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South Down Way 50

  • I’d just like to write a short message to say thanks for everything you’ve done to put on another classic event that truly defines quality standards for events in the community. Like many, Centurion has been part of our lives for many years and yesterday felt so special as I got to watch ****** run after she’s dreamt about it for so long. Please pass our thanks to the entire Centurion family that make this happen.
  • Just a quick one. I would like to say a massive thank you for a great day I had yesterday. Everyone was amazing from start to finish. Can not wait to sign up for another race. Thanks again.
  • Just a note to say thank you again for another brilliant Centurion event. Hope it was another great success for you guys as it was for me! I can’t imagine the hours of hard work and man power you and your team put in behind the scenes to put on an event like this for us to chase our running dreams and its so appreciated. Enjoy some well earned rest before the TP100. See you soon and thanks again.
  • Just wanted to say a massive thank you to the amazing volunteers at Housedean.  I was about to handover my tracker as was having a really tough day but they sat me down, told me to take a bit of time and get some food in.  Super encouraging and got me to at least try to make it over the hill to Southease.  Made it to the finish so a big thank you.
  • Yesterday’s SDW50 was an amazing day - thank you! The pre race briefings and info meant I knew what to expect on the day. The admin, registration and setting us all off worked perfectly.  And - as always - the staff and volunteers (and to be fair other runners) went above and beyond. What a brilliant Centurion community you’ve built.  It was an amazing day on the trails, even if it was a crap race for me personally, but lots to take away and I will be back.
  • Hi team at Centurion, I just wanted to message to say a huge thank you for the fantastic SDW50 event this weekend. Everything was so seamlessly organised, and all the volunteers were so kind, welcoming and just absolutely brilliant.  My partner Jonathan and I have been trail running for many years, and while he had already done a few Centurion events, this was my first one and I loved it. It also was my first 50 miler, so lots to learn for the next one (fuelling, more strength training etc). My partner (255) also finished under 10hrs for the first time! The event was extra special as six weeks ago my brother passed away of Huntington's disease aged 28, and while training through grief has been hard, I decided to still run the SDW50 and run in memory of my brother and for charity. He was with me along every step of the way. My family, who are from Holland, decided a few weeks ago to come over especially for the event to support. I ran the track in Eastbourne together with my dad. It was so special and emotional, and alongside giving me a fantastic day, you also gave my family such a positive and heartwarming experience to remember and cherish forever. It also gave me an opportunity to introduce them to the UK trail running community and they loved it. Thank you.
  • Thank you for all the fantastic work you do for the ultra and trail running community - for those at the front and the newbie / back of the pack runners like myself - and for being up there with the absolute best running event organisers. Best of luck with the other 2026 events and I will for sure be back at a Centurion event - running and volunteering.
  • Thank you to all of the incredible Volunteers and staff at the amazing SDW 50 yesterday.  I had an absolutely fantastic day (plus a huge PB) and was welcomed and helped at every aid station by such lovely people.  Plus there were so many supporters out on course always cheering me and everyone else along whichever runner they were with. I think centurion organizes gold standard events and can't wait to continue my journey towards the grand slam this year.  Thank you again!A very happy moment for me late in the day yesterday. It is less than a year since I had knee replacement surgery on my right knee and I only took-up a walk / jog approach in December. So, it meant a huge amount to reach the finish as I wasn't sure I'd ever get this type of experience again. Congratulations to Centurion for another totally well organised event - these guys are the best in the business. A huge thank you to the volunteers who all wanted to do everything they could to make my day successful. A particular shout-out to those at Southease - I got hit by a painful hail shower at the top of the yellow brick road, so Southease was a bit of a low point - the roast potatoes were just the fillip I needed. Also, thank you to those few who shared the trails with me in the latter part - there was total positivity and encouragement for each other and it was great to see so many make it.

