Team Evolution Forest Run
Challenging limits and raising money for charity before the season ends.
The Team Evolution Forest Run began in 2016, following a course plotted by former Head Tutor and keen runner, David Southworth. The marathon length relay run is designed to encourage teamwork and spirit, whilst testing physical and mental endurance. The end-of-season Forest Run laps around Team Evolution’s home slopes of Reiteralm and Zauchensee, before ending back at the training base in Radstadt. As well as being a challenge in its own right, the run brings together athletes, staff, parents and many of our partners in the local community, to raise money for a variety of charities which have been nominated by the athletes themselves.
The course length covers approximately 42.4km – around 26 miles – with each Team Evolution trainee running as many check points as they can in their own hand painted Tshirts, supported by fellow athletes, staff and often friends and family members. Team support vehicles meet at each check point, carrying water, snacks, sun cream, medical supplies and the always valuable support crew to keep the energy levels high and encourage runners on to the next stage of the event.
The full distance of the run includes over 700m of ascent and descent, covering roads, forest trails and often snow, and has only been completed by a handful of participants, who are listed below for posterity.
The Forest Run is an important part of the Team Evolution Programme, representing the ethos and spirit that is used to foster a strong training environment, and is an opportunity to have fun in one last team activity before the season ends, all while giving back to others.
Since 2016 we are proud that the Team Evolution Forest Run has raised over £50,000 for the Team Evolution Annual Fund, supporting good causes including the Matt Hampson Foundation, MIND, The Happy Place Project, Save The Children, Sporting Wellness, and in 2024/25, The British Heart Foundation, in memory of Team Evolution parent Julian Rishton.
For more information on how you can get involved with, or support, the 2026 Forest Run, please email us at; info@teamevolution.eu
Team Evolution Forest Run Finishers
2023
Oliver Savage (Parent)
2024
Madeleine Welsh (2009) Lucy Howeson (2008)
2025
Oliver Savage (Parent), Matt Howeson (Parent)
Harriet McLaughlin (2008),
Madeleine Welsh (2009), Agatha Favill (2009), Harrison Adkins (2009), Tommy Jones (2010),
Scarlett McLaughlin (2011), Isaac Cheongvee (2011), Alex Owen (2012)
