Lone Wolf
Who Will Lead the Pack?
An Endurance Run Like No Other
Lone Wolf is a 24-hour race with one rule: everyone runs the same loop, together, on the hour, every hour. Finish your lap and the time left over is yours - eat, sit down, change your socks, close your eyes for a bit - before you're back on the line for the next one.
There's no set distance. Five laps, ten, twenty-four - you stop when you're done.
It isn't really a race against the other runners, not until that final lap anyway. It's you against the clock, running alongside a couple of hundred people who are just as tired, just as muddy, and just as unwilling to stop as you are. Nobody who's done Lone Wolf forgets what lap fifteen feels like at 3am - or the people stood next to them on the start line when it happened.
Pick your own target - 10k, half marathon, marathon, or go looking for your first ultra - and let the hours do the rest. Bring a chair, pitch camp near the start line, keep a head torch handy for the laps after dark. Friends and family can cheer you in at the finish, dogs are welcome on the sidelines and every runner who crosses that last loop takes home a medal - with one Lone Wolf champion, male and female, crowned at the end.
However far you get is the whole point.
〰️
Exeter
〰️
Birmingham
〰️
London
〰️
Edinburgh
〰️ Exeter 〰️ Birmingham 〰️ London 〰️ Edinburgh
Up Next -
London Saturday 13th March 2027
Set against the natural beauty of Alice Holt Forest, this is your chance to escape the everyday, embrace the trails and test both your physical and mental strength….
Choose your nearest race….or take on all four
Birmingham
11 September 2027
A 6.7km loop through the undulating woodland of Wyre Forest, Bewdley. Runners take to the trail every hour, for 24 hours straight.
Exeter
9 October 2027
Haldon Forest rises above the Exe Valley, with mixed terrain of forest track and single-paths underfoot - a stunning route for your hourly laps.
London
13 March 2027
Deep in the woodland of Alice Holt Forest, Farnham, this is 24 hours of hourly laps in a beautifully serene setting.
Edinburgh
24 April 2027
Set within the historic grounds of Dalkeith Park on the banks of the Esk, near Edinburgh - 24 hours, one lap on the hour, every hour.
FAQs
Best
Seller
-
Everyone runs the same loop, on the hour, every hour. Finish within 60 minutes and you're back on the line for the next lap. Miss the cutoff and your race is over.
-
Whatever you want it to be. Run 5 laps, run 24 - you choose your own finish line. Popular target distances like 10k, half marathon, marathon and full ultra are all up to you to decide!
-
Any time you have left after finishing a lap is yours to eat, sleep, change or recover before the next one starts.
We’ll always provide a warm, dry shelter - whether it’s a building, heated marquee or….something else. Bring a camp bed or mat and whatever you need to rest up.
You’re also really welcome to bring your own tent and kit if you want some privacy.
-
No. Lone Wolf is built for first-timers and seasoned ultra runners alike, all running the same course at the same time.
-
The race continues through the dark - bring a head torch. Marshals and the organiser stay out through the night too.
-
One male and one female Lone Wolf Champion are crowned after 24 laps or 24 hours, whichever comes first.
-
Spectators are welcome to cheer from the start/finish line, and well-behaved dogs on leads can join runners.
-
18+.