Bennachie Ultra Marathon

  • Total distance: 50 km
  • Location: Aberdeenshire
  • Race Date: 10 Oct 2026
  • Format: 1 day
  • Pacing Complexity: High (54/100)
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Bennachie Ultra Marathon Overview

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Quick Facts

  • Entrance Cost: £43
  • Organiser: Unknown
  • Start Town: Aberdeenshire
  • Dogs Allowed: No
  • Start Date: 10 Oct 2026
  • End Date: 10 Oct 2026
  • Start Time: Unknown
  • Final Cut-off: Unknown

Navigation

  • Type: Unknown
  • Closest Train Station: Unknown
  • Distance from Start Line: Unknown

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 (46%) and gravel (37%) 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 14.0 km of trail. Uphills are predominantly on gravel (69% of ascending sections). Descents are mainly on trail (67% of descending sections).

  • Trail / Path46% · 21.8 km
  • Gravel / Track37% · 17.6 km
  • Paved Road16% · 7.5 km
  • Grass1% · 0.3 km

This race has a flat section early on in the race, before a steady descent until about 17km, before a steady ascent until about 38km, before a steady descent towards the finish.

Compared against 29 other races of a similar distance, Bennachie Ultra Marathon has more total elevation gain than 66% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 62% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.

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