Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose
- Total distance: 52.4 km
- Location: Calderdale
- Race Date: TBC
- Format: 1 day
- Nearest Station: Hebden Bridge (2.8 km)
- Pacing Complexity: High (53/100)
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose
- Distance
- 52.4 km
- Total ascent
- 1,358 m
- Town/Village
- Calderdale
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Unknown
- Start Town: Calderdale
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: Unknown
- End Date: Unknown
- Start Time: Unknown
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Hebden Bridge
- Distance from Start Line: 2.8 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 gravel (35%) and trail (35%) 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 are mainly on gravel (63% of descending sections).
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose has 17.5 km of gravel / track, this is in the top 44% of all our races.
- Gravel / Track35% · 17.5 km
- Trail / Path35% · 17.4 km
- Paved Road21% · 10.9 km
- Grass8% · 4.1 km
- Rocky1% · 0.3 km
Distance
52.4 km
Ascent
1358 m
Descent
1358 m
High Point
449 m
Compared against 27 other races of a similar distance, Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose has more total elevation gain than 59% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 48% of them — roughly typical in hilliness for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
5.75%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose's, which average 5.75%?
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose's climbs average 5.75%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
4.38%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose's, which average 4.38%?
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose's descents average 4.38%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Pacing Complexity
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose scores 53/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 48/100 (5 races compared).
Two Roses Ultra - Red Rose's pacing demands are typical for races of this distance. The complexity pattern should feel familiar if you have raced at this distance before. The key driver is terrain type changes — worth building into long runs, but not a major departure from standard preparation at this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
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