Ranger Ultras

Ranger Ultras put on trail ultras in the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales, and have done since 2016. The phrase they use for themselves — low-key, big-enjoyment, great-value — is a fair description: small fields, race HQs in village halls and cricket pavilions, hot food at the finish and generous cut-offs aimed at people who will be walking some of it. Courses are not waymarked beyond the fingerposts already on the ground, and they say so plainly: these are public rights of way and you are expected to navigate. Several races offer a decision on the day — run the 70 km loop of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Ultra inside 14 hours and you can carry on for another 30 to make the metric hundred, at no extra cost. Fields are small and the popular ones sell out well before entries close.