Devon Coast To Coast - 100km
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: West Devon
- Race Date: 17 Apr 2027
- Finish rate: 90%
- Entry Cost: £126
- Navigation: Full Self-Navigation
- Night Running: 51.7% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (52/100)
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 2,880 m
- Cut-off
- 25h
- Town/Village
- West Devon
- Date
- 17 April 2027
- Entry cost
- £126
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £126
- Organiser: Climb South West
- Start Town: West Devon
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 17 Apr 2027
- End Date: 17 Apr 2027
- Start Time: 9:00 PM
- Final Cut-off: 25h
Navigation
- Type: Full Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: Unknown
- Distance from Start Line: Unknown
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 (29%) 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.
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km has 42.3 km of trail / path, this is in the top 17% of all our races.
- Trail / Path46% · 42.3 km
- Gravel / Track29% · 26.4 km
- Grass14% · 13.3 km
- Paved Road9% · 8.3 km
- Off-road / Unknown2% · 2.1 km
Distance
101.9 km
Ascent
2880 m
Descent
3031 m
High Point
473 m
Compared against 20 other races of a similar distance, Devon Coast To Coast - 100km has more total elevation gain than 75% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 65% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
5.58%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Devon Coast To Coast - 100km's, which average 5.58%?
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km's climbs average 5.58%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
3.94%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Devon Coast To Coast - 100km's, which average 3.94%?
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km's descents average 3.94%. 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
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km scores 52/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km 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
Devon Coast To Coast - 100km starts at 21:00 local time, with sunset around 20:14. Based on the median finisher time of 18:04:09, a runner at that pace would finish around 15:04 — after dark, spending around 9h 20m (52% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 53.2 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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