ISLE OF WIGHT

Challenge Options

4 / 5 May 2024 - Registration Open

106 km & 1,800+ metres of climb (clockwise route), the Full Challenge is a tough one! There’s a Full 2 Day ‘Daylight’ option, 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4  Island Challenges also – and NEW ‘Cross Island’ & ‘Medina 10 mile’ options if you’re up for something different. In 2024 there’s definitely an Isle of Wight Challenge waiting for you!

Full Continuous
106 KM

Chale to Chale

4 - 5 May 2024

Our Chale start looks over the dramatic coastline to the west, and the route follows the coast with ups & downs around past the ‘Needles’. Then it’s northwards to the halfway in historic Cowes – a welcome stop where a hot meal & a massage  awaits. We head around to Ryde, Bembridge, and another major rest stop at Culver Down for some hot food – before the final stretch back into Chale. An epic Challenge!

106 km & ~1800 metres

  • Start: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale 
  • Start times: 7am for runners,  7am – 9.30 for joggers & walkers
  • Finish: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale 
  • Finish times: Runners 9 – 16 hrs, joggers 16 – 20 hrs, walkers 20 – 36 hrs

Every 10-15km under marquees with support – toilets, massage, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks & much more. 

  • Snacks & drinks – every 10-15 km
  • 25 km – picnic lunch & fizzy drinks
  • 52 km – hot meal
  • 82 km – brunch/ lunch
  • 106 km – cooked breakfast/hot meal
  • Finish – glass of fizz, medal & t-shirt

There’s optional parking & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join & exit. These include:

  • Parking at Chale basecamp, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Shuttles from Red Funnel – West Cowes to the Start
  • Bus transfer from finish at Chale back to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Friday 3 May’24

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner (optional)
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, showers 

 

Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details

 

NOTE – runners can also camp on Saturday night (assuming they can finish at Chale in time!)

4 available

Day 1 – 52 km & ~900 metres

Day 2 – 54 km & ~900 metres

Day 1 – Sat 4 May’24

  • Start: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale
  • Start times: 7am for runners, 7am – 9.30am for joggers & walkers
  • Finish: Cowes (52 km)
  • Finish times: Runners 4 – 8 hrs, joggers 7 – 10 hrs, walkers 10 – 16 hrs
  • Overnight: camp with us option (see Bookable Extras) or local B&B / hotel

Day 2 – Sun 5 May ’24

  • Start: Cowes
  • Start times: 06:00 – 06:30 for all
  • Finish: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale (54 km)
  • Finish times: Runners 4 – 8 hrs, joggers 7 – 10 hrs, walkers 10 – 16 hrs

Every 10-15km under marquees with support – toilets, massage, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks & much more. 

  • Snacks & drinks – every 10-15 km
  • 25 km – picnic lunch & fizzy drinks
  • 52 km – hot meal
  • 82 km – brunch/ lunch
  • 106 km – cooked breakfast/ hot meal
  • Finish – glass of fizz, medal & t-shirt

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Shuttles from Red Funnel – West Cowes to the Start
  • Bus transfer from finish at Chale back to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Friday 3 May’24

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner (optional)
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more

 

Cowes – Saturday 4 May’24

  • Camp overnight at our ‘Half Way’ basecamp
  • Hot showers, refreshments, rest areas & more
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Breakfast Sunday morning before setting off

 

Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details

4 available (2 for each day)

Full 2 Day Daylight
106 km

Chale - Cowes - Chale

4 - 5 May 2024

See the full 106 km route and all the Island’s spectacular scenery views in daylight! There’s a camping option at the Cowes halfway for rest recovery – or book a local B&B if that’s more your style, and with a camp option at Chale on Friday also you can turn your challenge into an adventure! On Sunday as the sun starts to rise we set out on the 2nd half – all the way  back to Chale,  where it all began!

3/4 Challenge
82 km - NEW

Chale to Culver Down

4 - 5 May 2024

A perfect choice if you’ve done a Half Challenge before – and want to ‘up’ the distance without committing to a ‘Full’ option. The route is 3/4 of the Full Challenge – so starts at the Chale basecamp, heads around the fantastic southern section – on to Cowes, and then a final quarter to a finish line at Culver Down after a tough 82 km – with its stunning views over to Sandown & Shanklin beaches. Do it as a ‘continuous’ challenge – OR rest overnight after the 1st 52 km & camp at our Cowes basecamp (or hotel/ B&B) – and do the remaining quarter on Sunday morning – with plenty of time to then travel home!

