Date
Sat, 31 Jul 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
25 km: Letterbarrow Football Pitch to Ardara Town Park, Ardara
Ardara, County Donegal
Countdown
July
The full 50 km point-to-point out of Ardara, with 1,600 m of climbing and no marked course, so you're reading the GPX as much as running.
Key facts
01Self-navigated: carry the route GPX on a device
02Mandatory kit: phone, foil blanket, whistle, first-aid kit, water, food
03Water stops at 25 km and 38 km; Glenties cut-off is 14:00
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The course
The route
Ardara
Distance50km
Total climb1,600m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate48.9 km
Weather
Late-July, Ardara
16°CTypical high
12°CTypical low
8°CColdest in 20 years
82%Days with rain
Highs around 16°C and lows around 12°C, but it has dropped to 8°C. Rain on 82% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Áine Kenny05:39:308.8 km/h
02Una Gavin06:00:178.3 km/h
03Mary Clare O’Donnell06:02:518.3 km/h
11
Women finishers
7:22:11
Median time
6.8 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Bluestack Way Ultra 50 km
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 Bluestack Way Ultra 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,600 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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