Trail runners climb a grassy hillside path, with a runner in a blue shirt leading and a valley below.

New year, new goals

Whether you're taking on your first race, hoping to lock in your habits for the year or simply looking for your reason to keep going during the winter months, January has some great events to get you out there. Check out our top picks to kickstart the new year.

Chilterns Winter 10k

This is a great 10km to kickstart your new year! Step onto great trails and escape urban life. We follow some great paths which take in the hills and woodlands of the Chilterns, all led by local expert trail running guides. Along the way we incorporate fun downhill paths banked by trees and pick rou...

Tring

Chilterns Winter 10k

Sat 2nd Jan 2027

5.0

£24.00

Regent's Park 10k by Mornington Chasers - December

Regent's Park is the perfect setting for a fast and traffic-free Sunday morning 10k. The course covers an accurately measured 10k route over 3 laps wholly within the park and attracts runners of all abilities. Beginners are most welcome. The race is chip timed and is mostly flat with slight undulati...

Glasgow Green 5k/10k/Half Marathon

Come and start the new year with a bang! We have a 5k, 10k and Half Marathon running event around Glasgow Green, a flat and super fast course.

Glasgow

Glasgow Green 5k/10k/Half Marathon

Sun 3rd Jan 2027

4.8

from £22.90

The Rasselbock Run - Winter 2026 - Day Two

This event is the Sunday event of the weekend. Here we go again, a New Year and it’s time to mix things up a little with a whole new medal design and a full weekend of running! As always the event will be a six-hour challenge on a looped course around the beautiful forest which is looked after by th...

Mansfield

The Rasselbock Run - Winter 2026 - Day Two

Sun 11th Jan

5.0

Squirrel Challenge

Where is it? Daventry Country Park (NN11 2JB) is run and managed by West Northamptonshire Council. The What 3 Words location is here. Parking costs between £2-8 depending on how long you stay. There is a cafe and toilet block on the route. The County Park has a large car park, cafe and children's pl...

Daventry

Squirrel Challenge

Thu 4th Feb 2027

£40.00

G3 - no 1

23 years on and the G3 off road race is still the best and toughest winter trail run in the South East. With cracking views from the start, the route crosses meadows, descends steep, muddy hills, climbs on deep sandy trails and passes through beech and pine forests. And that's just the half of it! T...

Guildford

G3 - no 1

Sat 9th Jan 2027

4.8

from £27.00

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