Date
Sat, 9 Jan 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Slaidburn Village Hall, Slaidburn, Clitheroe, BB7 3ES
Slaidburn, Lancashire
Countdown
January
A half marathon that mixes tracks, technical singletrack, road and bog, with no course markings. You run it with a map and your wits, from Slaidburn via Whittendale Farm.
Key facts
01Course is unmarked: you navigate with the map and route description provided
02Marshals are at key points only, not along the whole route
03Minimum age 18 on the day of the event
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The course
The route
Slaidburn
Distance21km
Total climb610m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate20.3 km
Weather
Early-January, Slaidburn
6°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
62%Days with rain
Highs around 6°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 62% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Grace Culling01:54:2811.0 km/h
02Lucy Burns02:11:569.5 km/h
03sophie Philbrick02:17:219.1 km/h
29
Women finishers
3:02:33
Median time
6.9 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Bowland Trail Half
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.
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Typical sessions
21 km with 610 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
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
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