South Downs Way 100 & 50km

  • I wanted to message a say a huge thanks for this weekend. I was racing the 100 and my 75yr old dad was running the 50k. My dad was the one that finished the 50k with just a min or so to spare. He only started running 5/6 years ago. After running for a couple of yrs he decided he was going to Wendover 50k at the festival event a couple of years ago. That didn’t work out after he was sick 1 loop round. Since then he’s been addicted running around Wendover 3/4 days a week. Loving your events he signed up to Hundred Hills but again the cutoffs beat him for that event too and he timed out.  Since I was training for the SDW 100 and saw you added the 50k he trained even harder to run the race. He had an absolute blast at the weekend - loved the course and during the race he was running well until cramp came in during the last 10k. He started to see his time gap dissappear and so he dug deep and pushed up and over Butser. The rest you know has he pushed over the line to a roaring crowd!! It has made a memory for life - and he’ll definitely be back! Thanks to you / your staff and all the volunteers. We both loved every minute of the event.
  • I just wanted to send you a quick message to thank you for all of the amazing effort and organisation that went into putting on the South Downs 100. It was my first 100 and I was really impressed with everything. The pre brief and instructions were perfect, the way marking was amazing and the supportive crew at all of the aid stations were fantastic. So much wonderful teamwork on display.  Thanks to all for getting me through it.... If I am to do another 100 it'll definitely be a centurion event.
  • I have ran and volunteered at quite a few Centurion races now, this weekend I was again, just blown away by what an amazing community surrounds these events. The support from everyone, staff, volunteers, supporters and fellow runners is humbling. Earning (finally) my first full-size Centurion buckle is a proud moment, be able to be part of this community even more so.
  • I fell over at around 94 miles and had to drop out. I just wanted to says thanks for the sweeper who came to my aid. He was brilliant. I think he gave you a call when it happened. Together with my pacer he got me down to the road where another crew picked me. I’m now in Guildford Hospital waiting for an operation. Thanks for an excellent event but not sure if I’ll be trying another. Please pass on my thanks to the sweeper.
  • Thank you ever so much for putting on such an incredible race this weekend. I was blown away by the organisation and the volunteers you had. Best race ever!
  • Just the most enormous thank you for such a brilliantly organised race in the most stunning scenery. Such a privilege to take part. And a special thank you again to the House Dean farm team for getting me back out the door this year!
  • First of all, thank you all for your hospitality these past few days. I felt very comfortable with all of you, and you were very attentive. I hope I've been good too. I hope to return soon, and my home is your home.
  • I never thought that I would be able to do such an event , massive thank you to all the Centruion volunteers and team that were so amazing , so helpful and supportive , they just seem to know what you need when you get to there aid station.
  • My husband Paul and I wanted to share our huge thanks and gratitude to all the Centurion Running army who helped get him to the finish line on his first 100 miler! A HUGE shout out to Graham at Housedean who helped him to get changed into dry clothes and fed him some soup! However he wants to let him know he didn’t eat the ginger biscuit!
  • Just on our way home from SDW. I must congratulate you for putting on such a fantastic event from everything we experienced. As a runner, what you have set up I cannot you praise highly enough. You have managed to grow a special community that actual cares about everyone. Everyone that is involved genuinely cares and is passionate about what you have created.  James and team, you should be extremely proud of what you have managed to create.
  • Just wanted to drop a note to thank everyone involved in SDW50km. I didn’t have quite the race I had planned, but the organisation was perfect from start to finish. Whether it was staff or volunteers, course marking or checkpoints, even by Centurion standards it was exceptional. And if you can request the bus driver of the post race bus for other races then do so. He was great. He seemed completely bemused by ultra running but got into the spirit of people being barely able to ascend or descend his steps.
  • I just wanted to say thank you for making the whole event a truly memorable  and enjoyable experience.  It was such a varied and interesting course even including the “small hilly challenge” in the last three miles. The support at the Aid Stations and from the Marshalls was outstanding - nothing was too much trouble.
  • I’m sat on the coach heading back after my first DNF., but this SDW100 weekend was awesome! The set up at the start, being able to see Wave 1, and the bag drop and registration were both seamless.  The volunteers were awesome but given I was struggling to eat or drink after about 30 miles, they went the extra mile to find things that might settle my stomach.  And the whole team at Saddlescombe was brilliant giving me all the information, options and time to decide if I was going to drop. And then keeping an eye on me once I did.  My first ride on Paul’s sweeper bus. And then when we got to Eastbourne, Nici and Nina ensuring we could get on the earlier coach back was just awesome.  The Centurion community - runners, volunteers and staff - makes challenging races appealing and provides great support to everyone - i can’t thank you all enough.  Admittedly not the race I wanted but still a brilliant day.

North Downs Way 50

  • Absolutely superb organisation from start to finish and as ever supported by the incredible volunteer army. Nothing was ever too much trouble and I literally only had to focus on running from the moment I arrived at registration and was then ably supported all the way to when I got off the return bus.
  • Just a note to say thank you to you, all your teams, and all the volunteers for making Saturday such a wonderful day.   The level of support out there is amazing and makes a long hard effort a hugely enjoyable and fulfilling experience.  I love it and will be back for more!
  • Just wanted to drop an email to thank you for a great event. In particular ALL the volunteers who without exception were smiling, positive and couldn’t do anything more to make a runners day easier.
  • I just wanted to send a message to say a huge thank you to the whole team who helped organise, put on and volunteer at the NDW50 yesterday. I had such an amazing time and genuinely loved (almost) every minute! Everyone was so lovely, the aid stations were perfectly placed and stocked with everything you could want and need, the whole race atmosphere was so professional and calm and the course marking was faultless. The pre-race comms was also exceptional - I was so impressed.
  • I know these events take an unbelievable amount of organisation, time, effort and energy. So I just wanted to take the time thank you all at Centurion because I had the most amazing day and such a special race and I absolutely could not have had the day I did without all the team and volunteers who made it happen. I will treasure the memories from yesterday for a long, long time.
  • Thank you for putting on such a special and wonderful race. I will never forget yesterday and all the fun I had out there.
  • You lot are amazing from the volunteers who couldn’t do enough for us runners at aid station, I felt so spoilt. Thank you for all the help with filling up my bottles and the encouragement. The runners on course. I met so many people and had great conversations on the trail which helped to distract me from the difficult conditions. Thanks to the amazing crew, volunteers and other runners who as always were amazingly helpful and supportive. At every aid station was efficient help, leavened by good doses of humour. This community is the best!

