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).
159 The Crick Run 10M Rugby ENG XC Mar+ 1838/2008y 153 2t
128 Hallam Chase 3.25M Hallam ENG XC May 1862/2007y 122 124t
117 Bemis-Forslund Pie Race 4.3M Gill MA/USA XC Oct 1891-2007
117 Oxford vs Cambridge 12K Cambridge/Oxford ENG XC Dec 1880-1913,1919-38,1945-2007 1 0
109 South of Thames Championships 12K London ENG XC Jan 1888-1914,1920-39,1946-2006d
104 Schuylkill Navy 5.6M Philadelphia PA/USA XC Nov 1899-1916,1919-42,1945-2006 85 1
97 Dipsea 6.8M Stinson Beach CA TR Sep+ 1905/2007, quite incomplete
88 Catalunya Championships 11K (various) ESP XC var 1916-17,1920-36,1940-2008 0 0
86 Le Mans Cross Le Mans FRA XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
83 East Hull Harriers Champs 8M Hull ENG XC Jan 1920-39,1946-2008 77 16
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80 Mount Marathon 5.55K Seward AK/USA MT Jul 1915-19,1925-31,1939-41,1943-2007 0 2
81 GP Burg-Thienpont 9K Oudenaarde BEL XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
78 Cross Gimnastica de Ulia San Sebastian ESP XC Jan thru 2008, quite incomplete
77 Rivington Pike Fell Race 3.25M Horwich ENG MT Apr 1893/2008 24 9
76 Cinque Mulini 12K/6K San Vittore-Olana ITA XC Mar 1933-2008 35 36t
75 Beh Stepankou Cross Mlada Boleslav CZE XC Apr thru 2008, quite incomplete
74 Velka Kunraticka 3.1K Prague CZE XC Nov 1934-2007 71 0
73 Cenduv beh v Petrove Prague CZE XC Mar thru 2007, quite incomplete
71 Cowboy Jamboree Stillwater OK/USA XC Oct thru 2007, quite incomplete
69 NCAA Crosscountry (various) USA XC Nov 1938-1942,1944-2007 33 0
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69 Beh sady Vodranty 9.6K Caslav CZE XC Mar thru 2008, quite incomplete
69 Beh Lorenzovymi Sady Trebic CZE XC Mar 1937/2008, quite incomplete
65 Cross Hannut 11K Hannut BEL XC Jan 1941-44,1947-82,1984-2008 18 4
64 Cross Memorial Juan Muguerza Elgoibar ESP XC Jan 1943-1949,1951-1980,1982-2008 19 69t
63 Aztec Invitational San Diego CA/USA XC Sep thru 2007, quite incomplete
63 Beh Luzankami Brno CZE XC Mar 1946-2008
62 Ben Nevis 10M Fort William SCO MT Sep+ 1937-39,1942-44,1950-79,1981-2007 32 13
62 Cross der Vlaanderen 6M/3M Ronse BEL XC Nov+ 1943,1946-54b,1957-2007 0 78t
61 Augustijn Kerstveldloop 9.6K Ertvelde BEL XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
61 Memorial Quido Stepanka 7.5K Jablonne nad Orlici CZE XC Apr thru 2008, quite incomplete
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60 Cross International Satus 9.7K Geneva SUI XC Feb+ 1949-2008 43 22
59 Cross im Weißiger Wald Freital GER XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
58 Memorial Bolumburu Cross 10K Eibar ESP XC Feb 1945/2007yd 53 29
57 Windberg Crosslauf 8K Freital GER XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
57 Beh Pohranicim Litvinov CZE XC Apr 1948/2008, quite incomplete
56 Santa Maria Maddalena di Piani 10K Tavagnasco ITA MT Jul thru 2007, quite incomplete
56 Sint Barbara Veldloop 9.3K Genk BEL XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
56 Primus Haacht Veldloop 8.5K Wespelaar BEL XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
55 Coppa Santo Stefano Vallecchia Pietra. ITA XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
54 GP Duffel 8K Duffel BEL XC Nov 1954-2007
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54 Cross de San Andres Usansolo ESP XC Dec 1954-2007 42 7t
54 Neuf Brisach Cross Neuf Brisach FRA XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
54 Saint Etienne-Lyon 65K Lyon FRA TR Dec 1951/2007
54 Sgola Boechout Veldloop 9.2K Boechout BEL XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
54 Cross Zornotza Amorebieta ESP XC Jan 1953-60,1962-2008 36 9
54 Three Peaks Challenge Horton/Ribblesdale ENG XC Apr 1954-2000,2002-08 46 6
53 Tegeler Forst Herbstwaldlauf 11K Berlin GER RD Nov thru 2007 very incomplete
53 Cross de San Sebastián 10K San Sebastián ESP XC Jan 1956-2008 16 10t
53 Parkloop 9.5K Sint Truiden BEL XC Feb thru 2008, quite incomplete
52 Pike's Peak Marathon Manitou Springs CO/USA MT Aug 1956-2007 0 0
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52 Cross de Calldetenes 8.8K Barcelona ESP XC Nov+ 1954/2007yd 0 83t
52 Ömer Besim Memorial 10K Istanbul TUR XC Nov thru 2007, quite incomplete
52 Silvestercross Jardy Stercla Prague CZE XC Dec 1956-2007 0 19
52 Westdeutsche Waldlaufserie #1 10.2K Essen GER RD Jan 1957-2008
52 Westdeutsche Waldlaufserie #2 10.2K Essen GER RD Jan 1957-2008
52 Cross Regional de l'est 6.7K Care-Vevey SUI XC Mar thru 2008, quite incomplete
51 Warandeloop Cross 10K Tilburg NED XC Nov 1956-70,1972-2007 1 2
51 Booischot Veldloop Booischot BEL XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
51 Campaccio Classica del Cross San Giorgio Legnano ITA XC Jan+ 1957-2006,2008 21 2
51 Cross de Saint Mard 6K Saint Mard BEL XC Oct thru 2007, quite incomplete
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51 Joe Mann Bosloop Best NED XC Feb 1958-2008 0 12t
50 Trofeo Ezio Vanoni 7K Morbegno ITA MT Oct 1958-2007 46 0
50 Jongeren Cross Waregem BEL XC Nov 1958-2007, quite incomplete
50 Gummersbacher Silvestercrosslauf Gummersbach GER XC Dec thru 2007, quite incomplete
50 Beh Cernou Horou Cerna Houou CZE XC May thru 2008, 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 2 races
Complete winners list for 15 races
Web pages for 29 races
Last Updated on
14 May 2008