Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile
- Total distance: 160.9 km
- Location: Abergavenny
- Race Date: 24 Jul 2027
- Finish rate: 100%
- Nearest Station: Abergavenny (0.6 km)
- Night Running: 24.9% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (68/100)
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £229
- Organiser: GB Ultras
- Start Town: Abergavenny
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 24 Jul 2027
- End Date: 25 Jul 2027
- Start Time: 6:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 40 hours
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Abergavenny
- Distance from Start Line: 0.6 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 20 years
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: You must have completed a race of at least 50 Mile before this race, with no time limit on when.
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (48%) and grass (22%) being the most common and neither clearly dominating. The terrain is highly fragmented, switching roughly every kilometre. This demands constant mental engagement and limits the ability to build a sustained rhythm from surface consistency alone. The longest unbroken stretch is 9.7 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
- Trail / Path48% · 68.6 km
- Grass22% · 31.1 km
- Gravel / Track17% · 23.7 km
- Paved Road7% · 11.8 km
- Off-road / Unknown4% · 5.8 km
- Rocky2% · 2.8 km
Distance
161.5 km
Ascent
6481 m
Descent
6490 m
High Point
876 m
This course rolls continuously from start to finish, without any single climb or descent dominating the profile — expect a steady rhythm of shorter ups and downs throughout.
Compared against 14 other races of a similar distance, Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile has more total elevation gain than 93% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 93% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
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Aid Stations
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Night Running
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile starts at 06:00 local time, with sunset around 21:13. Based on the median finisher time of 33:08:44, a runner at that pace would finish around 15:08 — after dark, spending around 8h 15m (25% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 38.3 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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