Thames Path 100

  •  I just wanted to get in touch to thank you for the TP100 event. I hadn't ran 100 miles before the weekend and was equal parts daunted and excited to give it a go.  Various race blogs and YouTube videos had noted Centurion running as being amongst the best organised races, but I have to say that I think they undersold you! There were a few key moments for me that really stood you head and shoulders. On the call you'd noted that you treat us as people, rather than numbers. This was backed up most emphatically on the start line where you introduced and named different competitors for various reasons - each time with a warm round of applause.  What a brilliant atmosphere to have cultivated - well done for that. The Ed Catmur introduction was poignant and I acknowledged your closing comments around no matter how hard it gets in the race, remember that Ed would love to be here doing it.  At the time you said that I thought it was a powerful reminder of the privileged position I was in and in what I was attempting.  I was well aware of the miserable state I had got in at times on previous very long runs and reminded myself to think on this point. When it did start to get tough late on in the event, I thought back to your comments and never once got 'down' mentally.  I could imagine Ed on my shoulder telling me to crack on and enjoy it - this is the good bit!  (I'd never met/heard of Ed Catmur before this race!)  There were times during the 104 miles that I got emotional, but always in good spirits - a unique experience for me.  (Perhaps I hadn't trained enough!?) Recalling the above to friends and family since the event, I've found it difficult not to get emotional in the telling of the details.  The TP100 was an incredible experience - and at least part of this was due to Ed Catmur 'sitting on my shoulder'.  Sometimes something chimes in your mind and you know you'll remember it forever.  This was one of those moments for me - understanding how privileged I am to run just for the joy of it.  I knew I loved trotting around on my feet, but truly recognising how lucky I am to be doing it has really upped my enjoyment to another level.I can't wait for my legs to recover to get me back out running.
  • Thank you again for a incredible event, organisation was spot on, checkpoints great,volunteers really helpful, I loved every mile ( I do need to remind myself of this.
  • Just wanted to say thanks and congrats for putting on the TP100. All the staff and volunteers were amazing, but especially the team at the Wallingford CP around 3am…they were incredible helping me get my s*** together when I needed it most! Without them the final miles would’ve been much slower / harder!
  • Dear CR. I wanted to thank you and each and every volunteer for your organisation and support. We had a wonderful day and with number 258 I made the most of it coming in at 29 hours and 1 minute.
  • I just wanted to write to say a huge thanks for an incredible event. I have run A100 previously (the year of covid) and volunteered 3 times (A100, TP100, and SDW50), but this was without doubt the best experience of the lot! All the pre-race info meant I was 100% prepped going in, and that steadied my nerves. Especially the webinar; that was a great touch. Everything at Richmond was ridiculously smooth. I love yours and Ed's parents' intro, especially calling out all the special achievements and making sure women were represented at the starting line. It felt like a really inclusive atmosphere. Obviously, the volunteers were incredible and all the aid stations perfectly stocked - watermelon is my new favourite treat!  The weather was great, the company was great and I did the time I wanted. And that's all thanks to you and your team! I suppose the only constructive feedback I have: if you could make it a couple of degrees cooler in the day and a couple of degrees warmer at night, I'd really appreciate it! 😄 Thanks again, you are all awesome.
  • Biggest thanks go to all the volunteers, especially at the night time aid stations from Henley to Goring. I turned up at Pangbourne at 3 am, with big blisters, feeling nauseous and debating the point in carrying on. After a cup-a-soup and chatting to one of the male volunteers I left feeling substantially revived. All the volunteers were so positive and lovely - thank you! I also loved my banter with Neil and Paul at Clifton Hampden and Lower Radley 😁. I told everyone yesterday that I am not doing another 100, but maybe I will use my SDW100 space after all.
  • Just wanted to say thank you for a great event TP100. I have run with lots of different companies but you guys are up there with the best! The course was so well marked I never checked my GPX once and as always the cp staff were amazing. Congratulations again.
  • Big thanks to all the TP100 volunteers. It's much more than helping use refuel, stock up, and getting us back on the move. Those micro-conversations at aid stations gives you a boost to help you make it to the next sanctuary. Over the races, you come to recognise many of the volunteers. It's like catching up with old friends, even though you've only ever spoken for a total of two minutes. Again, another boost. Extra-special thanks to the crew at Oxford who couldn't do enough for me. Truly amazing.
  • What an amazing experience today as I attempted my first 100! Unfortunately I got wobbly and was having balance issues ( possibly due to low sodium and fluid and food?, rookie error) even though I thought I was staying on top of it,.thank you Amit for staying with me, so I dropped out at around mile 84, which is 30 miles further than I’d ever run. My first ever DNF but lessons learned. It was a glorious day on the path ..and fields, and trails and up and down stairs and past cows and sheep and horses. And I think every single person walking by I passed on the trail said “ well done” , people clapped at an outdoor restaurant, all the runners so supportive of each other. And an incredible Centurion staff .. Thank you to each and every one. It was a beautful day and night and morning. I’m especially grateful for my incredible pacer Stuart Secker who really got me through the night portion, and kept me standing when I was really getting wobbly ! and my crew of my husband and two dear friends who came from California with us. And to Keiren who gave me a note to read “ when things got tough” Congratulations to every runner.
  • Thank you Centurion and all the volunteers. I had a terrible race but those aid station crews went above and beyond to get me ready and onwards to the finish. And that hotdog at the finish was like manna from heaven.
  • Hello, I ran the TP100 yesterday and asked after a volunteer at the end who literally saved my race. I was told to send an email for the details of what happened. I got into Pangbourne about 66 miles in. I was starting to get cold and my legs were really sore. I sat down and my legs felt like they were shaking. Mentally I was making a decision to pull out and my pacer was trying to keep me in the race. I decided to lie down to contemplate what to do but knew my decision had been made. Whilst this was going on, I had noticed one of the volunteers keeping an eye on me and once he saw me lie down he came to speak to me. He said that he could tell I was thinking of quitting but reminded me to think of why I signed up and all the effort that had gone in. He shared his own story of pulling out of a race previously and the regret that set in a few weeks later. Aside from this, he gave me so much positive energy and told me that he was telling me to go on because he knew I had it in me. He gave me the belief I had begun to miss. I believe his name was Nick. It was the Pangbourne aid station. I feel like he was wearing glasses. This happened roughly 1:30am. He said he had dropped from either the SW100 or NW100 at 84 miles last year. He simply absolutely saved my race and once I warmed up and got moving again, although I really wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, he gave me the confidence to go check point to check point again. Would you be able to share his contact details with me so I can let him know I finished thanks to him?
  • The conditions were perfect, I’m fit and uninjured, the course was a joy and (as always) impeccably marked and the crew and aid stations were (again, as always!) so helpful, kind and enthusiastic. In addition to this I met Karen Koma at the start and what began as a casual pre-race chat developed into a 10 hour run together! We discovered we had loads in common, not least our approach, pace and race plan so it made sense to stick together.  Many thanks to you and your team for another enjoyable race.
  • Firstly, a massive thankyou to all the volunteers who looked after me through this event. Special thanks to those at Goring who looked after me and helped me decide to carry on.  Some other special thank-yous: Matthew who I met on the section through the forest past Hartley steps and also helped me get out of the door at Goring. My race? Well it ended at Clifden Hampden when I missed the cutoff by about 20 minutes. Left Wallingford in good shape with about 45 in hand but after a couple of miles my troublesome right leg had descended into just bad. My knee couldn't cope and my ankle is now swollen up like a balloon. Overall, I felt like I'd learned and improved a lot since last year's DNF at Henley. I'm proud that I pushed myself as far as I could and didn't walk off when it got hard.  I'll be back to have another go and try and get that buckle. I would also like to thank Paul and James for the way they both received me into C/Hampden: it was as if I'd finished. It made a really difficult spot much better for me and I'm very grateful. At the finish (a difficult place to be as a dnf) I got looked after like a king. Even though I could barely walk, I had coffee brought to me, a chair secured, my bags moved for me and food arranged and served.  Thank-you finish line volunteers. Finally, thank-you to all the runners who passed me on that last section: each and every one checked on me and made sure that I was going to be ok to get to (my) final aid station. Community in action and I can't thank them enough. This community is extraordinary. I am proud to be part of it and I will be back to try again.

