A NEW outdoor event welcoming more than 800 competitors running along the west coast is due to take place.

Run the Edge will take place between Millom and Whitehaven on March 20 and 21, and is expected to welcome more than 800 competitors, boosting the area’s post-covid economic recovery.

The event will be held on Copeland’s coastline next year, as part of the Connecting Cumbria’s Hidden Coast programme.

The challenge offers a 10km run, a marathon and a 65km marathon.