To coincide with International Trails Day 2022, Endurancelife organised teams of trail running enthusiasts to relay the full distance of some of the most iconic trails in the UK. Each trail had been divided into bite-sized chunks and runners applied for their preferred leg by ballot.

The challenge was first held in June 2020 and was borne out of the Covid-19 pandemic when social distancing was enforced and mass participation events were on hold. The 2022 relays ran concurrently over the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend with each relay leg typically measuring around 10 miles. Every team’s progress was tracked live online using each team’s dedicated GPS relay baton (supplied by GB Race Tracker).

The Ridgeway

The shortest trail run as part of the National Trail Relays was still a formidable 87 miles. A team of 9 runnerspassed their baton from person to person as they covered the length of ‘Britain’s oldest road’, The Ridgeway, in an impressive 14 hours and 47 minutes.