Date
Sun, 1 Aug 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Starts: Worm’s Head, Rhossili, Gower
Rhossili, Swansea
Countdown
August
The shortest Dragon, a 50 km run from Ogmore-by-Sea to Cardiff Bay. With modest climbing and a generous time limit, it's a good first step into ultras.
Key facts
0114-hour limit, with checkpoint cut-offs
02Starts at Ogmore-by-Sea, finishes in Cardiff Bay
03Organiser expects you to be fit, healthy and properly trained
Create a free training plan for the Dragon Coastal Races 50 km
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The course
The route
Rhossili
Distance50km
Total climb831m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate50.3 km
Weather
Early-August, Rhossili
18°CTypical high
15°CTypical low
12°CColdest in 20 years
57%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 15°C, but it has dropped to 12°C. Rain on 57% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Michelle Hanegaard05:20:529.3 km/h
02Amy Freeman05:28:469.1 km/h
03Meg McKenna05:34:329.0 km/h
42
Women finishers
8:10:19
Median time
6.1 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Dragon Coastal Races 50 km
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 Dragon Coastal Races 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 831 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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