Ian Hammett went one better to win his first Canalrace in 26h 30m. Julie Bethune was First Lady, arriving in Bathurst Basin in 36h 10m. Congratulations to all finishers. Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here. 70 Starters. 38 Finishers. Unfortunately, the following had to cut short their journey: [canalrace-retirements event_id=41]
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Starting 06:00 Friday 22nd July you can see details of Retirements and Finishers on our Live Results section. Below also shows updates of all goings-on in the form of a race-log for the duration until the last canalrunner arrives in Bathurst Basin. [canalrace-event-log event_id=41 refresh=true]
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Belgrave Harriers\’ Sam Amend wins this Platinum Jubilee weekend in a new ladies record time of 25 hours 45 minutes! Ian Hammett is 1st Man, arriving at Little Venice in 27 hours 48 minutes. Congratulations to all finishers. Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here. 98 Starters. 53 Finishers. GUCR
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Starting 06:00 Friday 3rd June you can see details of Retirements and Finishers on our Live Results section. Below also shows updates of all goings-on in the form of a race-log for the duration until the last canalrunner arrives in Little Venice. [canalrace-event-log event_id=40 refresh=true]
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From our reporter Nick Keard As those who’ve read the history of GUCR will know, in 1993 British Waterways opened the GUC towpath as a public right of way. To coincide with the opening, BW suggested that the Trail Running Association might like to organise a foot-race from Birmingham to London. Their idea was to
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Dear Mich, Andrew, Julian, Brendan, Mark, Laurence, Russell, Andy, Peter and Nicole, On behalf of all Canalrace Volunteers, may I offer sincere congratulations on your completion of the 2021 Canalslam. Throughout last season, all the events were constantly under threat of cancellation through pandemic restrictions, making them especially difficult to commit to, and train for.
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Stop-press news: To celebrate 30 years of Canal Mania V2, the 2023 GUC race will be \”Uphill\” from London to Birmingham! Furthermore, early checkpoints on the 2023 London to Bristol (KACR) event will now be approximately marathon distance apart, later ones about 15 miles or less. The dates are set for the 2023 three race
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Below is the provisional list of runners for the 2022 Grand Union Canal Race allocated from the 234 entries received. Competitors that have paid their race-fees to confirm their place can be found on the GUCR Entry List. David Allan Samantha Amend Mark Anslow Sam Atkinson Daniel Aylott Gary Barnes Mick Barnes Paul Barnicott Matthew
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10 January 2022 GUCR 2022 pre-registration on SiEntries closed at the stroke of midnight 31 October 2021 – the draw and allocation of all places is now complete. The provisional entry list can be found here; there is no waiting list. Pre-registration to enter the GUCR 2023 draw for places opens 06:00 22 September 2022
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Sergey Ionov stayed in the game to ultimately take the victory, finishing in 23 hours 41 minutes – quite a feat following his 3rd place finish at Badwater 135 five weeks ago. First lady Chloe Brooks ran confidently from start to finish, arriving at Office Lock in 32 hours 6 minutes and taking five and
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