Welcome to the official website of Britain’s longest, non-stop, point-to-point towpath running races, the Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR 145), Kennet & Avon Canal Race (KACR 145) and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Race (LLCR 130). The “Canalslam” totalling over 400 miles.

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2019 Canalrace Series Dates

The dates are set for the 2019 GUCR 145 Birmingham - London 25th Anniversary Edition, KACR 145 Bristol - London 3rd Edition and LLCR 130 Liverpool - Leeds 6th Edition 2019 Grand Union Canal 145 mile Canal Race (GUCR 145) Birmingham - London, 0600 Sat 25th May (Spring...

GUCR 2018 Provisional Results

After a lightning start, Paul Maskell maintained his lead all the way to the finish with a winning time of 25h 35m 1st Paul Maskell 25:35 2nd Sergey Ionov 26:20 3rd Stu Wilkie 30:44 4th Patrick McGuiness 31:05 5th Iain Stewart 31:28 6th Stephen Walker 31:32 7th Katrin...

GUCR 2018 Retirements

98 runners made it to the Start at Gas Street on Saturday morning. However, the following will not, unfortunately, be making it to the Finish: 32 Martin Ilott 34 Victoria Irvine 111 Rhys Glide 65 Denise Whyte 66 John Whyte 31 Anthony Hugill 56 Imke Siegerist 113 Ian...

LLCR 2018 Provisional Entry List

Below is the provisional list of runners for the 5th Leeds & Liverpool Canal 130 mile Race, Summer Bank Holiday weekend, starting at 06:00 on Saturday 25th August 2018 from Old Hall St, Liverpool. Best wishes (on behalf of Dick), Keith. p.s places still available!...

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