Stour Valley Path 100
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: West Suffolk
- Race Date: 8 Aug 2027
- Finish rate: 73%
- Night Running: 0% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Moderate (31/100)
Stour Valley Path 100
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 917 m
- Town/Village
- West Suffolk
- Date
- 8 August 2027
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Stour Valley Path
- Start Town: West Suffolk
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 8 Aug 2027
- End Date: 8 Aug 2027
- Start Time: 7:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- 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 is mainly trail (57%), with paved road (18%) 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. Uphills are predominantly on trail (64% of ascending sections). Descents share the same trail surface, so careful footing on the uphills also carries through on the way down.
Stour Valley Path 100 has 52.9 km of trail / path, this is in the top 11% of all our races.
- Trail / Path57% · 52.9 km
- Paved Road18% · 16.3 km
- Gravel / Track18% · 16.5 km
- Grass6% · 5.6 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 1.3 km
Distance
101.4 km
Ascent
917 m
Descent
962 m
High Point
148 m
Compared against 20 other races of a similar distance, Stour Valley Path 100 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
15.58%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of steep climbs like Stour Valley Path 100's, which average 15.58%?
Stour Valley Path 100's climbs average 15.58%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
1.29%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Stour Valley Path 100's, which average 1.29%?
Stour Valley Path 100's descents average 1.29%. 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
Stour Valley Path 100 scores 31/100 for pacing complexity, rated moderate.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Stour Valley Path 100'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
Stour Valley Path 100 starts at 07:00 local time, with sunset around 20:36. Based on the median finisher time of 13:40:18, a runner at that pace would finish around 20:40 — after dark, spending around 5m (1% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 0.0 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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