Date
Sat, 17 Apr 2027
Start
09:00
Venue
Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted to Hampden Meadow, Wendover
Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Countdown
April
A point-to-point run that starts at a castle in Berkhamsted and ends in a meadow in Wendover. 50 km with modest climbing, so it suits a first ultra.
Key facts
01Point-to-point: you finish in a different place from where you start
029-hour time limit to finish
03Minimum age 20; no qualifying time or race needed
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The course
The route
Wendover
Distance50km
Total climb996m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate49.7 km
Weather
Mid-April, Wendover
14°CTypical high
4°CTypical low
-3°CColdest in 20 years
28%Days with rain
Highs around 14°C and lows around 4°C, but it has dropped to -3°C. Rain on 28% 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
01Strickland, Corrie1:53:1126.5 km/h
02Seward, Sophie2:47:4317.9 km/h
03O'Farrell, Liz3:22:4614.8 km/h
61
Women finishers
6:45:58
Median time
7.4 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserRunaway Racing (Runaway Adventures Limited)
Websiterunawayracing.com
Instagram@runawayracing
Running since2019
Training
Training for the Chiltern Ridge Classic 50K
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 Chiltern Ridge Classic 50K plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 996 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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