Lakes in a Day
- Total distance: 80.467 km
- Location: Hesket Newmarket
- Race Date: 10 Oct 2026
- Finish rate: 82%
- Nearest Station: Wigton (13 km)
- Night Running: 36.3% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (74/100)
Lakes in a Day Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Durty Events
- Start Town: Hesket Newmarket
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 10 Oct 2026
- End Date: 10 Oct 2026
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Wigton
- Distance from Start Line: 13 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (46%) and gravel (26%) 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.
- Trail / Path46% · 35.2 km
- Gravel / Track26% · 20.1 km
- Paved Road13% · 9.2 km
- Grass7% · 5.6 km
- Rocky7% · 5.6 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 0.7 km
- Sand0% · 0.2 km
Distance
77.5 km
Ascent
3500 m
Descent
3629 m
High Point
943 m
This race has a large ascent early on in the race, before a large ascent until about 28km, before a large descent until about 46km, before a flat section for the final 20km.
Compared against 27 other races of a similar distance, Lakes in a Day has more total elevation gain than 81% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 85% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
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Aid Stations
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Night Running
Lakes in a Day starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 18:25. Based on the median finisher time of 16:56:13, a runner at that pace would finish around 00:56 — after dark, spending around 6h 31m (38% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 35.4 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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