Qualifying Events
To have an entry accepted for The Elephant, Bear and Bull 100 entrants must have completed 50 miles or more in at least one of the qualifying events listed in the table below.
This qualification will begin from 1st January 2022.
The list of qualifying events is shown below and will be added to as information becomes available. It will include all LDWA events of 50 miles or more, and a limited list of non-LDWA events (Shropshire Way 80k, The Fellsman, The Bullock Smithy Hike, Round Rotherham, Tour de Trigs).
| Date | Event | Distance | Organisers |
| 1st January – 11th April 2022 | Spring in Lakeland “Anytime” challenge (see note 2 below) | 50ml | Lakeland |
| 12th – 13th Feb 2022 | Winter Poppyline | 50ml | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| 2nd – 3rd April 2022 | Shropshire Way 80k | 80k | (Non LDWA) |
| 9th – 10th April 2022 | The Woldsman | 50ml | East Yorkshire |
| 30th April – 1st May 2022 | The Fellsman | 50ml | (Non LDWA) |
| 30th April – 2nd May 2022 | TransPennine 100 Marshals event | 100ml | Vermuyden |
| 3rd – 5th June 2022 | TransPennine 100 Main event | 100ml | Vermuyden |
| 16th - 17th July 2022 | AFoot in Two Dales | 50ml | The Irregulars |
| Wed 1st Jun – Sun 31st Jul 2022 | Cotswold Ring “Anytime” Challenge | 52ml | Bristol & West |
| 28th - 29th August 2022 | White Cliffs Challenge | 50ml | Kent |
| 3rd - 4th Sep 2022 | The Bullock Smithy Hike | 56ml | (Non LDWA) |
| 17th – 18th Sept 2022 | The Three Forests | 50ml | Essex & Herts |
| 1st Oct 2022 | Round Rotherham | 50ml | (Non LDWA) |
| Oct 2022 | Laich o’Moray 50 | 51ml | North West Grampian |
| Dec 2022 | Tour de Trigs | 50ml | (Non LDWA) |
| April 2023 | The Woldsman | 50ml | East Yorkshire |
| April/May 2023 | The Fellsman | 50ml | (Non-LDWA) |
Notes:
- Completion of at least 50 miles in an event listed above longer than 50 miles is acceptable as a qualifier.
- Spring in Lakeland Anytime Challenge completions are only valid if done after 1/1/22.
