North Downs Way 50

The North Downs Way 50 is a 50 mile Point to Point Run along the North Downs Way National Trail, from Farnham to Surrey to Knockholt Pound on the outskirts of Greater London. Now in its 7th year, the course remains unchanged, and reflects the first 50 miles of the North Downs Way 100. 

80% of the course is on trail and around 20% on the road. If it is wet in the lead up to the race or on race weekend itself, some sections will become muddy and require due care and attention. Expect a mixture of road, pavement, soft woodland trail, mud, sand and more hard packed chalk trail. The scenery on the North Downs Way is phenomenal. There are individual sections particularly early on that show off some of the best of the English Countryside, however the extremely varied, sometimes difficult underfoot conditions as well as the number of sharp turns and short and steep climbs and descents make for slow going in places and push runners to lean on many different skillsets. Road running, crushed gravel, rocky trail and soft sand trail feature alongside smooth and rolling non-technical single/ double track running.