Winter Downs 100 & 200

  • My favourite parts were the sunset, and sunrise, the swirling fog, the reflecting dew on the newly planted wheatfields, so many hooting owls, midnight butterflies in December, the moon, the stars and I am pretty sure I saw faint Northen lights whilst on the wayfarers walk (did anyone else mention this? you/they probably thought they were hallucinating, but there was a pink glow high in the clear sky for about an hour, nowhere near a town). I know you all work incredibly hard to make the races enjoyable and safe for the runners, and it really works. All the runners I saw, including the 200milers trudging through their 3rd night, were truly grateful to be there taking part. We could not do it without you. Thank you so much for putting on so many excellent races, but in particular for this one which I know will be a very special memory for me for a long time to come.
  • I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and all of the team and volunteers for all of the help support laughter and tears this week. What a crazy crazy event surrounded by the best people - thank you.
  • I just wanted to say thank you for putting on such an amazing event at the weekend. I have run several Centurion events including my first hundred miler at A100 in 2017 I think, and loved them all. The routes, the support, the marked courses(!) have drawn me to them and then the excellent organisation, comprehensive information provided as well as friendly races have kept me coming back. This year I have become an avid follower of the podcasts (thank you they are excellent and provide so much useful information) and have also started coaching with Sarah Cameron. I had fantastic races at SDW 50 and 100 as well as doing the Ring of Fire in Angelsey in August. I thought my year was done, but then Sarah niggled me with a what about  WD ?? I had always thought you'd  have to be mad to do all those hours in the dark, and with no course markings, and the cold and mud! Anyway the seed was planted and the more I read about it, the more I imagined it and eventually signed up for the 100. I can't say how glad I am that I did. It was a wonderful experience which I fully immersed myself in, without worrying about performance, split times etc.  All the pre-race advice was to have an adventure and approaching it with that mindset, I think is what made it so good.
  • I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the Wendover Woods 50-mile event in 2025. I started running in April 2025 after a difficult couple of years, and I honestly never imagined that just a few months later I would complete an event like this. This race gave me something I didn’t even realise I was missing in my life. It was challenging, emotional, and deeply meaningful in a way no other race has ever been for me. That feeling is entirely down to the people behind the event. The volunteers were outstanding, encouraging, kind, and present exactly when it mattered most. Every interaction, every smile, every word of support made a real difference. The organisation and care that went into the race created an atmosphere that felt special from start to finish. I have never done another race that meant as much to me as this one, and that is because of the people who made it happen. Please pass on my thanks to everyone involved, especially the volunteers and the race organiser. What you do truly matters, and it changed something for me in the best possible way. I really look forward to participating in more of your events, as I truly loved every minute of my first 50 miler with you all.
  • I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all your team especially to Ry and Drew. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have finished. The easy thing would have been to pull me from the race but they didn’t, gave me a chance to get going again and they somehow got me focused, re-motivated, and moving a lot faster than my previous 1km/h pace. Thank you for persevering with me in that dark time. This was an amazing experience and I will definitely be back……. to run the SDW50k.

