ABOUT THE 2023 SERIES
HOW DOES THE SERIES WORK
At the end of the each SKYRUNNER® UK & IRELAND Series, a male and female champion will be crowned.
In order to qualify for the series, runners must participate and finish in a minimum of 3 races. Points will be awarded based on their finishing position.
These points will be accumulated and the male and the female with the most points will be the SKYRUNNER® UK & IRELAND Champions. For 2023 the Champions will be awarded via our online social media and internet platforms.
It is possible to run all the SKYRUNNER® UK & IRELAND races and use your best 3 performances for the ranking.
Rankings will be updated after each qualifying event.
THE SERIES RANKING
The SKYRUNNER® UK & IRELAND series is combined set of five races and to be the best-of-the-best, runners must take part in at least three races.
The new ISF ranking is designed to rate athletes’ performances in all ISF Championships, Skyrunner® World Series races and Certified Course (CC) races including those on the Skyrunner® National Series
Skyrunner® World Series races, Skyrunner® National Series, Skyrunning World Championships and Skyrunning Continental Championships.
Since 2019, the Skyrunner® World Series season ends with a SkyMasters race gathering only the best athletes who qualified over the season.
The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) offers the Skyrunner® UK & IRELAND Series qualifying paths.
The SKYRUNNER® UK & IRELAND Series exists to celebrate and push the boundaries of Skyrunning as a sporting discipline. We want the series to really stand in the modern sporting world, showcasing its values of Technicality, Equality, Determination and Focus.
In creating a series we know that the saying is true – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Each race is exciting and inspiring in itself, but together they create a new concept – a collection of races that keeps both the runners and audiences engaged throughout the season.
ABOUT THE UK RACES
Each race has been chosen to highlight the most iconic locations in the UK as well as to showcase the awe and natural beauty of each of our National Three Peaks – Yr Wydffa (Snowdon), Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis).
All have been selected based on their scenery, challenge, historical and cultural significance and that extra ‘wow’ factor that they will offer both to the running athletes and the public.
We want these races to be on every runner’s bucket list.
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RAB Scafell Skyrace 2023
England | 3 June | 40 KM | 2800m ascent
08.30 start | Max 10 hours allowed
The Scafell Skyrace is a classic Lake District route taking in the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike.
This is guaranteed to test the speed and endurance of experienced and aspiring mountain runners.
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RAB Snowdon Skyrace 2023
Wales | 25 June | 40 KM | 3150m ascent
08.00 start | Max 12 hours allowed
The Snowdon Skyrace is one of the UK's most spectacular Skyrunning routes, taking in the iconic Tryfan North Ridge & Crib Goch Grade 1 scrambles, as well as a plethora of technical trails and singletrack!
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RAB Helvellyn Sky Ultra 2023
England | 15 July | 57 KM | 3700m ascent
07.30 start | Max 13.5 hours allowed
The Helvellyn Sky Ultra™ is one of the most technically demanding marked races in the Lake District.
Traversing both Striding and Swirral Edge and some spectacular terrain, demanding that the competitors have superb mountain skills.
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Salomon Ben Nevis Ultra 2023
Scotland | 17 September | 52 KM | 4000m ascent
07.45 start | Max 12.5 hours allowed
The Salomon Ben Nevis Ultra™ features remote Scottish glens, technical single track, airy ridges, & high mountain passes. Not to mention a climb to Scotland’s highest mountain.
Truly, this course is for the boldest all-round ultra-runners.
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Seven Sisters Skyline 2023
Ireland | 23 September | 55 KM | 4000m ascent
06:30 start | Max ** hours allowed
The Seven Sisters Skyline is Irelands most epic mountain race.
Set running over the Derryveagh mountains from Errigal to Muckish, the route is an out and back and amounts to a whooping 4000m+ vert.
Set right on the west coast of Ireland, the views are jaw dropping and the terrain is extreme.