82 km & ~1300 metres

  • Sat 4 May’24
  • Start: Chale Recreation Ground
  • Start times: 7am for runners,  7am – 9.30 for joggers & walkers
  • Finish: Culver Down rest stop
  • OR do it over 2 days – 52km on the Saturday – camp overnight at Cowes basecamp (or B&B) – and do the remaining quarter on Sunday (6am-6.30am start)
  • Finish times: Runners 7 – 12 hrs, joggers 12 – 16 hrs, walkers 16 – 30 hrs

Every 10-15km under marquees with support – toilets, massage, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks & much more. 

  • Snacks & drinks – every 10-15 km
  • 25 km – picnic lunch & fizzy drinks
  • 52 km – hot meal
  • 82 km – brunch/ lunch @finish
  • Finish – glass of fizz, medal & t-shirt

There’s optional parking & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join & exit. These include:

  • Parking at Chale basecamp, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Shuttles from Red Funnel – West Cowes to the Start
  • Shuttle from Culver Down finish – to Chale
  • Bus transfer from Chale back to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Friday 3 May’24

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner (optional)
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, showers 
  • Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details

Cowes – Saturday 4 May’24

  • If you want to do it over 2 days camp at Cowes after your first 52km – and do your last 1/4 on Sunday

NOTE – runners can also camp on Saturday night (assuming they can finish at in time – and transfer to Chale)

Visit ‘Bookable’ Extras for full details.

TBC (likely to be 3)

52 km & ~900 metres 

  • Start: Chale Recreation Ground
  • Start times: 7am option for runners, 7am – 9.30am for joggers & walkers
  • Finish: Cowes (52 km)
  • Finish times: Runners 4 – 8 hrs, joggers 7 – 10 hrs, walkers 10 – 16 hrs

Every 10-15 km under marquees with support – toilets, massage, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks & much more. 

  • Snacks & drinks – every 10-15 km
  • 25 km – picnic lunch & fizzy drinks
  • 52 km – glass of fizz + t-shirts + medal & hot meal

There’s a  of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground  (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Pre challenge transfer from IOW Showground (Cowes finish) to the Start at (Chale)
  • Bus transfer from finish at IOW Showground (Cowes) back to Chale or to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Friday 3 May’24

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more
  • Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details 
  • You can also transfer back to Chale (after you’ve finished) – and camp again at Chale basecamp.

 

OR – Cowes – Saturday 4 May’24

  • Camp overnight at our Cowes basecamp
  • Hot showers, refreshments, rest areas & more
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Breakfast Sunday morning before heading home

 

Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details

2 available

1st 1/2 CHALLENGE
52 km

Chale to Cowes

SAT 4 May 2024

The first half of the Isle of Wight is stunning! Starting from Chale, you will take on 52 km along this scenic section of the Island. Setting out across the areas of natural beauty with great viewpoints from the southern cliffs to the Needles, you’ll climb 900 m, with stops along the way to keep you energised! Your finish line is at historic Cowes, where a big celebration, a medal, a sit down & hot meal awaits!

54 km & ~ 900 metres

  • Start: Cowes
  • Start times: Saturday 4 May – 10am walkers/11am runners or wait and join up with a Full Challenger friend – OR 6am – 7am Sunday 5 May 
  • Finish: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale (54 km)
  • Finish times: Runners 4 – 8 hrs, joggers 7 – 10 hrs, walkers 10 – 16 hrs

Every 10-15 km under marquees with toilets, massage, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more.

  • 25 km – picnic lunch
  • 54 km – hot meal
  • Finish line – glass of fizz, medal & t-shirt 

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground  (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Bus transfer from finish at Chale to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Cowes – Saturday 4 May ’24

  • Camp overnight at our  basecamp
  • Hot showers, refreshments, rest areas & more
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Breakfast Sunday morning before setting off
  • NOTE – You could also camp (and park) at Chale basecamp instead (Friday or/& Saturday and use the ‘bus transfer’ option to get to your Cowes start line)  

 

Visit ‘Bookable Extras’ for full details 

2nd 1/2 CHALLENGE
54 km

Cowes to Chale

4 or 5 MAY 2024

It’s a start at Cowes Showground – and then clockwise towards Ryde,  Culver Down, and on to the fabulous viewpoint at Ventnor before the last kms to Chale in the south. Head off on Saturday morning – or wait to join up with a ‘Full Island’ challenger for their 2nd half from Saturday evening onwards – or just head off early Sunday morning with 00’s of others to tackle the East of the Island.

