Cheviot Goat Ultra
- Total distance: 94.67 km
- Location: Ingram
- Race Date: 5 Dec 2026
- Finish rate: 75%
- Entry Cost: £160
- Navigation: Full Self-Navigation
- Aid Stations: 3
- Night Running: 59.2% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (69/100)
Cheviot Goat Ultra
- Distance
- 94.67 km
- Total ascent
- 3,771 m
- Cut-off
- 10h
- Town/Village
- Ingram
- Date
- 5-6 December 2026
- Entry cost
- £160
Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £160
- Organiser: Cold Brew Events
- Start Town: Ingram
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 5 Dec 2026
- End Date: 6 Dec 2026
- Start Time: 6:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 10h
Navigation
- Type: Full Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: Unknown
- Distance from Start Line: Unknown
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 18 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 trail (36%) and grass (23%) 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 6.6 km of grass. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with grass most common.
Cheviot Goat Ultra has 32.5 km of trail / path, this is in the top 28% of all our races.
- Trail / Path36% · 32.5 km
- Grass23% · 20.6 km
- Gravel / Track19% · 17.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown18% · 16.8 km
- Paved Road3% · 3 km
- Rocky1% · 0.7 km
Distance
94.7 km
Ascent
3771 m
Descent
3773 m
High Point
816 m
Compared against 23 other races of a similar distance, Cheviot Goat Ultra has more total elevation gain than 87% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 83% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
8.03%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Cheviot Goat Ultra's, which average 8.03%?
Cheviot Goat Ultra's climbs average 8.03%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
7.14%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of moderate descents like Cheviot Goat Ultra's, which average 7.14%?
Cheviot Goat Ultra's descents average 7.14%. 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
Cheviot Goat Ultra scores 69/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Cheviot Goat Ultra 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 gradient transitions, which means preparation should include training runs that deliberately mix different intensities in sequence.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
Stations
You'll need to keep an average pace of 4.2 km/h between aid stations to make the cut offs.
Stations
| KM | Name | Gap from Prev | Cut-off | Water | Cold Food | Hot Food | Hot Drinks | Gels | Medic | WC | Bags | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.0 | 29.0 km | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 41.8 | 12.9 km | 10h | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | |
| 61.2 | 19.3 km | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
None of the aid stations on this course are confirmed to offer vegan food, so vegan runners should plan to carry their own nutrition.
Source: Not recorded
Night Running
Cheviot Goat Ultra starts at 06:00 local time, with sunset around 15:39. Based on the median finisher time of 17:45:14, a runner at that pace would finish around 23:45 — after dark, spending around 10h 30m (59% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 56.9 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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