Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile
- Total distance: 80.467 km
- Location: East Suffolk
- Race Date: 15 May 2027
- Finish rate: 85%
- Nearest Station: Trimley (1.7 km)
- Night Running: 42.8% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Low (24/100)
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile
- Distance
- 80.467 km
- Total ascent
- 679 m
- Cut-off
- 24h
- Town/Village
- East Suffolk
- Date
- 15-16 May 2027
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Coastal Trail Runners
- Start Town: East Suffolk
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 15 May 2027
- End Date: 16 May 2027
- Start Time: 3:00 PM
- Final Cut-off: 24h
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Trimley
- Distance from Start Line: 1.7 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 20 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 is mainly trail (53%), with gravel (20%) making up most of the rest. 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 7.2 km of trail. Uphills are predominantly on trail (63% of ascending sections). Descents share the same trail surface, so careful footing on the uphills also carries through on the way down.
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile has 42 km of trail / path, this is in the top 17% of all our races.
- Trail / Path53% · 42 km
- Gravel / Track20% · 15.7 km
- Paved Road15% · 11.6 km
- Grass7% · 5.7 km
- Off-road / Unknown3% · 2.2 km
- Sand2% · 1.4 km
Distance
85.2 km
Ascent
679 m
Descent
700 m
High Point
37 m
Compared against 25 other races of a similar distance, Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile has more total elevation gain than 8% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 8% of them — significantly flatter than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
2.93%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile's, which average 2.93%?
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile's climbs average 2.93%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
1.14%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile's, which average 1.14%?
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile's descents average 1.14%. 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
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile scores 24/100 for pacing complexity, rated low.
Similar-distance races score a median of 54/100 (5 races compared).
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile 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.
Night Running
Five Rivers Ultra - 50 Mile starts at 15:00 local time, with sunset around 20:41. Based on the median finisher time of 19:38:58, a runner at that pace would finish around 10:38 — after dark, spending around 8h 25m (43% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 36.4 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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