The Wall
- Total distance: 112.654 km
- Location: Carlisle
- Race Date: 12 Jun 2027
- Finish rate: 82%
- Navigation: Fully Waymarked
- Nearest Station: Carlisle (2 km)
- Aid Stations: 5
- Night Running: 14.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Moderate (33/100)
The Wall Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Rat Race
- Start Town: Carlisle
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 12 Jun 2027
- End Date: 12 Jun 2027
- Start Time: 6:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 24.5 hours
Navigation
- Type: Fully Waymarked
- Closest Train Station: Carlisle
- Distance from Start Line: 2 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with paved road (47%) and grass (23%) 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 9.1 km of paved road. Uphills are predominantly on paved road (66% of ascending sections). Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with grass most common.
- Paved Road47% · 49.4 km
- Grass23% · 24.2 km
- Trail / Path15% · 15.6 km
- Gravel / Track13% · 13.6 km
- Off-road / Unknown2% · 1.9 km
- Sand0% · 0.3 km
Distance
109.7 km
Ascent
1303 m
Descent
1322 m
High Point
341 m
This race has a long, flat stretch early on in the race, before a long, flat stretch towards the finish.
Compared against 13 other races of a similar distance, The Wall has more total elevation gain than 23% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 23% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
The Wall is fully waymarked — runners can rely on course markings to find their way and don't need to carry a map or GPX file as their primary means of navigation.
Source: Not recorded
Aid Stations
Stations
You'll need to keep an average pace of between 2.1 km/h and 5.6 km/h between aid stations to make the cut offs.
Stations
| KM | Name | Gap from Prev | Cut-off | Water | Cold Food | Hot Food | Hot Drinks | Gels | Medic | WC | Bags | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | Lanercost | 24.1 km | 6h 30m | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 38.6 | Walltown Quarry | 14.5 km | 9h 30m | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 48.3 | The Sill | 9.7 km | 14h | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 70.8 | Hexham | 22.5 km | 18h | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| 101.4 | Newburn | 30.6 km | 24h 30m | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
None of the aid stations on this course are confirmed to offer vegan food, so vegan runners should plan to carry their own nutrition.
Source: Not recorded
Night Running
The Wall starts at 06:00 local time, with sunset around 21:49. Based on the median finisher time of 18:23:56, a runner at that pace would finish around 00:23 — after dark, spending around 2h 39m (14% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 15.4 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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