Date
Sat, 9 Jan 2027
Start
08:45
Venue
Start: The Shoulder of Mutton Pub, 20 Pound Street, Wendover, Aylesbury, HP22 6EJ
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Countdown
January
Run from the Buckinghamshire countryside into the heart of London on a point-to-point course. At 69 km with very little climbing, it's a long day but a flat one.
Key facts
0111-hour cut-off to reach the finish at Little Venice
02Five checkpoints along the route
03Point-to-point, so you finish in a different place from the start
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The course
The route
Aylesbury
Distance69km
Total climb419m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate68.0 km
Weather
Early-January, Aylesbury
7°CTypical high
1°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
44%Days with rain
Highs around 7°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 44% 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
01PEARCE HIGGINS Sage4:57:4213.9 km/h
02COURTNEY Alastair5:02:1513.7 km/h
03AGUIRRE RODRIGUEZ Jose Ignacio5:32:4712.5 km/h
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Finishers
8:09:12
Median time
8.5 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserGo Beyond Challenge (Go Beyond Events)
Websitegobeyondchallenge.com
Instagram@go_beyond_sport
Running since2008
Training
Training for the Country to Capital Ultra
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 Country to Capital Ultra plan targets
Typical sessions
69 km with 419 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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