Expected December 2027
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The Very Merry Pudding Run is a Christmas themed timed event at Coate Water Country Park in Swindon, where participants run repeated laps of a 3.28 mile (5.25 km) circuit and may complete as many laps as they wish before the event finish cutoff, within a designated start window. The lap uses a mixture of well maintained gravel and tarmac paths, lakeside tracks and woodland trails, crossing the Curly Wurly spiral concrete footbridge over the M4 before continuing onto a woodland railway path. The ground is generally flat with a few undulations and is described as suitable for road shoes. One lap gives a quick 5K with a trail section, four laps equal a half marathon, eight laps a full marathon, and nine or more laps reach ultra marathon territory. Every finisher who completes at least one lap receives a medal individually cut, engraved and painted from solid oak, measuring 10 cm wide and 1 cm thick, containing a real money in the pudding feature and doubling as a Christmas tree decoration. A Phoenix aid station sits at the start and finish of every lap, with food and provisions for special dietary requirements including vegan and gluten free choices, and places are strictly limited to control numbers on the paths and bridge. Entry fees are listed separately for affiliated and unaffiliated entrants.
Curly Wurly spiral concrete footbridge crossing the M4
Woodland railway path
Lakeside tracks and woodland trails
Solid oak finisher medals that double as Christmas tree decorations
Aid station at the start and finish of every lap
Christmas themed race day
Start / Finish
Coate Water Country Park, Swindon, where each lap starts and finishes at the Phoenix aid station
Same start and finish area at Coate Water Country Park, runners finish after their final lap
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Race Day
What you get
Finisher medal
Solid oak medal, individually cut, engraved and painted, 10 cm wide and 1 cm thick
Medal contains a real money in the pudding feature and can double as a Christmas tree decoration
On the day
Before you enter
Other questions
Everyone runs repeated laps of the same 3.28 mile (5.25 km) circuit at Coate Water Country Park. You set off within a designated start window and keep going for as many laps as you like until you decide to stop or the event finish cutoff arrives.
The event is built around laps rather than fixed distances, so you can stop after one lap or carry on. As a guide, one lap is a quick 5K with a trail section, four laps equal a half marathon, eight laps equal a full marathon, and nine or more laps put you into ultra marathon territory.
Everyone who completes at least one lap earns a wooden medal made from solid oak, individually cut, engraved and painted. The medals are 10 cm wide and 1 cm thick, contain a real money in the pudding feature, and double as a Christmas tree decoration.
The lap mixes well maintained gravel and tarmac paths with lakeside tracks and woodland trails. It is generally flat with a few undulations and the organiser describes it as suitable for road shoes.
Yes. Places are strictly limited in order to control the number of runners on the paths and on the bridge, so early entry is advised.
Entry fee
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Expected December 2027
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