Overview
The South West Coast Path is the longest National Trail in England at 630 miles (1014 km). Two relay teams, of 68 runner each, will battle it out to see who completes the full trail in the fastest time!
The SWCP relay record
This challenge has taken place twice before in 2020 and 2022. In those years just one team took on the challenge.
The current record of 5 days, 2 hours and 47 minutes was set during the 2020 challenge.
We think 2023 is the year for this to be broken!
Challenge format
This is a non-stop relay with legs of about 10-mile each. Each team member only runs one relay leg.
At each of the designated handover points your team's tracking baton will be handed over to the next runner. This process continues, day and night, until the trail is complete!
Why it's so fun!
Have a break from the norm with a new exciting challenge format. Join a team of like-minded individuals who love the trails, make some friends and have fun! ..Oh yes, and just maybe break that record!
When
The challenge will be starting in the afternoon of the 28th of July 2023. It will last for approximately 5 days and nights.
How to enter
Find your leg below, click on it and then sign-up to either the Red or the White team. We look forward to welcoming you on to this great challenge!
Maps, Teams & Legs
50.679464, -1.950116 couches.toys.bride
50.594966, -1.95115 skunks.winks.stretcher
Hand over to leg 2
50.595022, -1.951143 apart.puzzle.removes
Hand over from leg 1
50.608824, -2.128303 focal.burying.wove
Hand over to leg 3
50.60861, -2.128251 familiar.stunning.stint
Hand over from leg 2
50.623384, -2.268976 headsets.hosts.smirks
Hand over to leg 4
50.623391, -2.268985 headsets.hosts.smirks
Hand over from leg 3
50.637329, -2.421212 clutches.nimbly.bars
Hand over to leg 5
50.637323, -2.42124 dishing.improvise.sped
Hand over from leg 4
50.577464, -2.46714 leaflet.wreck.steep
Hand over to leg 6
50.578134, -2.467676 status.shot.evoke
Hand over from leg 5
50.513379, -2.45686 stutter.chain.fermented
Hand over to leg 7
50.513385, -2.456676 novelists.fells.learns
Hand over from leg 6
50.594987, -2.490884 puppy.barks.prices
Hand over to leg 8
50.594945, -2.491007 fires.scarcely.complains
Hand over from leg 7
50.65919, -2.623819 dilute.resettle.pilots
Hand over to leg 9
50.65906, -2.62352 dialects.musician.thumps
Hand over from leg 8
50.722291, -2.82266 visitors.shook.shows
Hand over to leg 10
50.722279, -2.822632 lightbulb.digested.typed
Hand over from leg 9
50.720737, -2.94112 tasters.star.hound
Hand over to leg 11
50.720759, -2.941164 rubble.worksheet.speeches
Hand over from leg 10
50.697201, -3.091725 swordfish.outermost.plan
Hand over to leg 12
50.697171, -3.091737 eradicate.blows.pricing
Hand over from leg 11
50.675804, -3.247543 logs.lamp.tent
Hand over to leg 13
50.675795, -3.247607 ages.freed.coats
Hand over from leg 12
50.616574, -3.423913 smoker.earplugs.flattery
Hand over to leg 14
50.612872, -3.426214 shortens.level.snoring
Hand over from leg 13
50.541197, -3.499667 narrowest.lanes.marzipan
Hand over to leg 15
50.540081, -3.503641 teach.fumes.ridiculed
Hand over from leg 14
50.46224, -3.488057 barks.trap.spite
Hand over to leg 16
50.46224, -3.488057 barks.trap.spite
Hand over from leg 15
50.405355, -3.552571 clear.pythons.vandalism
Hand over to leg 17
50.405365, -3.552313 events.rock.skylights
Hand over from leg 16
50.381704, -3.498737 honey.hires.notched
Hand over to leg 18
50.381715, -3.498715 tribe.gratuity.beam
