Date
Sat, 18 Sept 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
Pavilion Gardens and Buxton Community School, Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Buxton, Derbyshire
Countdown
September
A 40-mile loop out of Buxton that has been going since 1986. Around 1,770 m of climbing over 65 km is steady rather than savage, with six checkpoints to break up the day.
Key facts
0114-hour cut-off for the full loop
02Six checkpoints on the route
03Minimum age 20
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The course
The route
Buxton
Distance65km
Total climb1,768m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate64.2 km
Weather
Mid-September, Buxton
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
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Samantha Willis06:23:2510.2 km/h
02Mary Heald06:54:549.4 km/h
03Elizabeth Atkinson07:04:019.2 km/h
58
Women finishers
9:18:37
Median time
7.0 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the High Peak 40
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 High Peak 40 plan targets
Typical sessions
65 km with 1,768 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
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
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
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