Running Races in Cheshire

Cheshire has one of the broader calendars Verus covers: 8 races spanning 5 distances, from 4 ultra marathons, 1 10K, 1 5K, 1 half marathon and 1 marathon. A county with that range is one you can train a whole year in without leaving.

The calendar is concentrated rather than continuous: 5 months of the year have something on, and September is the busiest. Worth knowing if you are planning a build — the racing here comes in clusters, so a goal race and a tune-up are not always the sensible distance apart.

Terrain varies more than a single figure for Cheshire suggests. Of the 3 races here that publish an elevation figure, Chester Marathon is the flattest at 249ft of climb and Chester Ultra 100 the hilliest at 5,217ft — a difference large enough to change what a target time means.

Alongside the races, Cheshire has 13 parkruns — free, weekly, and the way a lot of people here got started.

If nothing here fits your dates, the fullest calendars Verus covers elsewhere are London (39 races), Hertfordshire (30 races) and Kent (26 races).

Every race links through to its own page with entry details, the course, elevation where the organiser publishes it, and a pace calculator. Spotted a race in Cheshire that's missing? Suggest it and we'll research and add it.