  • I would like to say a massive thank you for putting on these events. They are just the best. From yourselves, volunteers and fellow runners the Centurion community is just amazing. Thank you again and have a great Christmas and Happy New Year.

  • Just a quick note to say thank you to you and your amazing team! I have loved this year of racing with you, it has been just fabulous. I can’t believe this incredible year is over- thank you for looking after me and making it possible for me to raise so much money. Including gift aid we have now raised almost £6,500 for young lives vs cancer which is just amazing!! Have a lovely Christmas, enjoy the time off and hope to see you again next year.
  • Back home in Ireland and thankfully my body is in tact so dancing will be done this Christmas!!!! Before time moves on, as it has an awful habit of doing, I just wanted to say what a very special team and a very special event you have. I am in awe of each and every volunteer who gave their time so we could run, shuffle, jog, do a bit more shuffling, walk, stop and wonder why on earth we thought this was a good idea, back to more running as we love this stuff too much to call it a day. The most valuable thing someone can give you is their time - be it 5 minutes or hours, days etc. The smiles of everyone I met, the joy and enthusiasm that greeted us as we entered and exited registration and the aid stations was electric. Please pass on my sincere thanks to each and every one especially the gentleman who gave me a cup of hot water at the cricket club - it must have contained some extra special speed dust as after that I took off!!!!! (at least that's what I felt like - might not have looked it) The stories those people could tell - maybe we need them all to sign an NDA the state of us as we rocked in and out during the day and night, lol. Those steps.....will....be.....with....me.....for.....life.......... no better way to put manners on people and make sure they get value for money from a route before a final descent to the finish - pure genius!!!!!!! I am absolutely delighted with my first 100 mile distance - and because of your event, it won't be my last!  Maybe I'll choose one that hasn't as much dark the next time. On my return home my husband & kids said to me - 'well that was exhausting work watching your tracker' - in fairness they did look more wrecked than me. Thanks again for everything!
  • I just wanted to drop you a note to express how privileged I feel to have been part of WD over the last three years. I’m not the fastest or most experienced ultra athlete and I’m happy at the back of the pack - it’s just an honour to share the trails with your athletes, team and volunteers and to appear in your social media.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you get some rest and I’m sorry for underestimating how broken I might be on the return to Juniper Hall.
  • Just wanted to send my thanks for an amazing event. I’m sure you do, but I hope you and the team receive the kudos you deserve. I can only imagine the organisation that goes into it.
  • Thank you for another epic and superbly well run event. Thank you to the amazing aid station volunteers. Thank you to everyone who fed, watered and looked after finishers at Juniper Hall so very well. Thank you to race control for rescuing my poles from Bishop's Sutton aid station. I hope you all have a well earned rest over the festive period.
  • I just wanted to say thank you for such an epic adventure this weekend. I realise the 35 hour cut off is probably cos of the darkness and navigation but for a slow plodder like me it gave me more confidence to have a go. Despite being sick for a large portion of the race and completing most of it with no fuel or liquid I had an epic time. The woods gave the best hallucinations in the darkness and I had the pleasure of travelling with John for a period of time, with some chatting but also a companiable silence at times. His ability to be so disciplined to keep running the downhills no matter how short or long showed me not to be lazy and fall into just walking. The volunteers were exceptional as always and so kind. Anyway, I hope you get some sleep the next few days and have a great Christmas break. Thank you for giving me back a bit of my sense of self.

  • Another Centurion year is done, and I hope that the races have been all you could have hoped for. Thank you for a brilliant Winter Downs 200 race, and for having Drew come over to Harting Down to see me safely off the course when the deterioration of my feet made it impossible to continue.  It’s clearly an event in which one can benefit from experience, and I hope that I’ll be able to bring what I’ve learned to the edition in 2026!  The math of it is so interesting!  I loved the event and feel that it’s eminently doable – provided that all the personal maintenance elements hold together.  My body felt great down to the final inch near the ground – but my feet are wrecked, and I’m unable to walk. It’s gutting to have been beaten by this one thing, but I’ll bring the footcare lessons of this race to the next one.  And yes: I do wish to return in 2026, with runners like Jade, Zoe and Helen showing the way as far as grit and determination goes! Thanks also for liaising with my husband, Jeremy, as events unfolded.  He’s not a runner and gets anxious when I do these things that involve long spells in the dark and on my own, even though he’s always encouraging and supportive.  It helps him to know that all runners in your events are so well looked after. The Centurion community has evolved into something very special, and we in the community are talking more about women continuing racing into old age, which is a great thing.  But there are dilemmas. On the one hand, one needs to get finishes into the book, but on the other, the time to attempt the tougher events must be ‘now’, because the future is not guaranteed. I’m trying to balance this in my mind.  WD 200 is my kind of event, rewarding brainwork and preparation as much as physical execution.  But I still have much to learn – as evidenced by my macerated feet and a spot of dodgy night navigation on the Vanguard Way.  So, we recover and press on!

