Widely hailed as one of Britain’s most iconic ultras, this 145-mile non-stop adventure starts at Gas Street Basin in the heart of Birmingham and finishes in Little Venice, right in the middle of London.

Following the well-marked Grand Union Canal towpath all the way, the route is easy to navigate and mostly flat — winding through a mix of buzzing cityscapes and peaceful countryside. There’s a bit of everything along the way, making it a unique challenge for every kind of runner.

130 miles. One canal. Liverpool to Leeds. What could possibly go wrong? The LLCR 130 is a point-to-point ultra along the legendary Leeds & Liverpool Canal, taking runners on a very long, very scenic, and occasionally slightly questionable journey across northern England.

The route is gloriously simple: find the canal and keep following it. Through bustling towns, quiet countryside and more locks than you’ll probably ever want to count, it’s mostly flat, wonderfully runnable and deceptively relentless. There’s nowhere to hide, nowhere to accidentally take a wrong turn — just 130 miles of towpath standing between you and Leeds.