Hand over from leg 17
50.348379, -3.57326 observes.roof.budgeted
Hand over to leg 19
50.348917, -3.577367 fatigued.gems.throats
Hand over from leg 18
50.254988, -3.65676 tissue.tomorrow.bother
Hand over to leg 20
50.254942, -3.656724 nuptials.shortcuts.approach
Hand over from leg 19
50.234834, -3.763681 onion.indulges.duty
Hand over to leg 21
50.236346, -3.766145 farms.copes.explained
Hand over from leg 20
50.278799, -3.870558 skate.hasten.downturn
Hand over to leg 22
50.281163, -3.873412 hoot.narrates.flopping
Hand over from leg 21
50.313331, -3.939488 relief.cabbages.poodle
Hand over to leg 23
50.312299, -3.947282 leaned.cobras.regal
Hand over from leg 22
50.312166, -4.05076 heightens.ordinary.choppy
Hand over to leg 24
50.312375, -4.053633 outreach.going.fortified
Hand over from leg 23
50.368664, -4.108735 gazed.held.army
Hand over to leg 25
50.368413, -4.10789 broken.wonderfully.logic
Hand over from leg 24
50.365651, -4.163925 defend.dices.public
Hand over to leg 26
50.36062, -4.174599 neat.exact.loaf
Hand over from leg 25
50.354534, -4.265623 pumps.rentals.quits
Hand over to leg 27
50.354551, -4.26564 paddlers.rezoning.bond
Hand over from leg 26
50.356211, -4.455897 skis.bristle.direction
Hand over to leg 28
50.356207, -4.455981 delay.cherubs.gong
Hand over from leg 27
50.329562, -4.634786 buzzards.backswing.emblem
Hand over to leg 29
50.333145, -4.637164 rope.jousting.risk
Hand over from leg 28
50.337693, -4.734638 skewed.meatballs.noble
Hand over to leg 30
50.337695, -4.734614 issues.archive.accompany
Hand over from leg 29
50.268371, -4.78351 solder.weaved.repeating
Hand over to leg 31
50.268365, -4.783462 sprouting.useful.skid
Hand over from leg 30
50.218646, -4.892764 retraced.deflection.victory
Hand over to leg 32
50.218673, -4.892722 lifestyle.orders.chin
Hand over from leg 31
50.178858, -4.973566 disco.little.jotting
Hand over to leg 33
50.178938, -4.973375 panicking.large.ballots
Hand over from leg 32
50.152396, -5.004671 community.geek.repair
Hand over to leg 34
50.156901, -5.069124 stick.yarn.race
Hand over from leg 33
50.100035, -5.128894 heartless.domestic.miles
Hand over to leg 35
50.095539, -5.134028 cardinal.respond.envoy
Hand over from leg 34
50.055997, -5.066693 relegate.universe.busy
Hand over to leg 36
50.056138, -5.066525 convinced.limitless.awoken
Hand over from leg 35
49.987473, -5.179785 harmonica.betrayed.exam
Hand over to leg 37
49.987505, -5.179736 ship.scanty.ordinary
Hand over from leg 36
50.015421, -5.257214 configure.wrong.casual
Hand over to leg 38
50.015418, -5.257258 emulated.announced.trips
Hand over from leg 37
50.095617, -5.368853 dynamic.officials.index
Hand over to leg 39
50.09561, -5.36874 dissolve.gradually.shovels
Hand over from leg 38
50.120866, -5.53125 kilt.prime.nervy
Hand over to leg 40
50.120852, -5.531282 someone.clapper.eternally
Hand over from leg 39
50.047727, -5.629442 bronze.theory.plugged
Hand over to leg 41
50.047712, -5.629431 bronze.theory.plugged
Hand over from leg 40
50.089405, -5.688002 acids.driveways.defender
Hand over to leg 42
50.089409, -5.688001 acids.driveways.defender
Hand over from leg 41
50.163643, -5.654575 tarnished.udder.measure
Hand over to leg 43
50.163655, -5.654561 threaded.using.securing
Hand over from leg 42
50.214471, -5.484588 roofer.inventors.corkscrew
Hand over to leg 44
50.214596, -5.484249 slurs.moth.loom
Hand over from leg 43
50.204935, -5.412637 hobbyists.unloading.composers
Hand over to leg 45