  • I also want to say a huge "Thank you" all for an amazing experience on the WD200 over the past few days- still buzzing. Superb event, course, staff and volunteers first class. Please pass on my gratitude to all of them- especially the Christmas elf (sorry, cannot recall her name) who helped me with my ankle and ultimately saved my race at CP3. I wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and lots more adventures to come in the New Year.
  • Many thanks for the Winter Downs 100. The whole event from start to finish was the perfect icing on my 2025 cake. The help and support from the volunteers was unstinting and very much appreciated.
  • I'm just reflecting on the Winter Downs 100 and wanted to acknowledge and thank you for another incredible event! The challenge of self-navigation alongside what was a pretty epic course made for a great experience and a very different kind of adventure to the regular events. It felt a bit like an LDWA event but on steroids! Loved the concept and the greater individual accountability all round. That said, I have to give a huge heap of praise to everyone involved from start to finish. Absolutely seamless....I went through Puttenham chasing sub 24 hours and was handled like an F1 pit crew! The fry up at the end sorted me right out too. All in a great way to finish the year.
  • Whilst I did say thank you as I was leaving Juniper Hall yesterday morning, I just wanted to email in to give a huge thanks to all the Centurion team, the lovely photographers, and the many wonderful volunteers working at the start and finish, the checkpoints, and out on the course at Newlands Corner. I have run races with many organisers, and do quite a bit of race volunteering myself, but I can honestly say Centurion is a cut above the rest. The impeccable organisation as well as the super friendliness makes you feel so well looked after as a runner. The races are not overcrowded. The service at the checkpoints is outstanding, better than in many a restaurant where you have to struggle to catch the eye of the waiter! And all of you genuinely care as much about the runners at the front of the races as those at the back of the field, and all runners in between, that's really noticeable. Being able to stay at Juniper Hall both before and after the race was a real bonus too, and the post-race food was outstanding. I very much enjoyed all the daily podcast updates and the video footage, which I caught up with on the train journey back up north. I will definitely be back for more races in 2026!

