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.

24th May 2025

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23rd August 2025

Latest News

LLCR 2017 Results

by Keith Godden | Aug 29, 2017 | LLCR

Paul Ali and Paul Beechey crossed the line together to become joint winners in 22h 24m, while Georgina Harrison did it again taking her 2nd Canalrace win of the year in 29h 37m 1 Paul Ali 22h 24m Joint Winner 1 Paul Beechey 22h 24m Joint Winner 3 John Stocker 25h 49m...

KACR 2017 Results

by Keith Godden | Aug 24, 2017 | KACR

After 2nd place at the GUCR, Paul Beechey went one step better to win the inaugural KACR 145 Bristol - London in a time of 25h 48m 1 Paul Beechey 25h 48m 2 Stu Wilkie 28h 30m 3 Paul Ali 29h 08m 4 Mich Hardie 29h 56m 5 John Stocker 30h 15m 6 Jay MacDonald 30h 52m 7...

GUCR 2017 Provisional Results

by Keith Godden | May 28, 2017 | GUCR

Sergey Ionov wins in 24h 54m and Cat Simpson becomes the new ladies record holder, finishing in 27h 26m 1st Sergey Ionov 24:54 2nd Paul Beechey 26:20 3rd Cat Simpson 27:26 (new ladies record) 4th John Stocker 28:43 5th Gordon Mead 30:23 6th Marcel McKinley 31:18 7th...

GUCR 2017 Retirements

by Keith Godden | May 27, 2017 | GUCR

107 runners made it to the Start at Gas Street Saturday morning. However, the following will not, unfortunately, be making it to the Finish: 120 Steve Gordon 16 Nigel Davies 37 Bob Lovegrove 29 Andrew Hughes 17 Giles Davis 52 Jamie Russell 12 Lawrence Chownsmith 63...

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