Events/Kirkby Moor Fell Race

Kirkby Moor Fell Race

RunningLoop
Date
Sat, 28 Nov 2026
Start
11:00
Venue
Kirkby Community Centre, Beckside, Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7TG
Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex
Countdown
November

A short, punchy fell race over open moorland in Cumbria, with 490 m of climbing packed into 10.5 km. It's a proper November outing, so be ready to find your own way if the fog drops.

Key facts
01Course is unmarked, so you may need to navigate yourself
02November fog can make route-finding harder
03Runners must be 18 or over
Create a free training plan for the Kirkby Moor Fell Race
7-day free trial, no card required
Create my plan
The course

The route

Wivelsfield Green
Distance10.5km
Total climb490m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate11.5 km
Weather

Late-November, Wivelsfield Green

9°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
-3°CColdest in 20 years
49%Days with rain

Highs around 9°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -3°C. Rain on 49% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2018 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Hollie Orr1:02:1010.1 km/h
02Catherine Niblock1:08:269.2 km/h
03Rebecca Rooke1:09:239.1 km/h
16
Women finishers
1:17:05
Median time
8.2 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2018 results, as published by the organiser.
How fast could you finish?
Get a prediction based on your recent training
Get my prediction
Organiser
OrganiserBlack Combe Runners
Running since1994
Training

Training for the Kirkby Moor Fell Race

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.

GarminWahooPolarHammerheadIntervals.icu
What a Kirkby Moor Fell Race plan targets
Typical sessions
11 km with 490 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
Entries open now
Get your Kirkby Moor Fell Race plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
Start my plan