea! Though we hope the weather won't be quite like the header image! A new event for 2020 which will be the start of a Viking Gods series of challenges...

SVN Festive Frolic Challenge
Sat 19 December 2020 - 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

The Usual Suspects Challenge
Sun 20 December 2020 - 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 2020 year long distance running season!

Saxon Shore Marathon
Mon 28 December 2020 - Deal Join us in late December for a jaunt along the Saxon Shore Way where it winds its way along the coast at Deal for the 10th Anniversary of the original SVN event. Retro medal and retro entry fee!