202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 1/17
In support of the 2026 Festival, Dan Gaunt is running/hiking 202.6km across 17 events in 4 months.
His route will end by running the “Walk The Province” route in September.
Any support for this tremendous effort will be faithfully applied.
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Walk The Province 2024
Walkers from all over the Province met at Hewlett Court on Sunday, September 29th, with their walking boots laced up at the ready to take on the Walk the Province event 2024. PGM Robert Frankl joined them on the walk to raise money for the EL Festival 2026 and the...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 9/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 9/17 Stage 9/17 and the biggest race of the lot as Dan was one of 5000 runners to take on the York 10k, wearing the East Lancs badge with pride in White Rose country and finishing comfortably inside the top 10% with a new 43.11...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 8/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 8/17 Dan completed the longest and toughest leg of the challenge last night, hiking the 40km Yorkshire 3 Peaks route through the night with a group of friends, with some spectacular photos to show for it! Now with over half of...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 7/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 7/17 Who’d have thought a summer running challenge would be so soggy! Dan battled the elements at the Lancaster 10k last night to secure P15 with another sub-45 time and complete stage 7 of his 202.6km Challenge! He’s now 75% of...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 6/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 6/17 A wet and windy promenade was the venue on Sunday for stage 6 of Dan’s 202.6km Challenge at the Blackpool 10k. A very quick field in tough conditions on the coast but a 34/350 place finish and a sub-45 time was enough to...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 5/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 5/17 A soggy Heaton Park and the Manchester 10k was the venue for stage 5 of Dan Gaunt’s 202.6km Challenge this morning! Cheered on by Julie Ward and the Rock Choir, he smashed his PB by over 3 mins and finished 6th out of 900...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 4/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 4/17 A sold out race later in Dan’s schedule meant that he had to squeeze another race in this week, so heavy legs did 10k round Tatton Park for stage 4 of the challenge after Northwich on Sunday and football on Monday night, but...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 3/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 3/17 A trip outside the province this morning for stage 3/17 of Dan’s 202.6km challenge, travelling down to Northwich for their inaugural 10k race. With nearly 1000 runners it was a huge event with an undulating course, and Dan...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 2/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 2/17 Well that was brutal! Dan completed stage 2/17 at the Darwen 10k, and for anyone that knows Darwen they’ll know running from the centre up to Darwen Tower and back TWICE is utter madness, with 700+ feet of elevation on each...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 1/17
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 1/17 What a way to start the challenge! Dan finished 5th at the Blackburn 10k with a time of 47.02! With Stage 1/17 complete, and £475 raised towards his £2026 target already, thank you so much for your generosity. Only 192.6km...
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026!
202.6km Challenge For Festival 2026! | 1/17 In support of the 2026 Festival, Dan Gaunt is running/hiking 202.6km across 17 events in 4 months. His route will end by running the “Walk The Province” route in September. Any support for this tremendous effort will be...