Endurancelife

Endurancelife have been running the Coastal Trail Series since the early 2000s, and it is the closest thing British trail running has to a touring circuit: the same format taken to a different stretch of coast every few weeks from October to June. Each round offers a 10K, a half, a marathon and an ultra off the same headland, so a first-timer and someone chasing a 55km can travel together. The distances are honest about being coastal rather than flat — the Exmoor marathon carries 1,850m of climb and the North Cornwall ultra nearly 2,000m — and the series grades each venue from Moderate through Strenuous and Severe to Extreme. Finishing any distance scores points towards a season leaderboard that runs from September to July.