National Forest Way Ultra
- Total distance: 120.701 km
- Location: Lichfield
- Race Date: 8 May 2027
- Finish rate: 62%
- Entry Cost: £141
- Pacing Complexity: Low (16/100)
National Forest Way Ultra
- Distance
- 120.701 km
- Total ascent
- 1,145 m
- Cut-off
- 48h
- Town/Village
- Lichfield
- Date
- 8-9 May 2027
- Entry cost
- £141
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £141
- Organiser: Beacon Race Events
- Start Town: Lichfield
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 8 May 2027
- End Date: 9 May 2027
- Start Time: 5:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 48h
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Unknown
- Distance from Start Line: Unknown
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 covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (20%) and paved road (11%) 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. Uphills are predominantly on gravel (60% of ascending sections). Descents are mainly on trail (64% of descending sections).
National Forest Way Ultra has 21.7 km of trail / path, this is in the top 52% of all our races.
- Off-road / Unknown53% · 57 km
- Trail / Path20% · 21.7 km
- Paved Road11% · 11.2 km
- Gravel / Track11% · 11.7 km
- Grass5% · 5.2 km
Distance
121.3 km
Ascent
1145 m
Descent
1046 m
High Point
234 m
Compared against 18 other races of a similar distance, National Forest Way Ultra has more total elevation gain than 28% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 39% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
1.78%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like National Forest Way Ultra's, which average 1.78%?
National Forest Way Ultra's climbs average 1.78%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
1.39%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like National Forest Way Ultra's, which average 1.39%?
National Forest Way Ultra's descents average 1.39%. 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
National Forest Way Ultra scores 16/100 for pacing complexity, rated low.
Similar-distance races score a median of 61/100 (5 races compared).
National Forest Way Ultra 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. Sustained effort burden 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
National Forest Way Ultra starts at 05:00 local time, with sunset around 20:45. Based on the median finisher time of 17:45:52, a runner at that pace would finish around 22:45 — after dark, spending around 2h 26m (14% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 16.5 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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