We’re really pleased to be bringing back our Cranborne Races weekend in 2023! These races take place at the home of Sixpenny Brewery, Holwell Farm in Cranborne, Dorset, on 12th and 13th August. These races are great as we are in the middle of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, meaning that the race routes […]
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Before we kick off our 2023 race season at the Larmer Tree races in March, we wanted to update you on our policy regarding your options after our transfer deadlines for races. In 2021, we had to put into place Covid guidance and restrictions, some of which we carried over to the 2022 race season.
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We offer a ‘banked entry’ system to help you out if you need to move a race place from one event to another, but you haven’t figured out which one you want yet. We do get a lot of questions about this, so we’ve put together some information on banked entries that might be useful.
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Do you like White Star Running races? Do you like freebies? Well, you’re probably (hopefully!) going to like our brand-new Loyalty Scheme, launching in 2023. Sort of like a Boots Advantage card… but without the card and with cool goodies and discounts to be earned. Why are we launching this? Well, we have so many
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It was so good to be back in Sydling St Nicholas for the Giants Head races in June 2022. We’ve missed this event so much and it was incredible! We had the award-winning Giants Head Marathon, the Sydling Hill Race, the brand-new Giants Half, a chaotic Bell Race, an epic barn dance, a lot of
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Run Jurassic is coming back this September! We can’t wait to get back on the stunning coastline, in partnership with the Jurassic Coast Trust, on 24th-25th September. This event weekend is very popular, and we have very limited spaces available. If the race you want to do is sold out, then pop your name on
The Ox Races were held from 6th-8th May 2022, our second race weekend of the year! It was good to be back at the Rushmore Estate once again, and we saw some incredible running over the Dark and Light Ox, the Ox Half, the Ox Frolic and the 50 Mile events. With dog-start options, even our four-legged
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50 miles is a really long way. We know that! But we wanted to make it an achievable goal for those who want to have a crack at it in the Ox 50 race. Made up of 10x 5-mile laps, the Ox 50 breaks down the huge distance into manageable chunks with aid available on
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We haven’t been able to host our Dark races for a little while, thanks to the impact of Covid. But they are back for 2022, and we can’t wait! There are three races in the Dark Dash Series 2022. If you opt to do all three, you can earn yourself a bonus wooden Dark Dash
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We’ve had some pretty epic challenges taking place at White Star Running events in the past, but at the Spring Larmer Tree Races in March 2021 we experienced a first for us! We’ve had farm animals and unicorns and cows… so why not a rhino? We’re talking about Chris Green, aka Rhino Boy, who ran
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