Lakes in a Day
- Total distance: 80.467 km
- Location: Hesket Newmarket
- Race Date: 10 Oct 2026
- Finish rate: 82%
- Nearest Station: Wigton (13 km)
- Night Running: 36.3% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (74/100)
Lakes in a Day
- Distance
- 80.467 km
- Total ascent
- 3,500 m
- Town/Village
- Hesket Newmarket
- Date
- 10 October 2026
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Durty Events
- Start Town: Hesket Newmarket
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 10 Oct 2026
- End Date: 10 Oct 2026
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Wigton
- Distance from Start Line: 13 km
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 (46%) and gravel (26%) 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. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
Lakes in a Day has 35.2 km of trail / path, this is in the top 25% of all our races.
- Trail / Path46% · 35.2 km
- Gravel / Track26% · 20.1 km
- Paved Road13% · 9.2 km
- Grass7% · 5.6 km
- Rocky7% · 5.6 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 0.7 km
- Sand0% · 0.2 km
Distance
77.5 km
Ascent
3500 m
Descent
3629 m
High Point
943 m
Compared against 27 other races of a similar distance, Lakes in a Day has more total elevation gain than 81% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 85% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
9.46%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Lakes in a Day's, which average 9.46%?
Lakes in a Day's climbs average 9.46%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
8.33%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of moderate descents like Lakes in a Day's, which average 8.33%?
Lakes in a Day's descents average 8.33%. 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
Lakes in a Day scores 74/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 54/100 (5 races compared).
Lakes in a Day 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
Lakes in a Day starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 18:25. Based on the median finisher time of 16:56:13, a runner at that pace would finish around 00:56 — after dark, spending around 6h 31m (38% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 35.4 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
Are you ready for Lakes in a Day?
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