Autumn 100

  • Not sure where to start with this weekends race... My first Centurion event and the whole thing was just so well organised and the volunteers... Wow, talk about being taken care of, thank so much to everyone involved.. you helped me achieve a rather emotional finish in under 24 hours, my lip started to go when recieving my buckle and hugging my mate who paced me was all I could do to stop from blubbering. What a weekend. Thank you guys, what a special bunch.
  • Now that the dust has settled on this year’s Autumn 100 I wanted to drop a line to say how much I appreciated the slick operation you ran. The first thing that sticks out in my mind is every time I got back to Goring my drop bag was lined up at the edge of the stage waiting for me so the volunteers were obviously watching the tracker and organising the next 5-10 minutes worth of runners kit. My ‘A’ goal for this year was to sub-24 a hundred miler. I was on for it at SDW100, but my quads and I went separate ways somewhere up a hill about the 85 mile mark.  So I knew I would be close at A100 and not having to spend 60s waiting for the drop back x3 all contributed to helping me achieve my best. As ever the attitude of the volunteers was first class. They were a knowledgable bunch from the ones I spoke with and most had run the course before, that was handy for someone who lives 360 miles away when recces were not possible. Through the night in particular you are always conscious that the welcome into every aid station is 20% welcome: 80% welfare check - is the running lucid and responding appropriately.  I’m glad to say I didn’t have any wobbles on this course (though I confess to giving myself a stern talking to on the way up to the summit of Chain Hill) but I did see a few folks being ushered into camp chairs an plied with food/drink/warm layers and whilst you would never wish anyone to need it it’s great to know that support is there. I did get kit checked twice but I have never been kit checked on any of my previous ultras with any organisation so I guess it was my turn!! Even they were slick though and if the two together cost me as much as 4 minutes I would be surprised. I got my goal in the end with about 17 minutes to spare.   I was overtaken by quite a few folks in the last couple of kilometres but I couldn’t have cared less. I had reached the point where I knew I could walk it and still get my time and I had the biggest grin on my face for all those metres (though it probably looked like a grimace).  Knowing I had what I had come for I could shout encouragement to all those runners passing me and wish them well over the closing yards with genuine happiness for them at their success. Getting over the line and being handed my buckle with the words “here’s your sub-24 buckle, well done!” caught me entirely off guard and for someone who only really cries at disney movies (my kryptonite) I felt a huge surge of emotion and just about managed to croak “thanks very much…” before walking off in what was probably a rather underwhelming response. But it was too much for me in the moment.  I know some people will breeze that but it’s been years in the making for me. I think that this is what keeps me coming back to ultras. The levels of resilience and determination that you need to find within yourself make the challenge so rewarding. And as disappointed as I was with missing sub-24 at SDW100 it made achieving it at A100 all the sweeter.
  • Just got home after dnf’ing at 50 miles with a calf injury. Thank you so much to the volunteers at goring who supported me to try and get back out and then also supported me when I realised I couldn’t walk on it. You are amazing! I’m gutted but I know it’s was the was the right, and sensible choice to make. One day I’ll be back to get that finishers medal! Huge good luck to everyone still out there, and to everyone who has already finished!! You are incredible.
  • Well that's a weight off my shoulders - didn't go to plan and had to fall back to planb after major stomach troubles. But dragged (bullied) back home by my professionally trained pacer. Many thanks for the shout out! But seriously that was cool, so many runners out on the course recognised me and kept wishing me luck, but also kept telling me I *was* going to finish. Also had a great chat with the 12x finisher who spotted me and ran to  join up for a chat during on of my "suffer" patches coming back on leg 2. Obviously the marshalling and support was absolutely amazing - so much positive energy and encouragement from everyone. Bit of tough love at east isley where I was basically told to not be shit. again. Highlights were definitely those little oases of life at easy isley and chain hill. But must apologise to the reading checkpoint where I was thoroughly miserable and just didn't want to have a chat with Graham who was as positive always.
  • Thanks to the awesome volunteers, each and every one of you was a star! Excellent event, loved the first 3 legs, left Goring before 3am, then three miles later an old back injury flared up. Tried to get through it but just made it back to Pangbourne before having to call it 5 miles from the end. Still, great weekend in the most, a distance PB, and some memories made. Mostly good.
  • Thank you to all the organisers and the volunteers for a fantastic Autumn 100 event over the weekend. I didn’t make it back to Goring but covered 95 miles on foot. The way back from Reading aid station to Pangbourne 2 proved to be tough for me as I did my back in and was unable to run. If this hadn’t happened I had it in me that I would finish. My lumbar spine was very uncomfortable. I have osteoporosis in that part of the spine and it worried me that I’d made it worse. Walking was quite painful and I had to stop often to stretch my back. I also started to develop ultrarunner lean which I’d come across in others but never experienced it myself before and that made it uncomfortable, too. Despite a DNF I enjoyed the event. I even got a pb in the 50 mile part of the race! I had the pleasure to have great company while sharing the trails and had lovely conversations along the way. Each time I arrived at an aid station I was welcomed in the best possible way with smiles, hugs, cheers, and tlc. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you also to the course sweeper, Tom, for his kindness and patience. What a great event this is. Each leg is alluring in different ways. I have come back with great memories. Well done to everyone who took part and many congratulations to those who completed the race.
  • If at first you don’t succeed…. Try 3 more times and then you’ll nail it. Fourth time of trying and I FINALLY cracked the 100 mile distance. Big thank you to all the amazing volunteers. Especially the lovely people at East Isley (where I DNFd last time) who kicked me out of the aid station and back to goring to complete leg 3. Graham Baker thank you for dealing with me when I was such a hot mess - it was fabulous to see you at Reading and I’m sorry I stole all the ginger nuts, it was the only thing I could eat! Going to take a while for this one to sink in I think.
  • I just wanted to say a big thank you to the amazing volunteers at the Swyncombe aid station who through a combination of good common sense and brute force managed to fix my trekking poles. It's not an exaggeration to say yoy saved my rsce. THANK YOU!
  • I want to express my sincere thanks to you all for the fantastic event you put on at the weekend. From start to finish the people I met, both volunteers and staff, could not have been nicer. Everyone couldn't do enough. The two ladies who were running back drop and retrieve when I was there (one was Helen and I didn't catch the other's name) were just amazing. Helen definitely helped get me on my way after leg 3 when I really wanted to drop. From the team at Chain Hill who gave me precisely two minutes in a chair to the chap at Reading who gave me a pep talk and some confidence for the last push: everyone was amazing.It's a real privilege to be involved in these races as an entrant and I cannot see how they can be better. I even had an extra bonus mile when I ignored a very clear sign at about mile 70... in my defence I was quite tired... Finally, if possible, please pass my thanks to all the volunteers for their work to make the day such a terrific thing and all of whom (literally all) were amazing and kind and helpful. I now have my 100 mile finisher's buckle after two previous failed attempts at the distance on the Thames Path. It may be some time before I have another go but I will be back to race with you again for the shorter ones: I think my family and my knees will be grateful for that! Thank-you all. It was amazing.

Chiltern Wonderland 50

  • Thank you so much for once again putting on such a fabulous event. Organising an Ultra can’t be an easy task and yet, you make the whole event run so smoothly. As runner I have always felt in such safe hands and well looked after. Big shout out to the team and all the volunteers, thank you to the dancing encouragement at Blue Tin were so positive and inspiring.
  • Having moved from more ‘commercial’ halfs and marathons, I, personally, feel a lot more comfortable in the Centurion Community. The camaraderie between runners on the course and from both sides of the table is tangible in words and gestures.  I hope you will keep up this wonderful work and I look forward to seeing you again in November.
  • Just a quickie to say a massive thank you for Saturday! As usual the service from Centurion was impeccable from start to finish and makes running these long distance just that little bit easier. The volunteers, as ever, were the stars of the show and I can’t thank them enough for their help throughout the entire day and evening, treating those of us towards the back of the race with the same positivity, care and compassion as I’m sure those at the front received! Also a note of thanks to Drew, the past course photos are what attracted me to this race in the first place and it didn’t disappoint! I have had a tremendous summer recceing parts of the Chilterns I didn’t even know existed and it’s just stunning - thank you. Oh and also the poor lady at the end who very graciously put up with my dithering over what size t shirt to get. Thanks again Centurion crew and hopefully see you at A100 for volunteering duties.
  • I had such an awesome run at the Chiltern Wonderland yesterday.  It was my first 50 miler and first Centurion event and I'll certainly be back for more - thanks for putting on such a great day.
  • Thanks Centurion for such a fantastic event. My first and definitely not my last. A big thank you to all the Volunteers. Very happy with a Sub 10hr on first outing. Wow to the Chiltern Hills. See you all soon.
  • Blue Tin: Thank you so much to the team here who sorted me out when I was really struggling on that last section. I was wearing two watches and had a little card with my timings on, but my brain had fallen out by then and I just didn’t know if I was going to make it to the finish in time. You were exactly what I needed, thank you so much.
  • Ibstone: Wouldn't have finished without you guys sorting me out and convincing me to carry on to the next aid station. You were right, my trashed legs after Windmill Hill felt much better after plenty of food and drink and giving myself 10 minutes rest with having plenty of time before the cut-off. Couldn't believe the difference it made. Cheers guys.
  • That's what you call a well timed race. Never mind the Golden Hour, I was in the Golden 5 minutes (not helped by missing a turn into the woods on the final descent 2 miles out). As a volunteer myself at Centurion events I'm so appreciative of the efforts you all make and a big shout out to all of you for your help and words of encouragement.