1st 1/4 CHALLENGE
25 km

Chale to the Needles

SAT 4 May 2024

Our 1st Quarter 25 km Challenge starting from the Chale basecamp gives you the best of the Island’s dramatic scenery along famous southern coastline –  finishing  near the iconic Needles, for a Picnic lunch. With a 1/4 – there’s plenty of time left for an evening celebration on the Island!

25 km & ~500 metres

  • Start: Chale Recreation Ground
  • Start times: Saturday 4 May, 9.30am –  – 10am 
  • Finish: Nodewell Farm, The Needles
  • Finish times: Runners 2-3 hrs, joggers 3-5 hrs & walkers 4-7 hrs

Every 10-15km under marquees with toilets, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more. 

  • 10km – snacks & drinks
  • 25km – Picnic lunch & fizzy drinks

 

rest Stops every 10-15km under marquees with toilets, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more. 

  • 10km – snacks & drinks
  • 25km – Picnic lunch & fizzy drinks

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm
  • Shuttles from Nodewell Farm (The Needles) to the Start (Chale)
  • Bus transfer from finish at Nodewell Farm (The Needles) back to Chale or Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Friday 3 May

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more
  • Camping also available on Saturday evening at Chale

 

Visit ‘Bookable extras’ for full details 

25 km & ~500 metres

  • Start: Culver Down
  • Start times: Sunday 5 May – 10am
  • Finish: Chale Recreation Ground, Chale 

Every 10-15km under marquees with toilets, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more. 

  • 15km – snacks & drinks
  • 25km – finishers meal

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground  (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Shuttles from Chale to the start (Culver Down)
  • Bus transfer from finish at Chale back to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Chale – Saturday 4 May

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more
  • Get the shuttle to Culver Down (start) on Sunday morning

4th 1/4 CHALLENGE
25 km

Culver Down to Chale

Sun 5 May 2024

A fabulous stretch of the Island’s coastline setting out on the Sunday morning from Culver Down – perched high up above the bay with fantastic views. It’s through the resorts of Sandown, Shanklin, and Ventnor (a rest stop here – with snacks & drinks) – before finishing 25 km later at our main basecamp in Chale where a celebration, medal and hot meal awaits.

Cross Island CHALLENGE
30 km - NEW

Cowes to Chale

SAT 4 May 2024

A new challenge for those who want to explore & experience ‘inland’ Isle of Wight. Our Cowes basecamp is the start on Saturday morning – and we head south through Newport – and pick up the footpaths and trails with fantastic countryside and some great views. The route merges with our Full Island route near the cost at St Lawrence – and it’s a few km to the finish line at the main Chale basecamp

~30 km & ~470 meters

  • Start: Cowes, basecamp
  • Start times: Saturday 4 May,  10am 
  • Finish: Chale
  • Finish times: Runners 2-3 hrs, joggers 3-5 hrs & walkers 4-7 hrs

Every 10-15km under marquees with toilets, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more. 

  • 14km – snacks & drinks
  • 30km – Finishers meal + glass of fizz / t-shirts / medal

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at Chale, Nodwell Farm, IOW Showground  (Cowes) & Culver Down
  • Bus transfer from finish at Chale to Red Funnel – West Cowes post challenge

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Cowes – Friday 3 May

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more
  • Camping also available on Saturday evening at Chale

Visit ‘Bookable extras’ for full details 

10 miles – and quite flat

  • Start: Cowes Showground
  • Start times: 10. 30 am Saturday 
  • Finish: Back at the Showground (it’s a looped route) 

Every 10-15km under marquees with toilets, changing rooms, medics, rest areas, hot drinks, water & snacks and much more. 

  • 5 miles – snacks & drinks
  • 10 miles – optional ‘discounted’ finishers meal

There’s a full range of optional parking  & pre or post Challenge shuttle bus transfer services, to make it easy to join and exit – and to provide flexible options for your planning. These include:

  • Parking at  IOW Showground  (Cowes) 
  • Shuttles from Chale to the start (Cowes)

 

See ‘Bookable Extras’ page for full details

Cowes -Friday 3 May 

  • Camp with us before your challenge
  • Fully inclusive & pitch only options available
  • Pre registration on Friday evening & dinner
  • Breakfast, parking, baggage storage, hot showers & more

Medina 10 Mile

Cowes to Cowes

Sat 4 May 2024

Cowes, and its famous marinas, sit on the estuary of the River Medina – and if you’re staying in Cowes – and fancy a bit of a challenge – this could be perfect for you! Starting at our showground basecamp – you’ll follow the trails around the estuary, cross on the chain ferry – and really get a good feel for Cowes and its surrounding area. You finish back at the Cowes basecamp after a rewarding 10 mile mini challenge!

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