Dreaming of finishing the Montane Dragon’s Back Race® in 2022? We have teamed up with Missing Link Coaching and RAW Adventures to offer you the best possible chance. Find out more about official guided recces and coaching programmes here.  

Seeking a fantastic adventure in 2022?

Take on the Dragon and enjoy awesome rocky ridges, discover stunning hidden corners of Wales, share fantastic camaraderie with your fellow Dragons in training, and challenge yourself to 6 days of ultra running in the world’s toughest mountain race!

Our 2019 Dragon’s Back Race® Participants may recall that a research project was conducted at the event by Tom Hepburn from the University of Cumbria. This study investigated factors that may influence the requirement for medical assistance during the race and/or on completion. Today we are really delighted to share Tom’s research findings and his dissertation poster.

Last night the Ourea Events team revealed the new routes for day 5 and 6 of the 2021 Dragon’s Back Race® to hundreds of excited ‘Dragons in Training’ in a special online webinar

We are delighted to welcome Montane as the new presenting sponsor of the Dragon’s Back Race® for its next three editions.

“Everyone at Ourea Events is working very hard to ensure that, if restrictions allow, we will be ready to deliver our events later this year. Any other approach simply guarantees failure. If we sat on our hands now waiting until the government announced that events could proceed again, then there would be no chance of us being ready when restrictions are relaxed, because events like the Dragon's Back Race® are complex logistical challenges that take about 12-months to organise.” 

The Dragon’s Back Race® would like to extend a warm and fiery welcome to all those who have secured a place for the 2021 event. Entries sold out in 24 hours so congratulations are in order for all the lucky participants on the entry list. Organisers are happy to see several familiar names, with many 2019 event team members choosing to return and use the event credit they earned while volunteering to participate in the 2021 event.  

On Tuesday September 1st 2020, entries for the sixth edition of the Dragon’s Back Race®, to take place in September 2021, opened and sold out on the same day. It was clear that demand was high for entries into the world’s toughest mountain race following on from the recent exciting announcements about the addition of a sixth day and a grand finish inside the walls of Cardiff castle, in the capital of Wales. 

Dear runners,  

Like us we are sure that you are all acutely aware of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it may influence events like the 2021 edition of the Dragon’s Back Race®. At this stage (still twelve months before the 2021 edition) we’d like to reassure you that managing the COVID-19 risk to everyone involved in the event is top of our priority list.