North Downs Way 100

  • Thank you once again for all your hard work in making our ultra running dreams come true at the NDW100 this weekend - know I thanked you in my slightly delirious state at the finish line but thank you to you, Nici, Drew and all your staff and volunteers. You really do put on a premier experience for us runners and your aid station staff were just so incredible. After I had been sick I asked if they had any ginger ale/ ginger biscuits and one of your lovely people had her own personal ginger chews that she gave me. Above and beyond. Hope it was a successful race for you guys from all perspectives and you get some well deserved rest after the NDW madness subsides!
  • Hello Centurion. Well done and a big thank you for hosting another amazing event. No doubt, the warmer weather, added an extra challenge for race control. Ice at aid stations made a massive difference to my day, for which I'm eternally grateful. Thank you. As always, the volunteers were amazing. Especially heartfelt thanks to the team at Caterham, whose help and kindness kept me going through a particularly bad patch. 
  • Thanks to everyone at Centurion for a brilliant race. The aid station crews were total stars and  I'm grateful for all your help.
  • Dear friends: sometimes you don't get the race you trained for.  That happened to me on Saturday, with novel breathing problems so taxing that I spent quality time with the medic at Reigate.  It didn't matter that previously I had been on pace, that I had trained hard, that the conditions were excellent and that I'd recce'd everything. For safety's sake, stopping was the only option. 100 mile races are all about the persistence of the unforeseen.  Although I've conquered the 100-mile distance, each race is its own world and challenge.  NDW is perhaps my "white whale" - and I shall return to it next year. But for now, I am just thankful.  Thankful to all who spoke to me kindly on trail, thankful to all the aid crews who cared for me, especially Paul, who understood immediately by looking at me that this was a new and potentially serious matter, thankful to the excellent medic who checked me over, and thankful to James and all at Centurion who create a world for us to run these races. I'm so happy that Petra kept the FV60 fires glowing, and so happy for all the friends who completed this race.  For those who did not, a big hug - and we run again! It's a real challenge, an honourable one. Take care, everyone.  And thank you.
  • I'm writing to say special thanks to you and to the entire NDW 100 race team for another stellar event. Thank you again for creating these amazing events and building the special Centurion community, with all its extraordinary people. 
  • I wanted to say a huge thank you to this lovely community and the volunteers who made this race really special. I still can’t believe I finished, I was definitely in my own head, but everyone I met was so encouraging and it kept me moving forwards. Well done to everyone who had the courage to start, no matter the outcome.
  • Thank you to everyone behind the scenes at the NDW100, for the organising, the set up, the course marking and clearing, and all of the stuff that we don’t see while we run the course. But also thank you to all of those which we do see. All the volunteers who try their very best to make sure our journey is as smooth as possible, and we have the best chance of completion!
  • I just wanted to email to say what a fantastic event the NDW100 was. The organisation was first class....easy to find where to go, dropbags were brought to us at the 50 and 82 mile locations.....it was lovely. All the volunteers were superb.  When they found out it was my 3rd attempt at a 100 miler (2 x dnfs previously), they all gave me such a push forwards and were so supportive, it was brilliant and much needed. Also at mile 82 checkpoint, I think I was hallucinating a bit but the 2 lady volunteers at the checkpoint looked after me and brought me melon and coffee as I didn't even know my own name at that point lol. The course markings were first class...absolutely brilliant and whilst I had the gpx on my watch, it was so well marked it took some pressure off getting lost. The checkpoints were so perfectly spaced...the 3 x 11 milers were challenging but manageable and I loved the 7nand 8 miler distances the best...and the ones that had tea and coffee at too lol . The buckle is awesome and im over the moon to have finally smashed the 100 mile barrier (i got to 95 miles on Snowdon 100, and 78 miles on Chester 100 due to a foot injury), so to finally get a buckle on a very tough course im just so happy. The coach back to the start was a great thing too to save agro organising your own logistics and it was nice to have a chill out at the finish and time to recover a bit before the journey back. I cannot thank you all enough for this weekend, its been a massively positive experience and one ill never ever forget.

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