Date
Sat, 18 Sept 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
Broad Oak Cricket Club, Linthwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5TE
Linthwaite, West Yorkshire
Countdown
September
A first ultra that still means business. 50 km with 1,159 m of climbing is steady rather than savage, but the clock and the kit check are real.
Key facts
01Cut-offs: Holme Village by 11:30, Wessenden Head by 15:00
02Mandatory ultra kit
03Minimum age 21
Create a free training plan for the Heights Ultra Trail 50 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Linthwaite
Distance50km
Total climb1,159m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate49.0 km
Weather
Mid-September, Linthwaite
16°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
2°CColdest in 20 years
47%Days with rain
Highs around 16°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 2°C. Rain on 47% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Margaret Beever05:00:1610.0 km/h
02Steph Dushko06:48:027.4 km/h
03Lauren Jones06:58:397.2 km/h
24
Women finishers
8:03:36
Median time
6.2 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserHeights Federation (Heights Ultra Trail)
Websiteheightsultratrail.co.uk
Instagram@heights_ultra_trail
Running since2021
Training
Training for the Heights Ultra Trail 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 Heights Ultra Trail 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,159 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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