Events/Forest of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon

Forest of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon

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Date
Sun, 21 Mar 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Speech House Hotel, Coleford, Gloucestershire
Coleford, Gloucestershire
Countdown
March

A clockwise trail half marathon that starts and finishes at Speech House, with a few short road stretches. Running since 1988, so it knows how to look after a field.

Key facts
01Minimum age 17
02You must be medically fit to run a half marathon
03Includes short road sections, so expect a mix of trail and tarmac
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The course

The route

Coleford
Distance21km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate20.9 km
Weather

Late-March, Coleford

11°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-4°CColdest in 20 years
35%Days with rain

Highs around 11°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -4°C. Rain on 35% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

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

Course verified. Results not yet available.

Organiser
OrganiserRotary Club of the Royal Forest of Dean
Running since1988
Training

Training for the Forest of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon

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 a Forest of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon plan targets
Typical sessions
21 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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