Bath 50km Challenge
- Total distance: 50 km
- Location: Bath
- Race Date: 20 Mar 2027
- Finish rate: 100%
- Entry Cost: £139
- Navigation: Fully Waymarked
- Nearest Station: Avon Riverside (11.9 km)
- Night Running: 0% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Moderate (39/100)
Bath 50km Challenge
- Distance
- 50 km
- Total ascent
- 1,066 m
- Town/Village
- Bath
- Date
- 20 March 2027
- Entry cost
- £139
Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £139
- Organiser: Ultra Challenge
- Start Town: Bath
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 20 Mar 2027
- End Date: 20 Mar 2027
- Start Time: 7:30 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Fully Waymarked
- Closest Train Station: Avon Riverside
- Distance from Start Line: 11.9 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 16 years
- 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 paved road (36%) and gravel (28%) 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. Uphills are predominantly on paved road (60% of ascending sections). Descents cover a variety of surfaces with no single terrain type dominating.
Bath 50km Challenge has 16.9 km of paved road, this is in the top 26% of all our races.
- Paved Road36% · 16.9 km
- Gravel / Track28% · 13.4 km
- Grass23% · 10.6 km
- Trail / Path13% · 6.1 km
Distance
50.2 km
Ascent
1066 m
Descent
1066 m
High Point
235 m
Compared against 29 other races of a similar distance, Bath 50km Challenge has more total elevation gain than 38% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 34% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
4.97%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Bath 50km Challenge's, which average 4.97%?
Bath 50km Challenge's climbs average 4.97%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
3.76%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Bath 50km Challenge's, which average 3.76%?
Bath 50km Challenge's descents average 3.76%. 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
Bath 50km Challenge scores 39/100 for pacing complexity, rated moderate.
Similar-distance races score a median of 52/100 (5 races compared).
Bath 50km Challenge is one of the more pacing-friendly races at this distance. The course is relatively consistent in effort demand, which makes a controlled, steady approach more viable than on many similar-distance events. Terrain type changes is still the main watchpoint, but overall the course rewards disciplined execution over reactive pacing.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
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