Ourea Events

Ourea Events From technical mountain ridges to idyllic camping spots, Ourea Events will take you on the most exhi

Our events are designed to pit participants against the challenges posed by the natural mountain environment. Participants will often find themselves in some of the wildest, remotest and most beautiful landscapes that the UK offers. This includes some of the most serious and challenging mountain environments, where the onus is always on the participant to use their skills, experience and judgement

to remain safe. Above all, we strive to make each event highly credible, authentic, and inspirational.

‼️ Important Statement from Shane Ohly at Ourea Events ✍️ “It is with deep regret that I must announce that Ourea Events...
12/03/2026

‼️ Important Statement from Shane Ohly at Ourea Events ✍️

“It is with deep regret that I must announce that Ourea Events has ceased trading and is currently in discussions with professional advisors.

This is a deeply painful moment for everyone involved with the business, including our participants, staff, partners, suppliers, volunteers, and the wider trail running community that has supported our events for the last fifteen years. I am truly sorry that we have reached this point.
 
We are especially aware of participants who have already paid race entry fees for our events. By opting to cease trading at this stage, our goal is to maximise the likelihood that the events will continue under a different structure or ownership. We sincerely hope this approach will give the best opportunity to protect the events and, where possible, deliver value for participants and creditors.

At this stage, although it was difficult, we decided that the only responsible action was to cease trading and allow the business to undergo a reorganisation. This decision impacts all Ourea Events races scheduled for 2026, including:
 
🔹Northern Traverse (including the Lakes Traverse, Dales Traverse, and Moors Traverse)
🔸Cape Wrath Ultra
🔹Dragon’s Back Race
🔸Skyline Scotland
 
These events will not go ahead in 2026 under Ourea Events. We understand that many participants will be deeply disappointed and frustrated. Participants will be contacted in due course. We must ask you not to contact Ourea Events, as no one will be able to respond.

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💪 How Ourea Events are supporting Mountain Rescue Across the UK Mountains ⛰️ 📥 When participants enter any of our races,...
23/02/2026

💪 How Ourea Events are supporting Mountain Rescue Across the UK Mountains ⛰️

📥 When participants enter any of our races, we invite them to make a voluntary donation 💰 to Mountain Rescue. This is then topped up by Ourea Events and distributed to each mountain rescue team either along the race route or the regional body.

📣 We are pleased to say that as of February 2026 we have raised £67,650.53 😍

📚 Read more about why we think it’s important to be supporting Mountain Rescue and which Mountain Rescue Teams we’ve supported ⬇️

🔗 https://www.oureaevents.com/mountain-rescue-donations

Tackling travel impacts ✈️ & funding vital ecosystem restoration with onboard:earth 🌍 Tackling the environmental impacts...
10/02/2026

Tackling travel impacts ✈️ & funding vital ecosystem restoration with onboard:earth 🌍

Tackling the environmental impacts of our events is a top priority, and we’re so proud to share the incredible work that we helped to support in 2025 🙌
 
We know that the carbon emissions created by travel to events are often the greatest environmental impact, as they contribute to climate change and air pollution. We partner with to find ways to reduce travel impacts and to offset unavoidable emissions. This year, our donations 💰 have been channelled to four brilliant projects to help protect and restore ecosystems in the UK and across the world, and to support a just transition by funding communities who are most affected by climate change:
* Funding clean cookstove projects in West Africa to cut CO2 emissions, prevent deforestation, and empower local women.
* Supporting projects that store and sequester vast quantities of carbon by protecting threatened rainforest 🌳 and preserving biodiversity by safeguarding vital wildlife corridors. 
* Restoring marine seagrass ecosystems on the UK coastline; supporting food security through fish 🐠 production, enhancing water 💦 quality, protecting coastlines from erosion, and storing and sequestering carbon.
* Funding community-led tree planting 🌱 and sustainable agriculture in Northern Malawi, creating sustainable livelihoods through reforestation.

A huge thank you 🙏 to everyone who chooses to travel in a low impact way and contributes to environmental restoration through our partnership with onboard:earth 🌍

🗓️ Next year we are working with onboard:earth to help them reach their goal of raising £1 million for people and the planet. If you’d like to get involved check out onboard:earth’s travel carbon calculator and donate at www.onboard.earth.



💥 NEW WEBINAR! Mindset for the Long Day Out with Fit Think Sports Psychology 💭 Join for our next webinar focussing on a ...
03/02/2026

💥 NEW WEBINAR! Mindset for the Long Day Out with Fit Think Sports Psychology 💭

Join for our next webinar focussing on a sports psychology approach to ultra running! 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

Ultra running places unique demands on the mind 🧠 - long hours, discomfort, uncertainty and pressure - can all shape performance as much as physical preparation 💪

In this webinar we are joined by Vicky Begg and Eleanor Cormack from Fit Think Sports Psychology to explore how mindset influences decision-making, resilience and performance in ultra races.

💬 This webinar is aimed at anyone interested in developing a more robust and effective approach to the mental side of endurance running. The focus is practical, evidence-based and directly applicable to racing and training.