50.204934, -5.412656 hobbyists.unloading.composers
Hand over from leg 44
50.261273, -5.288385 twitching.fear.uniform
Hand over to leg 46
50.261088, -5.288616 papers.describe.polices
Hand over from leg 45
50.323293, -5.195441 atlas.rocket.applause
Hand over to leg 47
50.323343, -5.195551 overgrown.fiery.healers
Hand over from leg 46
50.406349, -5.11329 annotated.weekends.agreement
Hand over to leg 48
50.406412, -5.113166 bolsters.backers.menu
Hand over from leg 47
50.444567, -5.040639 otter.hydrant.inhaled
Hand over to leg 49
50.44459, -5.040662 crowd.lighter.fists
Hand over from leg 48
50.547144, -5.034323 crossing.warms.billiard
Hand over to leg 50
50.547075, -5.034326 bonfires.roving.anyway
Hand over from leg 49
50.542118, -4.936041 backpacks.lawn.occupiers
Hand over to leg 51
50.544818, -4.925422 titles.video.inert
Hand over from leg 50
50.589059, -4.867244 hexes.promotes.adapt
Hand over to leg 52
50.589084, -4.867303 horseshoe.deck.fashion
Hand over from leg 51
50.644712, -4.760423 botanists.verbs.chickens
Hand over to leg 53
50.644698, -4.760439 brothers.justifies.tickles
Hand over from leg 52
50.690553, -4.695177 hourglass.childcare.tiles
Hand over to leg 54
50.690551, -4.695166 hourglass.childcare.tiles
Hand over from leg 53
50.740999, -4.631492 unusually.ranches.snuck
Hand over to leg 55
50.740993, -4.631431 bookshop.apartment.audibly
Hand over from leg 54
50.828067, -4.548245 elevate.bulk.attic
Hand over to leg 56
50.828081, -4.548223 crabmeat.founding.drivers
Hand over from leg 55
50.933621, -4.544992 thrashed.tumble.airfields
Hand over to leg 57
50.933621, -4.544988 thrashed.tumble.airfields
Hand over from leg 56
51.019497, -4.518349 wired.songs.tributes
Hand over to leg 58
51.01951, -4.518228 cheerful.nutrients.sway
Hand over from leg 57
50.988053, -4.344987 evolution.excuse.gathers
Hand over to leg 59
50.987986, -4.344894 fees.howler.pleaser
Hand over from leg 58
51.060087, -4.214191 harnessed.kinks.gobbling
Hand over to leg 60
51.06024, -4.213804 tickles.driver.cement
Hand over from leg 59
51.061101, -4.176934 tasters.submerged.velocity
Hand over to leg 61
51.060973, -4.176874 improvise.digitally.whistling
Hand over from leg 60
51.093422, -4.136717 blink.woodstove.quilt
Hand over to leg 62
51.093416, -4.136693 blink.woodstove.quilt
Hand over from leg 61
51.126569, -4.23909 question.socialite.hats
Hand over to leg 63
51.126521, -4.239194 ballots.weeknight.ignoring
Hand over from leg 62
51.198696, -4.201811 bypassed.tinted.paper
Hand over to leg 64
51.198693, -4.201757 glosses.templates.could
Hand over from leg 63
51.207041, -4.037556 vitals.unsettled.evidently
Hand over to leg 65
51.207123, -4.037536 pausing.column.dozen
Hand over from leg 64
51.225898, -3.870195 brew.likely.decay
Hand over to leg 66
51.225752, -3.87044 fattening.scouting.whirlwind
Hand over from leg 65
51.22838, -3.727281 crumples.deeper.plums
Hand over to leg 67
51.228378, -3.727216 guides.dizziness.token
Hand over from leg 66
51.220256, -3.579476 fools.culminate.takeovers
Hand over to leg 68
51.220272, -3.579477 fools.culminate.takeovers
Hand over from leg 67
2022 Feedback
Common questions you might have
£26. This challenge is designed to be as cheap and therefore as accessible as possible. The charge is set at a nominal price to cover the direct costs associated with running this challenge. This includes: VAT, us coordinating the challenge, gps tracking, a t-shirt and postage and a £5 donation to the SWCP association.
