Events/Dales Divide

Dales Divide

Ultra

Date

Sat, 3 Apr 2027

Venue

Arnside, Cumbria → Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Countdown

April

Distance

600km

Total climb

9,800m

A ~600km self-supported bikepacking race with no support, no course markings and no prizes. You navigate every junction yourself from a GPX file, coast to coast and back, Arnside out to Scarborough and home.

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The course

The route

Roughly 600km and 9,800m of climbing on a coast-to-coast-and-back loop from Arnside to Scarborough and home, around 40% technical singletrack and doubletrack through the Dales, Wolds and North York Moors.

Weather

Early-April, Arnside

9°CTypical high

5°CTypical low

-1°CColdest in 20 years

46%Days with rain

Highs around 9°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 46% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

2025 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed

01Kerry MacPhee43:24:0013.8 km/h

02Amanda Wishart54:14:0011.1 km/h

03Hatty Doherty58:04:0010.3 km/h

Women finishers

2d 21:29:30

Median time

8.6 km/h

Median speed

Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.

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Training

Training for the Dales Divide

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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What 600km off-road asks

Typical sessions

~600km and 9,800m of climbing over gravel, rocky singletrack and boggy bridleways, self-navigated from a GPX with no markings.

At least one full night riding, likely more, with sleep measured in minutes, not hours.

Everything carried: full bikepacking kit, tools, food and lights, on terrain where hike-a-bike is normal.

Fuelling and resupply entirely on you, from shops and cafes, across 30 to 90-plus hours of moving.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 endurance rides off-road, building progressively toward 8 hours and beyond.

Back-to-back weekends: a big Saturday of 6 to 8 hours, then 4 to 6 more on Sunday's tired legs.

An overnight bikepacking trip with a bivvy in the specialise block: ride, sleep rough, ride again.

Night navigation rides on unfamiliar trails, GPS only, until darkness and route-finding feel routine.

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

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