Longest Running Crosscountry Races
This section is an attempt to list all off road or track races world-wide that have been held 50 or more times (runnings). It is based on the best information available to ADR but is undoubtably missing some races and may not have credited all runnings to the races listed. In some cases, it is difficult to trace a "race" through changes in organizing groups, venues, and other glitches in the series. In such cases, an effort has been made to maintain some measure of constancy in the series. Distances reflect the most recent distance/s for a series as these have often changed over the years.
Race dates and male/female winners/times for each race listed are sought. When a sufficiently informative set of winners has been collected, that race is added to the website. You can view the dates/winners for each race so profiled by clicking on the name of the race in the following list. If the name of the race is NOT underlined, then it has not been profiled yet. The last two columns are the number of dates and winners missing (profiled races only).
161 The Crick Run 10M Rugby ENG XC Mar+ 1838/2010y 153 2t
131 Hallam Chase 3.25M Hallam ENG XC May 1862/2010y 122 112t
119 Bemis-Forslund Pie Race 4.3M Gill MA/USA XC Oct 1891-2009
119 Oxford vs Cambridge 12K Cambridge/Oxford ENG XC Dec 1880-1913,1919-38,1945-2009 1 0
110 Victoria Cross Championships 16K [various] AUS XC Aug+ 1892-1914,1919-41,1046-2009 0 0
109 South of Thames Championships 12K London ENG XC Jan 1888-1914,1920-39,1946-2006d
107 Schuylkill Navy 5.6M Philadelphia PA/USA XC Nov 1899-1916,1919-42,1945-2009 0 9t
99 Dipsea 6.8M Stinson Beach CA TR Sep+ 1905/2009, quite incomplete
90 Catalunya Championships 11K (various) ESP XC var 1916-17,1920-36,1940-2010 0 0
88 Le Mans Cross Le Mans FRA XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
10
85 East Hull Harriers Champs 8M Hull ENG XC Jan 1920-39,1946-2010 77 16
84 Kolem Ameriky Pisek CZE XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
83 Drozduv Lesni Beh 4.2K Kolin CZE XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
83 GP Burg-Thienpont 9K Oudenaarde BEL XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
83 Mount Marathon 5.55K Seward AK/USA MT Jul 1915-19,1925-31,1939-41,1943-2010 0 2
80 Cross Gimnastica de Ulia San Sebastian ESP XC Jan thru 2010, quite incomplete
79 Rivington Pike Fell Race 3.25M Horwich ENG MT Apr 1893/2010y 24 9
78 Cinque Mulini 12K/6K San Vittore-Olana ITA XC Mar 1933-2010 34 36t
77 Beh Stepankou Cross Mlada Boleslav CZE XC Apr thru 2010, quite incomplete
76 Velka Kunraticka 3.1K Prague CZE XC Nov 1934-2009 71 0
20
75 Cenduv beh v Petrove Prague CZE XC Mar thru 2010, quite incomplete
73 Cowboy Jamboree Stillwater OK/USA XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
72 Louviers Cross Louviers FRA XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
71 NCAA Crosscountry (various) USA XC Nov 1938-1942,1944-2009 31 0
71 Beh Lorenzovymi Sady Trebic CZE XC Mar 1937/2010, quite incomplete
69 Beh sady Vodranty Caslav CZE XC Mar thru 2010, quite incomplete
67 Cross Hannut Hannut BEL XC Jan 1941-44,1947-82,1984-2010 18 4
66 Cross Memorial Juan Muguerza Elgoibar ESP XC Jan 1943-1949,1951-1980,1982-2010 19 69t
65 Aztec Invitational San Diego CA/USA XC Sep thru 2009, quite incomplete
65 Beh Kolem Doubravky 4.2K Teplice CZE XC Nov 1945-2009
65 Beh Luzankami Brno CZE XC Mar 1946-2010
30
64 Ben Nevis 10M Fort William SCO MT Sep+ 1937-39,1942-44,1950-79,1981-2009 32 13
64 Cross der Vlaanderen 6M/3M Ronse BEL XC Nov+ 1943,1946-54b,1957-2009 0 78t
63 Augustijn Kerstveldloop 9.6K Ertvelde BEL XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
63 Memorial Quido Stepanka 7.5K Jablonne nad Orlici CZE XC Apr thru 2010, quite incomplete
61 British Columbia Championships [various] BC CAN XC Oct 1949-2009 0 1
61 Cross im Weißiger Wald Freital GER XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
60 Cross International Satus 9.7K Geneva SUI XC Feb+ 1949-2008 43 22
60 Memorial Bolumburu Cross Eibar ESP XC Nov+ 1945/2009yd 53 29
59 Sint Barbara Veldloop 9.3K Genk BEL XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
59 Rund um den Windberg Crosslauf 8K Freital GER XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
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59 Santa Maria Maddalena di Piani 8.6K Tavagnasco ITA MT Jul thru 2010, quite incomplete
58 Lesni beh Pintovkou Cross Tabor CZE XC Nov thru 2008, quite incomplete
58 Primus Haacht Veldloop 8.5K Wespelaar BEL XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
57 Beh Pohranicim Litvinov CZE XC Apr 1948/2008, quite incomplete
57 Beh 17 Listopadu Cross Prague CZE XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
