Events/Beacons Way Ultra 100 Miles

Beacons Way Ultra 100 Miles

RunningPoint to point
Date
Sat, 24 Jul 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Countdown
July

A true point-to-point 100 miler across the Welsh hills, with a small field of 70 and a 6am start, where you find your own way as much as you run it.

Key facts
01Must have finished a 50+ mile ultra under race conditions
02Self-navigation with map and compass is required
0340-hour cut-off across 10 checkpoints
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The course

The route

Abergavenny
Distance161km
Total climb6,143m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate150.1 km
Weather

Late-July, Abergavenny

19°CTypical high
11°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
53%Days with rain

Highs around 19°C and lows around 11°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 53% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results

Course verified. Results not yet available.

Organiser
OrganiserGB Ultras Ltd
Running since2019
Training

Training for the Beacons Way Ultra 100 Miles

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What a Beacons Way Ultra 100 Miles plan targets
Typical sessions
161 km with 6,143 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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