Date
Sat, 19 Jun 2027
Start
08:30
Venue
The Masonic Hall, Wolsingham, County Durham, DL13 3AN
Wolsingham, County Durham
Countdown
June
The long route: 30 miles of trail from Wolsingham, with 12.5 hours to get round. A proper ultra day, with a checkpoint cut-off at Middleton-in-Teesdale to keep you honest.
Key facts
01Leave Middleton-in-Teesdale checkpoint by 15:00 or your day ends there
02Carry whole-body waterproofs and a map with route description, or GPS with route
03No dogs allowed
Create a free training plan for the Durham Dales Challenge 48 km
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The course
The route
Wolsingham
Distance48km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate45.7 km
Weather
Mid-June, Wolsingham
17°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
4°CColdest in 20 years
52%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 52% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserNorthumbria LDWA (Northumbria Group of the Long Distance Walkers Association)
Websiteldwa.org.uk
Instagram@ldwa_org
Running since1993
Training
Training for the Durham Dales Challenge 48 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 Durham Dales Challenge 48 km plan targets
Typical sessions
48 km
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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