56 Kolem Tri Rybniku Becov nad Teplou CZE XC Sep thru 2009, quite incomplete
56 GP Duffel 8K Duffel BEL XC Nov 1954-2009
56 Neuf Brisach Cross Neuf Brisach FRA XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
56 Sgola Boechout Veldloop 9.2K Boechout BEL XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
56 Saint Etienne-Lyon 65K Lyon FRA TR Dec 1951/2009
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56 Cross de San Andres Usansolo ESP XC Dec 1954-2009 42 7t
56 Cross Zornotza Amorebieta ESP XC Jan 1953-60,1962-2010 36 9
56 Three Peaks Challenge Horton/Ribblesdale ENG XC Apr 1954-2000,2002-10 0 0
55 Duchcovsky Viadukt Duchcov CZE XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
55 Tegeler Forst Herbstwaldlauf 11K Berlin GER RD Nov thru 2009, very incomplete
55 Cross de San Sebastián 10K San Sebastián ESP XC Jan 1956-2010 16 10t
55 Parkloop 9.5K Sint Truiden BEL XC Feb thru 2010, quite incomplete
55 Pikes Peak Marathon Manitou Springs CO/USA MT Aug 1956-2010 0 0
54 Cross de Calldetenes 8.8K Barcelona ESP XC Nov+ 1954/2009yd 0 83t
54 Silvestercross Jardy Stercla Prague CZE XC Dec 1956-2009 0 19
60
54 Cross Regional de l'est 6.7K Care-Vevey SUI XC Mar thru 2010, quite incomplete
54 Westdeutsche Waldlaufserie #1 10.2K Essen GER RD Jan 1957-2010
54 Westdeutsche Waldlaufserie #2 10.2K Essen GER RD Jan 1957-2010
54 Ömer Besim Memorial 10K Istanbul TUR XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
53 Beh Kolem Panoramy Jachymov CZE XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
53 Podzimni Beh Lyzaru 8K Senohraby CZE XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
53 Cross de Saint Mard 6K Saint Mard BEL XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
53 Booischot Veldloop Booischot BEL XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
53 Campaccio Classica del Cross San Giorgio Legnano ITA XC Jan+ 1957-2006,2008-10 21 2
53 Joe Mann Bosloop Best NED XC Feb 1958-2010 0 12t
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52 Herbstwaldlauf Dresden-Klotzsche Dresden GER XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
52 Cross de Volvic Volvic FRA XC Nov thru 2009, quite incomplete
52 Trofeo Ezio Vanoni 7K Morbegno ITA MT Oct 1958-2009 46 0
52 Jongeren Cross 9K/12K Westerlo BEL XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
52 Jongeren Cross Waregem BEL XC Nov 1958-2009, quite incomplete
52 Gummersbacher Silvestercrosslauf Gummersbach GER XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
52 Beh Cernou Horou Cerna Hora CZE XC May thru 2010, quite incomplete
51 Warandeloop Cross 10K Tilburg NED XC Nov 1956-65,1967,1969-70,1972-2009 1 11t
50 Hambacher Herbstwaldlauf 14.24K Niederzier GER XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
50 Grosser Berglauf 8.65K Ihringen GER MT Sep 1958/2008
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50 Beh Septouchovem Ledec nad Sazavou CZE XC Oct thru 2009, quite incomplete
50 Silvestrovsky Beh Kolin CZE XC Dec thru 2009, quite incomplete
50 Beh Okolo Slovnaftu Bratislava SVK XC Apr thru 2010, quite incomplete
Notes: Ties are resolved in order of the date for the next running with
inactive races following in reverse order of the most recent running.
XC => crosscountry race, mostly grass or dirt surface for more than
half of the distance, largely untracked
TR => trail race, unpaved, typically single track trail for more than half of the distance
MT => mountain race, may or may not be tracked, elevation range 200m or more, goal is to ascend to or near the
top of a specified mountain or hill
c => this race series may continue after the last year given e => this race series may extend earlier than the inaugural year listed + => this race has been held at other times of the year, month given reflects the most recent running t => indicates number of times that are missing; the winners list is complete y => the Crick Run (ENG) 10M was run 1838,1840,1845,1848,1850-53,1856-94,1896-2000,2002-date y => the Cross de Calldetenes (ESP) was run 1954-58,1960-61,1963-66,1968-74,1976-95,1997-2006 y => the Hallam Chase (ENG) 3.5M was run 1862-65,1867-1915,1919-37,1951-2000,2002-date y => Memorial Bolumburu Cross (ESP)10K was run 1945-66,1968-76,1980-88,1990-97,1999-date y => the Rivington Pike Fell Run (ENG) 3.25M was run 1893-1902,1929-39,1946-47,1954-2000,2002-date
d => the Cross de Calldetenes (ESP) was held twice in 1961,1964,1969, and 2005 d => the Memorial Bolumburu Cross (ESP) was held twice in 2006 d => the South of Thames Championships 12K was held twice in 2004
Complete winners/dates/times list for
4 races
Complete winners list for 17 races
Web pages for 29 races
Last Updated on
25 Aug 2010