Date
Sat, 27 Feb 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Ellesmere Port Sports Village Athletics Track, Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Countdown
February
A true 50-miler that stays kind underfoot: one big loop out of Ellesmere Port with just 849 m of climbing, so the challenge is the distance, not the hills.
Key facts
01Entrants must be 20 or over and in good health
02You need a finished marathon or longer organised event before race day
0317-hour cut-off, with seven checkpoints on the loop
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The course
The route
Ellesmere Port
Distance80km
Total climb849m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate78.8 km
Weather
Late-February, Ellesmere Port
8°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-4°CColdest in 20 years
49%Days with rain
Highs around 8°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -4°C. Rain on 49% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2024 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01BECKMANS Chris6:51:0411.7 km/h
02MERRYWEATHER Sean7:12:1211.2 km/h
03MILLS Liam7:27:1110.8 km/h
385
Finishers
12:21:54
Median time
6.5 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2024 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Chester Ultra 50
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 50 plan targets
Typical sessions
80 km with 849 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
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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