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The DalesRunner Journey

Amazing places, incredible people, outstanding experiences; this is DalesRunner.

Whether you’re lacing up your first pair of trail shoes or your hundredth, we have an event to suit you.

Nothing connects you to a landscape like travelling through it under your own steam. Set in the fantastic Northern Yorkshire Dales, we can promise you awe-inspiring natural sceneries, steeped in history.

From guided trail running at sociable paces to competitive series races.

We’ll mark the route, but the journey is yours to travel.

The DalesRunner Series

DalesRunner 20

DalesRunner 20
April
The DR20 is an exciting introduction to the DalesRunner Series, with testing ascents, spectacular ridge-running and fast technical descents.

DalesRunner 30

DalesRunner 30
July
Ascending almost 3,000ft from Swaledale up to the Tan Hill Inn (Great Britain’s highest pub), it’s never going to be an easy race.

DalesRunner 40

DalesRunner 40
September
The DR40 is the final and longest race of the series. Run over less technical terrain than the first two races in the series, but with over 3,000ft of ascent, this is still a challenging event.

The Shorter Ones

Fremington Frenzy

Fremington Frenzy
April
The Frenzy is a shorter introduction to the DalesRunner race stable than the DR20, you still get spectacular ascents, interesting descents and views down Swaledale but you get to skip the extra hill we have in the 20km route.

Swinner Swagger

Swinner Swagger
July
Take on the second half of our DR30 route and experience the beautiful Hartlakes, Swinner Gill and the fast, flowing descent along Gunnerside Gill.

Semerwater Stomp

Semerwater Stomp
September
The Stomp is the spectacular finale to the series, starting and finishing in the heart of Raydale. With fords, hills and fell there's fun to be had for everyone!

DalesRunner team photo

Meet the Team

Jess and Simon created DalesRunner to revive a much loved trail series in the Yorkshire Dales and hope to expand our race offerings over time. As runners ourselves we like to think we know what's important and we are concentrating on bringing you fabulous routes on which you will be well looked after.