Race To The King
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: Chichester
- Race Date: 19 Jun 2027
- Finish rate: 88%
- Navigation: Fully Waymarked
- Night Running: 8% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Moderate (40/100)
Race To The King
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 1,561 m
- Town/Village
- Chichester
- Date
- 19 June 2027
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Threshold
- Start Town: Chichester
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 19 Jun 2027
- End Date: 19 Jun 2027
- Start Time: 7:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Fully Waymarked
- Closest Train Station: Unknown
- Distance from Start Line: Unknown
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 (37%) and paved road (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. The longest unbroken stretch is 5.2 km of paved road. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
Race To The King has 36.2 km of trail / path, this is in the top 23% of all our races.
- Trail / Path37% · 36.2 km
- Paved Road24% · 22 km
- Gravel / Track21% · 20.2 km
- Grass15% · 14.4 km
- Rocky3% · 3.3 km
- Off-road / Unknown0% · 0.4 km
Distance
103.3 km
Ascent
1561 m
Descent
1561 m
High Point
234 m
Compared against 20 other races of a similar distance, Race To The King has more total elevation gain than 20% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 20% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
3.18%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Race To The King's, which average 3.18%?
Race To The King's climbs average 3.18%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
2.45%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Race To The King's, which average 2.45%?
Race To The King's descents average 2.45%. 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
Race To The King scores 40/100 for pacing complexity, rated moderate.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Race To The King'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
Race To The King starts at 07:00 local time, with sunset around 21:19. Based on the median finisher time of 15:29:46, a runner at that pace would finish around 22:29 — after dark, spending around 1h 15m (8% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 8.1 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
Are you ready for Race To The King?
Compare it to a race you've already run, or connect Strava and see the three biggest gaps between your training and what this course will ask of you.
