Date
Sun, 25 Apr 2027
Start
07:00
Venue
Race-specific starts: Ramaroa Centre, Queen Elizabeth Park, Kāpiti Coast
Paekākāriki, Kāpiti Coast District
Countdown
April
A 53 km run across the hills into Wellington with a moderate 1,450 m of climbing. A proper ultra, but a first-timer's kind of ultra.
Key facts
01Minimum age 18 on race day
Create a free training plan for the Faultline Ultra 54 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Paekākāriki
Distance54km
Total climb1,451m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate44.2 km
Weather
Late-April, Paekākāriki
16°CTypical high
11°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
35%Days with rain
Highs around 16°C and lows around 11°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 35% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Faultline Ultra 54 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 Faultline Ultra 54 km plan targets
Typical sessions
54 km with 1,451 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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Get your Faultline Ultra 54 km plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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