If your plans change or you simply change your mind:
Cooling off period: You can receive a full refund (no fees or charges) should you change your mind within 5 days of booking. Just pop us an email and we will action this for you within 24hrs.
Transferring your entry to a friend: You can transfer your entry (leg) to someone else at anytime so long as it is more than 48hrs away from the relay commencing. Get in touch with us via email and we will help with this.
Cancellation: You will always be given a full refund (no fees or charges) if the event has to be cancelled.
Postponement: You will always be given the following three options should an event have to be postponed (date changed). You will have one week from the date the event is postponed to make your choice:
We will post you a special team "SWCP Relay" t-shirt prior to the challenge. Although there is no obligation we hope you will wear it during the challenge! There are no medals awarded.
Nothing!
No.
No. At least not initially. The numbers able to take part in this challenge are limited so we kindly ask that you only register yourself on to one leg of one team. If there are any unfilled legs closer to the challenge date then we will open these up to existing team members - so this will be your opportunity to run more than one leg.
No! It's open entry for either team (Red or White). Unless you are wanting to be part of the same team as someone else then there is no benefit or disadvantage to being part of either team. It is deliberate that both teams are open to anyone in the trail running community - this random way of creating the teams will mean that both are fairly evenly matched!
Yes - but only if you plan ahead, both know which team you are looking to join (Red or White) and grab the legs quickly when bookings open! Failing that it is still better to grap your preferred leg on either team. After booking pop us an email and we will do our best to shuffle participants to try to get you both on the same team.
Yes. You are more than welcome to run with someone else but it will only be you who is part of the official challenge / team.
From experience there will be drop-outs prior to the challenge kicking off - but there won't be many. As such we would recommend you signing up for another leg if you feel you can do it, even if it isn't your preferred leg. Then pop us an email and we will have you on record should your preferred leg become available.
Whatsapp. 72hrs from the challenge starting we will create two Whatsapp groups - one for Team Red and one for Team White. On your group you can introduce yourself, chat to the rest of the team and provide encouragement. We will also be asking you to update your progress and share photos of yourself during your leg once the challenge kicks off.
SMS. 72hrs from the challenge we will send you an email. Within this email we will share with you two contacts. These will be the names and phone numbers of the two people on the legs before and after you. Although we encourage all communication and chat to take place on the Whatsapp group there could be a need for more direct communication with your closest team mates (for example if you arrive at your hand over point and you can't locate each other or there is a black spot in mobile data coverage so Whatsapp doesn't work).
These are estimates and your actual start time will almost definitely change, falling either earlier or later than this published time.
It is worth noting that, once the teams have been formed, we will be asking all team members to provide a guide on their anticipated time for their leg. At this point we will update the predicted times across all legs and this will give you a more accurate indication of when your leg start time is likely to be.
Once the relay is in progress all legs' anticipated start times will dynamically adjust on an ongoing basis.
Yes. You will need to agree to the following as part of the booking process:
We, Endurancelife, set the challenge and control the formation of the teams but the challenge itself is "unsupported" by us. This means we don't provide medical cover or supplies such as water or nutrition. This is why we insist that to take part you must have your own support person.
No. You must have your own support person to help you on the challenge should you need it.
GPS tracking: Each team has a gps tracking baton. This is passed from team member to team member as the relay progress through the legs. A link to follow your team's baton will be shared prior to the start of the challenge.
Online / webpage updates: We will be updating the progress of the relay on the relay webpage. This will mean the estimated departure times of each leg will dynamically update here as the relay progresses. This is the primary method of keeping up-to-date with your team's progress. Although the GPS tracking is fun to watch, due to data blackspots, it will go through periods of down-time.
Your Team's Whatsapp group: By keeping an eye on your team's group chat you will know which leg your team is currently on.
Please contact us - we'd love to help