🗓️Thursday 19 February 19:00 BST
🎟️ Register for free via the

🎄 WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Ourea Ev...
24/12/2025

🎄 WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Ourea Events and each of our events in 2025 🙏

From you, our participants 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️to your friends and family, to all our amazing Event Team staff and volunteers, our sponsors, partners, suppliers and local businesses 🏣Events like these just do not happen without you 🤩

We hope that you have a well earned break and see you back in 2026 raring to go with your race goals and dreams! 🙌 🙌

🏢The Ourea office will be taking some time out during the festive period and will be closed from 🗓️ Thursday 25 December to Sunday 4 January. The team will be back in 2026 from Monday 5 January and will get back to your queries as soon as possible in the new year.

💥 NEW WEBINAR! Injury Prevention for Trail & Ultra Runners🤩 Kick off the New Year with a stronger, more resilient body a...
23/12/2025

💥 NEW WEBINAR! Injury Prevention for Trail & Ultra Runners

🤩 Kick off the New Year with a stronger, more resilient body and future proof your running!

Join our webinar featuring advice and tips from two of the physio team supporting Ourea Events on iconic races such as the Dragon’s Back Race and Cape Wrath Ultra!

Our two highly experienced physios with extensive backgrounds in endurance sport, Morag Bowie and Robyn Cassidy will be covering:

🔸The physical demands of multi-day ultras
🔹Common injuries in trail and ultra runners
🔸The role of pre-hab in ultra running
🔹Prevention strategies that actually work including targeted strength and mobility exercises, smart use of taping, pole use and load management

This webinar is ideal for trail and ultra runners of all levels who want to train smarter, arrive healthier and stay in the race for longer!

🗓️Thursday 8 January 19:00 BST
🎟️ Register for free via the b6fa3511-66f3-436b-bd6e-fe1680d8b377@e2aabc00-56d1-4e99-9aee-aa9083943622" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b6fa3511-66f3-436b-bd6e-fe1680d8b377@e2aabc00-56d1-4e99-9aee-aa9083943622

📣 INTRODUCING - FIT-THINK SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES 🧠We have joined forces with the awesome team at Fit-Think, the comp...
22/12/2025

📣 INTRODUCING - FIT-THINK SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES 🧠

We have joined forces with the awesome team at Fit-Think, the complete mental preparation experience 💭 for endurance athletes.

Fit-Think combines the skill sets, experience and knowledge to offer endurance athletes tailored sport psychology solutions and holistic coaching support packages.

The Fit-Think packages are designed exclusively for endurance athletes entering the Dragon’s Back Race 🐉 Cape Wrath Ultra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Northern Traverse ⛰️

📦 Package options:

✅ EXPLORING - Explore your current context, resources or self-awareness in a single session
✅ DEVELOPING - Targeted block of sessions to address particular issues in your training or competing
✅ OPTIMISING - More intensive support over a longer period, leading up to your event

Head to the 🔗 https://www.cormackpsychology.com/fit-think to find out more and sign up! ✍️

Also check out our participant blog 📚from Erin Shaw who worked with Fit-Think ahead of her Cape Wrath Ultra 🔗 https://www.capewrathultra.com/participant-blog/erin-shaw-fit-think

💬 “To make the cutoffs each day, I knew I would be running near the top of my abilities. I also knew as a slower runner, I needed to strengthen everything I could outside of my run training if I wanted to stand a chance at finishing. One of the many non-running aspects I dialled in was my mindset and mental preparation” 💪

Ourea Events Wrapped 2025! 🔥 What. A. Year.
We couldn’t have done it without our incredible runners, volunteers, and sta...
05/12/2025

Ourea Events Wrapped 2025! 🔥
 
What. A. Year.

We couldn’t have done it without our incredible runners, volunteers, and staff. Let’s look at the stats 👀
 
🏃 4,912 runners
Together you covered an estimated 324,788 km, that’s 8.1 laps around the Earth!
 
⛰️ 7,636,585 metres of elevation
That’s the equivalent of climbing Everest 863 times. Legs of steel.
 
🫶 430 volunteers across 21 races
From headline events to sub-races, thank you to each and every one of you. You make our events possible!
 
🍽️ Fuelled the British way:
• 702 kg of baked beans
• 1,525 kg of chips
Peak performance cuisine, thank you to our amazing catering staff. 
 
🏆 Ourea Triple Finisher of the Year
A massive shoutout to Michael Burke, who completed the Dragon’s Back Race, Cape Wrath Ultra, and The Northern Traverse all in one year!
Michael has run 1,548 miles / 2,490 km with Ourea Events in total — a true lifetime achievement.

See more of our all-time legends in the Ourea Events Series 🔗
https://results.opentracking.co.uk/series/OUREA/stats
 
Want to be part of 2026? Head to our website to explore your next adventure. Chase the extraordinary. 💛🌍

We’re Hiring! Digital Marketing Executive 📸✍️We are on the lookout for an enthusiastic Digital Marketing Executive to jo...
14/03/2025

We’re Hiring! Digital Marketing Executive 📸✍️

We are on the lookout for an enthusiastic Digital Marketing Executive to join our team in Kendal! If you’re a digital marketing professional with a love for outdoor adventures, we want to hear from you.

🌟 What you’ll do:

- Develop social media strategies
- Create engaging content
- Manage digital advertising campaigns
- Collaborate on world-class events

📅 Full-time role starting Spring 2025
📍 Location: Kendal, Cumbria ⛰️

Ready for the challenge? Apply by March 31, 2025!

👉 Apply now: [link in bio]

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Bleaze Farm
Kendal
LA80LU

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+441539760173

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