Date
Sat, 9 Oct 2027
Venue
Bennachie Visitor Centre, Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire AB51 5HY
Whiteford, Aberdeenshire
Countdown
October
A 50 km hill ultra that heads out and comes back to the same visitor centre door. 1,524 m of climbing is a real day out, but not a brutal one, and there's a cut-off to keep you honest.
Key facts
01Four-hour cut-off at around 18 miles
02Scottish Hill Runners kit is required
03Minimum age 18
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The course
The route
Whiteford
Distance50km
Total climb1,524m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate49.0 km
Weather
Early-October, Whiteford
12°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
1°CColdest in 20 years
50%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 50% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserCGM Ultra Racing (race director Andrew Gordon)
Running since2019
Training
Training for the Bennachie Ultra Marathon
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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Bennachie Ultra Marathon plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,524 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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