This new event for 2026 is essentially a little bit of fun aimed at getting everyone, runners and walkers, up and out after the festive period to kickstart the New Year, and for us to help burn off all those excesses consumed while in turn burning off all of ours! This is not a race but a personal challenge, so please don't get competitive with the results.

Over the past few years we have decided to change four of our point to point races, into single loop routes. This is for sustainability reasons and cutting down on vehicle transport that causes most emissions at events. These races are:
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South Downs 100 miles
South Downs 100k
South Downs 20 miles
Seven Sisters Half Mararthon

Due to this change we have been left with medals, buckles and t-shirts that we can no longer use. With this in mind, the Lucky Dip and Virtual Leftovers Event was created which will hopefully enable us to use these up in a more sustainable way.

To complete the Virtual Challenge choose one of the race distances, sign up and complete it all virtually in your own time and at your own pace whether you want to walk or run. You are welcome to sign up to all four for an even bigger challenge!
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There will be four Strava Groups that runners can join and add their runs to this every time they are completed. This is a nice way to see what others are doing and to keep motivated to get the runs done. The Strava Group links will be emailed out to all entrants before January. These groups will be monitored daily and will enable us to update everyones results.
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Alternatively the results can be emailed to neil@ukultra.co.uk every week with a screen shot or URL showing the runs. There is also the option of uploading an image/screenshot of the run and or a URL showing the run via the link in the confirmation email you receive from Eventrac when registering.

Anyone entering has the whole Winter period to complete the challenge which starts on January 3rd and ends on March 20th.