Dark Skies Series

Channel Events

From Channel Events

Saturday 26th October 2024 – Saturday 18th January 2025 Past event
18:00
Barnstaple
£21.44 · 6 races
5km, 10km

Event summary

Get ready to lace up your trail shoes for the exhilarating Dark Skies Series, hosted by Channel Events! Kicking off on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the stunning Mendip Activity Centre in Churchill, this night trail running series promises an unforgettable winter experience. Participants can choose between 5km and 10km routes, with registration opening at 18:15, the 10km starting at 19:25, and the 5km following shortly after at 19:35.

Join us for a thrilling series that continues with the Moonlit Meadow Run at Longrun Meadow in Taunton on November 23, 2024, and concludes with Storm The Fort at Brean Down in Brean on January 18, 2025. Whether you decide to tackle all three events or just one, you’ll have the chance to earn a bespoke wooden finisher’s medal for each race. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to run under the stars while embracing the beauty of Somerset’s winter landscapes!

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Races

  • Mendip Aurora 2024 - 10k Night Run

    Saturday 26th Oct 2024 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed
  • Mendip Aurora 2024 - 5k Night Run

    Saturday 26th Oct 2024 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed
  • Moonlit Meadow Run 2024 - 10k Night Run

    Saturday 23rd Nov 2024 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed
  • Moonlit Meadow Run 2024 - 5k Night Run

    Saturday 23rd Nov 2024 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed
  • Storm the Fort 2024 - 10k Night Run

    Saturday 18th Jan 2025 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed
  • Storm the Fort 2024 - 5k Night Run

    Saturday 18th Jan 2025 (18:00)

    £21.44

    Entries closed

Organiser's description

For winter 2024/25 we will be returning with the ‘Dark Skies’ night trail running series but this time with three events across Somerset.

Each event will have 5km and 10km route options. Registration will open at 18:15, 10km starts at 19:25 and the 5km starts at 19:35 for all 3 events.

Enter the whole 3 event series or individual events. The choice will be yours. All entrants will have the opportunity to order a bespoke wooden finisher’s medal before the event, can you collect all three?

 

2024/25 SERIES DATES AND LOCATIONS:

Mendip Aurora : Mendip Activity Centre, Churchill, 26th October 2024

Moonlit Meadow Run: Longrun Meadow, Taunton - 23rd November 2024

Storm The Fort: Brean Down,  Brean - 18th January 2025

Location

National Trust - Heddon Valley, Heddon Valley Near, Barnstaple EX31 4PY, UK

Channel Events

Channel Events

Here at Channel Events our aim is to run engaging and accessible lifestyle events that drive lifelong, self-led participation in physical activity in the outdoors. We are driven by the belief and research that regular physical activity in the outdoor environment has massive physical and mental health benefits. We deliver outdoor events, not only because they are an awesome thing for you to participate in but because it is about much more than just event day, it’s a lifestyle choice. Setting yourself a goal which then leads to regular physical activity, enjoying the outdoors, joining clubs, meeting new people and training for the event makes positive changes in peoples lives. From the moment you enter one of our events you’ve made a lifestyle choice and what a great choice you’ve made, we look forward to seeing you on the start line! Channel UK Events CIC is a Community Interest Company (CIC) incorporated in October 2018 – A community interest company is a business with primary social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community. Channel Events has always been and will continue to be not-for-profit, firstly as a project of Channel Adventure and now as its own entity. Dan Brice heads up Channel Events and is completely passionate about every event we organise and deliver. Dan came to the Channel Group 3 years ago bringing the successful Quantock Quake with him, this event is now the finale of The Triple! Through Dan’s passion and drive we are delighted to have incorporated Channel Events as a CIC and look forward to the trail ahead! Our events could not happen without the amazing support of our Volunteer Tribe! We are very grateful to every single one of them for donating their time to help us deliver fantastic events for you. We do of course look after them as best we can with social events, merchandise, breakfast and drinks on event days. Interested in giving something back to a sport you love, or just have some free time? We are always looking for more volunteers to join the tribe! Enter an event, become one of the tribe or both! We’d love to meet you!

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