Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile
- Total distance: 160.9 km
- Location: Abergavenny
- Race Date: 24 Jul 2027
- Finish rate: 73%
- Entry Cost: £229
- Nearest Station: Abergavenny (0.6 km)
- Night Running: 24.9% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (68/100)
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile
- Distance
- 160.9 km
- Total ascent
- 6,481 m
- Cut-off
- 40h
- Town/Village
- Abergavenny
- Date
- 24-25 July 2027
- Entry cost
- £229
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
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: 40h
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.
Toilets
- Hand Washing Beyond Sanitiser: Unknown
- Period Products Provided: Unknown
- Female Only Toilets: Unknown
Family & Spectators
- Baby Changing at Start: Unknown
- Family Friendly Spectator Areas: Unknown
- Flexible Deferral or Cancellation: Unknown
Safety
- Marshalls at Isolated Areas: Unknown
- Safeguarding and Reporting Policy: Unknown
- Can Hide Location from Public Tracking: Unknown
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.
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile has 68.6 km of trail / path, this is in the top 4% of all our races.
- 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
Compared against 13 other races of a similar distance, Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile has more total elevation gain than 92% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 92% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
7.79%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile's, which average 7.79%?
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile's climbs average 7.79%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
6.01%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of moderate descents like Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile's, which average 6.01%?
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile's descents average 6.01%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Pacing Complexity
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile scores 68/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 41/100 (5 races compared).
Beacons Way Ultra - 100 Mile is among the more pacing-complex races at this distance. The challenge is not just the total distance or ascent — it is the repeated need to change effort level. A fixed pace target is unlikely to work here. The dominant source of complexity is terrain type changes, which means preparation should include training runs that deliberately mix different intensities in sequence.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
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 33:02:06, a runner at that pace would finish around 15:02 — 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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