Hardmoors 55
- Total distance: 84.73 km
- Location: Guisborough
- Race Date: 20 Mar 2027
- Finish rate: 79%
- Nearest Station: Kildale (17.3 km)
- Night Running: 20.5% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (51/100)
Hardmoors 55
- Distance
- 84.73 km
- Total ascent
- 1,992 m
- Cut-off
- 16h
- Town/Village
- Guisborough
- Date
- 20 March 2027
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Hardmoors Race Series
- Start Town: Guisborough
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 20 Mar 2027
- End Date: 20 Mar 2027
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 16h
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Kildale
- Distance from Start Line: 17.3 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 gravel (47%) and trail (24%) 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 gravel, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with gravel most common.
Hardmoors 55 has 38 km of gravel / track, this is in the top 7% of all our races.
- Gravel / Track47% · 38 km
- Trail / Path24% · 19.7 km
- Paved Road19% · 15.8 km
- Grass8% · 6.3 km
- Off-road / Unknown2% · 1.3 km
- Rocky0% · 0.2 km
Distance
84.7 km
Ascent
1992 m
Descent
2019 m
High Point
448 m
Compared against 26 other races of a similar distance, Hardmoors 55 has more total elevation gain than 31% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 27% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
5.29%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Hardmoors 55's, which average 5.29%?
Hardmoors 55's climbs average 5.29%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
3.75%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Hardmoors 55's, which average 3.75%?
Hardmoors 55's descents average 3.75%. 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
Hardmoors 55 scores 51/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 54/100 (5 races compared).
Hardmoors 55's pacing demands are typical for races of this distance. The complexity pattern should feel familiar if you have raced at this distance before. The key driver is terrain type changes — worth building into long runs, but not a major departure from standard preparation at this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Hardmoors 55 starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 18:17. Based on the median finisher time of 12:53:58, a runner at that pace would finish around 20:53 — after dark, spending around 2h 39m (21% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 19.2 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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