Bowland Ultra
- Total distance: 65.39 km
- Location: Ribble Valley
- Race Date: 9 Jan 2027
- Finish rate: 88%
- Navigation: Full Self-Navigation
- Nearest Station: Clitheroe (10.7 km)
- Night Running: 32% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (58/100)
Bowland Ultra Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £91
- Organiser: Bowland Ultra
- Start Town: Ribble Valley
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 9 Jan 2027
- End Date: 9 Jan 2027
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 16 hours
Navigation
- Type: Full Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: Clitheroe
- Distance from Start Line: 10.7 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 18 years
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (37%) and paved road (27%) 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 5.0 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with paved road most common.
- Trail / Path37% · 22.5 km
- Paved Road27% · 16.6 km
- Gravel / Track17% · 10.2 km
- Grass15% · 9.3 km
- Rocky4% · 2.6 km
Distance
65.4 km
Ascent
2167 m
Descent
2167 m
High Point
509 m
This race has a gentle ascent early on in the race, before a steady descent until about 41km, before a steady ascent until about 59km, before a steady descent towards the finish.
Compared against 29 other races of a similar distance, Bowland Ultra has more total elevation gain than 66% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 69% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
Bowland Ultra is full self-navigation, with no course markings. Runners must navigate the entire route themselves using a map, compass, or GPX file.
Source: Race Website - Explicit
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Bowland Ultra starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 16:08. Based on the median finisher time of 11:09:07, a runner at that pace would finish around 19:09 — after dark, spending around 3h 34m (32% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 21.6 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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