Epona 100 - 100km
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: Talgarth
- Race Date: 8 May 2027
- Finish rate: 71%
- Entry Cost: £145
- Nearest Station: Cilmeri (23 km)
- Night Running: 41% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (59/100)
Epona 100 - 100km
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 3,311 m
- Cut-off
- 30h
- Town/Village
- Talgarth
- Date
- 8-9 May 2027
- Entry cost
- £145
Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £145
- Organiser: Stable Adventures
- Start Town: Talgarth
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 8 May 2027
- End Date: 9 May 2027
- Start Time: 2:00 PM
- Final Cut-off: 30h
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Cilmeri
- Distance from Start Line: 23 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 trail (32%) and grass (31%) 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 8.7 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Descents cover a variety of surfaces with no single terrain type dominating.
Epona 100 - 100km has 30.3 km of trail / path, this is in the top 31% of all our races.
- Trail / Path32% · 30.3 km
- Grass31% · 29.1 km
- Gravel / Track19% · 17.7 km
- Paved Road11% · 10.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown7% · 6.3 km
- Rocky0% · 0.1 km
Distance
101.5 km
Ascent
3311 m
Descent
3374 m
High Point
606 m
Compared against 20 other races of a similar distance, Epona 100 - 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
8%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Epona 100 - 100km's, which average 8%?
Epona 100 - 100km's climbs average 8%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
5.18%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Epona 100 - 100km's, which average 5.18%?
Epona 100 - 100km's descents average 5.18%. 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
Epona 100 - 100km scores 59/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Epona 100 - 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
Epona 100 - 100km starts at 14:00 local time, with sunset around 20:48. Based on the median finisher time of 37:23:56, a runner at that pace would finish around 03:23 — after dark, spending around 15h 19m (41% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 42.6 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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