Dumfries Running Events

This year the run will start and finsh at The Sheepmount Athletics Stadium in Carlisle. The flood damage that prevented the race finshing there last year has been repaired and the facility is now open and ready to host this great event again - here's to a mud free 2018!

Better operate over 250 leisure centres across the UK and Ireland. We are a Social Enterprise and a not-for-profit charitable trust which simply means that our profits are put back into the facilities we run and the local community - Because you run, local children can enjoy school holiday activities. Because you run, more people can learn to swim.

So why not start now? Get entered and tomorrow the count down to the 7th of October 2018 begins and YOUR half marathon.

Let Open Adventure set you on your journey across the beautiful Lake District!

Soak up your surroundings as you travel from Caldbeck, on the northern edge of the Lakes, to Cartmel, in the south. Your route will take in the summits of Blencathra, Helvellyn and Fairfield before descending to Ambleside and following the western shore of Windermere.

The 2018 event will take place on Saturday 13th October 2018. Entries will open at midday on Monday 6th November 2017

50 miles, 4000m ascent - a journey on foot from the very top of the Lake District at Caldbeck to the very bottom, at Cartmel, via the stunning Helvellyn Ridge and the western shoreline of Lake Windermere. It might not be the easiest traverse but it will be the most spectacular!

It will be a day never to be forgotten

A 5K Dash & 2K Fun Run/Walk in Carlisle with everyone wearing Santa suits and receiving a festive finishers medal. The routes will take you around the Cities Sites including Carlisle Castle, Bitts Park, Sands Centre, Tullie House, Carlisle Cathedral and finishing in the City Centre. This will give everyone a chance to see our beautiful City at Christmas time.

An event which uses a mixture of quiet country roads which are generally flat or gently undulating. The run will finish directly in front of the Carlisle Racecourse grandstand.