Date
Sat, 17 Apr 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Ellesmere Port Sports Village, Athletics Track, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9LB
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Countdown
April
A 100-mile run on mostly gentle ground: 1,590 m of climbing over 164 km means the challenge is time on your feet, not the hills. Twelve checkpoints and a full 32 hours to finish.
Key facts
01Entrants must have finished an organised ultra of at least 50 miles
02Minimum age 20, and you must be in good health
0332-hour cut-off, with 12 checkpoints along the route
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The course
The route
Ellesmere Port
Distance164km
Total climb1,590m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate152.2 km
Weather
Mid-April, Ellesmere Port
12°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
0°CColdest in 20 years
31%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 31% 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
01Utting, Natalie18:42:598.8 km/h
02Baker, Rebecca22:47:227.2 km/h
03Hardie, Caroline22:56:377.2 km/h
24
Women finishers
1d 5:23:34
Median time
5.6 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Chester Ultra 100
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 Chester Ultra 100 plan targets
Typical sessions
164 km with 1,590 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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