Black Beacon Trail Race
- Total distance: 33.96 km
- Location: Llangynidr
- Race Date: 30 Oct 2026
- Finish rate: 99%
- Nearest Station: Dol-y-gaer (11 km)
- Night Running: 10.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Moderate (47/100)
Black Beacon Trail Race Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Run Walk Crawl
- Start Town: Llangynidr
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 30 Oct 2026
- End Date: 1 Nov 2026
- Start Time: 11:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 12 hours
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Dol-y-gaer
- Distance from Start Line: 11 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
- Off-road / Unknown100% · 33.1 km
Distance
34.0 km
Ascent
1270 m
Descent
1298 m
High Point
737 m
This race has a large ascent from around km 2, before a flat section until about 13km, before a large ascent until about 18km, before a long, steady descent towards the finish.
Compared against 18 other races of a similar distance, Black Beacon Trail Race has more total elevation gain than 72% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 72% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
No navigation/waymarking information available for this race yet.
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Black Beacon Trail Race starts at 11:00 local time, with sunset around 16:48. Based on the median finisher time of 6:24:52, a runner at that pace would finish around 17:24 — after dark, spending around 40m (10% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 4.3 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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