Canary Trail EventsBewertungen 

Super friendly facilities and volunteers provide perfect venue for your first ultramarathon as well as venturing longer distances. The route is entertaining with everything you may want - steep climbs and descents, or gebtle runnable one too. Everything for everyone. I've raced 100km twice and will think of coming back again.

Fab team, great events. The friendliest running events team in the South.

Canary events are simply brilliant. Instructions are clear, GPX routes and markings are good, marshalling and aid station staff are positive and encouraging, and there is a charitable windfall too. On the downside, it is type two fun. There’s mud, hills, cow dung, steps, and weather. It is not easy. Apparently there are views (if the rain lifts).

Beautifully brutal, amazing race amazing staff!!! Can't reccomend enough

copthorne 200 event was incredible if you want a tough event it dont get tougher than this, organisers checkpoints where on point 100% recommend

Not easy trail running with 100s' of stairs.

Great: volunteers were super supportive and helpful, filling bottles, having a chat and generally being a positive force which was invaluable

Could do better: my hearing is starting to wane (age!) and I found it tricky to hear the race briefing, even up close with the echo in room. Perhaps a small mic - PA system would help?

Race route - without following those who had the GPX file loaded on their watch I’d have got lost more frequently. It would be good to alert first timers that even though the route is marked, people switching signs and removing does happen so it’s recommended to have easy access to the route. As a first timer I wasn’t expecting it to be as tricky to negotiate the route. This isn’t a criticism of the route planners at all, just a belt and braces approach would be wise to recommend for newbies!

Fantastic organisation, lovely low-key races and a friendly welcoming atmosphere. Full marks!

Superb event (Two Towers), really appreciate the effort and thought that had gone into route planning and marking, thoroughly enjoyable as a result. Support from volunteers was also top notch, especially considering it was overnight!

Two Towers is a brilliant race at night through the Surrey Hills 🤩 This was my second time and I'll be back again, and for other Canary events.

Lovely, warm HQ in the village hall. Friendly and professional crew. Great medals and trophies. It's a low key event but gets the important things right.

Course was decently marked but you do need a gpx really. Nav was still a bit tricky at speed in the dark, but that's part of the challenge.

I've recommended to friends who have been similarly impressed, and I'm looking forward to other Canary events!

The organisation and support from all at The Canary Trail Events team is fantastic. A truly fantastic race experience from start to finish.

The Two Towers: great organisation, routing/signing, feed stations, atmosphere, and lovely people. Would definitely recommend and would consider some of their other events!

Second time I have run with them. It’s quite different compared to more popular races. I reckon other race organisers sacrifice harder segments / paths in favour of easier logistics. These guys will throw at you the most grim routes. Look at The Two Tower race. You got the climb to Leith Hill, BoxHill climb and Satan’s Steps in a single. Pretty brutal. Highly recommended.

Completely unique event in a tough setting. Not for the inexperienced. Course and area are beautiful but very technical.
Organiser and organisation, top notch and accomodating in all dietary requirements. Be great to see more people and record number of laps completed each as a result rather than just a dnf.
We will definitely be back

Beer 21 event - highly recommend this run for 2025. A lovely route with small sections of it being technical, but that adds to the fun. Very well organised and friendly staff and volunteers.

Beer Run 21-What a great day albeit very tough, I would def recommend some hill training. I found the cut off time very tight and would not have made it if it hadn't been for the sweeper, Mike talking me through the last lap, which I was about to give up on due to the hills which got steeper each lap.
I cut it very close to say the least ,downing my last beer 🍺with 50 seconds to spare.
It's a lovely course and I will be back next year, and make sure plenty of Hill training before.
BIG Thankyou to all involved

My first trail marathon. Supported beforehand when e mailing about what to expect from the day.
Friendly and the canary add on helped relax you knowing people who enter have a fun side. The route was sign posted well making navigation simple. The views truely magnificent. The terrain was mixed and hard in some parts, making the challenge a " challenge" but plenty of short flats to recovery before the next climb and trickyish descent.
The feed stations very good, met with big smiles, shouts of encouragement, bananas, sweeties, and other munch to help fuel along the way. The feed stations help to break down the challenge ahead into bite size runs, which was mentally supportive too.
The public and mountain bikers were friendly, with smiles and cheers of support.
Cheers at finish and photos, and the volunteers making hot drinks and asking how you were and checking you are OK, again so many smiles!!
I love that the event was small and personal. Great atmosphere, and entering their next event copthorne and next years again.

I’m writing this review after completing my 2nd Canary Trial Event.

My first was the Copthorne. I chose the 50km distance, which is the shortest available. I’m not sure my knees will ever allow me to have another go, however that said, despite the event being ridiculously brutal, everyone at Canary Trials is supportive, friendly and want you to succeed.

My most recent event was their Surrey Hills Marathon. Again, a really friendly bunch of individuals, well priced, easy parking, clear instructions, well-marked course, good GPX, great aid stations, lovely volunteers, a positive and supportive vibe, fantastic trails and some great bling to take home too.

The Surrey Hills Marathon was my 4th event in 5 weeks and was definitely the most enjoyable.

Sadly, there are many corporate machines out there prioritising profits over runner’s experience, Canary Trial Events are certainly not one of these, they're runners, providing events for runners.

Exactly how it should be.

A fantastic small running company creating challenging trail routes and races while making them as accessible and entertaining for people as possible.
Very friendly, helpful and experienced team. This year I joined the headtorchmarathons guided night run but next year who knows...