Lakeland 100
- Total distance: 168.89 km
- Location: Coniston
- Race Date: 23 Jul 2027
- Finish rate: 63%
- Night Running: 44.3% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (68/100)
Lakeland 100
- Distance
- 168.89 km
- Total ascent
- 7,052 m
- Cut-off
- 40h
- Town/Village
- Coniston
- Date
- 23-25 July 2027
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Lakeland Trails
- Start Town: Coniston
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 23 Jul 2027
- End Date: 25 Jul 2027
- Start Time: 6:00 PM
- Final Cut-off: 40h
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Unknown
- Distance from Start Line: Unknown
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
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 (36%) and gravel (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. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Descents cover a variety of surfaces with no single terrain type dominating.
Lakeland 100 has 53 km of trail / path, this is in the top 10% of all our races.
- Trail / Path36% · 53 km
- Gravel / Track22% · 32.4 km
- Rocky16% · 23.2 km
- Grass12% · 17.1 km
- Paved Road9% · 13.3 km
- Off-road / Unknown5% · 6.7 km
Distance
168.9 km
Ascent
7052 m
Descent
7052 m
High Point
660 m
Compared against 12 other races of a similar distance, Lakeland 100 has more total elevation gain than 100% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 100% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
10.51%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Lakeland 100's, which average 10.51%?
Lakeland 100's climbs average 10.51%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
5.94%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Lakeland 100's, which average 5.94%?
Lakeland 100's descents average 5.94%. 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
Lakeland 100 scores 68/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 46/100 (5 races compared).
Lakeland 100 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
Lakeland 100 starts at 18:00 local time, with sunset around 21:27. Based on the median finisher time of 35:17:09, a runner at that pace would finish around 05:17 — after dark, spending around 15h 40m (44% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 73.3 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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