Darkside Running – Trail and Ultra Marathons

Home of simple, no fuss, running adventures

2023 EVENTS

We have decided to take a year out from our events but will return in 2024. For further details, please read our full announcement.

Upcoming Events

Sunset Ultra Marathon

Sunset Ultra and Marathon

July 2024 TBC

The 35 mile Sunset Ultra will race along the Norfolk Coast Path to the finish on Snettisham Beach. The Sunset Marathon is also available.

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Sunrise Ultra Marathon

Sunrise Ultramarathons

December 2024 TBC

Starting at sunset, you will race the sunrise through a winters night, following the Norfolk Coast Path for 83 miles to the finish in Great Yarmouth.  The shorter 45 mile Half Sunrise is also available. 

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Wow! What an amazing, epic and super challenging event!! Thanks to all the organisers and marshalls for the fantastic support throughout.

Sunrise Ultra Finisher2019

Sunrise Ultra was an amazing event & I feel very lucky to have been able to take part in in. The organisation & communication were second to none and the checkpoints at the event were just brilliant with supportive and friendly volunteers.

Sunrise Ultra Finisher2019

Just wanted to do a little shout out to Giles and Mark for putting in an epic race, really well organised and the volunteers were all amazing.

Sunrise Ultra Finisher2019

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About Us

Darkside Running

It is late 2018 and two friends got together for an evenings run and discussed how they thought they would love to put on running events that were a little different. Unbeknown to them, Darkside Running was born.

Twelve months later, with the help of a great team, they ran the inaugural sell-out Sunrise Ultra marathons to rave reviews from competitors.  In 2021, after a years delay due to Covid, we introduced its sister event Sunset ultramarathon and marathon.

Our ethos is to draw upon our own personal experiences of running and racing and put on events that are a little different.  At their heart they need to be simple in concept and with minimal fuss, to enhance the challenge and also reduce the environmental impact.  At the same time we want our events to be accessible and as family friendly as possible, so we always look to offer shorter distances but with the same level of support and service.

For now our races are based in and around Norfolk, a county we both adore and which has so much to offer a trail or ultra runner.

The Team
Meet the people behind Darkside Running
Giles Thurston
Race Director
Mark Turner
Race Director
Latest updates and information from Darkside Running

Latest News

Our plans for 2023 and 2024

Firstly a belated happy new year and hope you all had an amazing break and are back refreshed for 2023? We know you are all busy pulling together your race plans for this year and thanks for all the enquires about our events over the last few weeks, It has been great to see such...
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Sunset Finish 2021

Sunset 2021 Results and Thanks

We hope you have had a relaxing day today after your monumental efforts yesterday? It was great to see so many happy faces at the finish and throughout the day. Like you all, we are in desperate need of some sleep, so we are going to keep this short and sweet tonight and will be...
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Sunset Ultra Marathon

Start List for 2021 Sunset Ultra and Marathon

Entries are closed, the data crunching is complete and the tracking and timing systems are configured. That means that the start lines and bib numbers are now locked and loaded and can be downloaded now.
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