Events/Lakeland 100

Lakeland 100

Running

Date

Fri, 24 Jul 2026

Venue

Coniston, Lake District, England (circular)

Countdown

July

Distance

169km

Total climb

6,300m

Most 100-mile races paint a line for you to follow. This one doesn't. You self-navigate the full ~105 miles between 14 checkpoints, map and compass in hand, across the wild Lake District fells from Coniston.

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The course

The route

A circular loop from Coniston through Eskdale, Wasdale, Buttermere, Keswick, Haweswater and Kentmere before the run-in home. Around 55% is rocky fell path and trod, taking in the high passes of Black Sail, Scarth Gap and Garburn.

Weather

Late-July, Coniston

17°CTypical high

13°CTypical low

8°CColdest in 20 years

61%Days with rain

Highs around 17°C and lows around 13°C, but it has dropped to 8°C. Rain on 61% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Lakeland 100

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.

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What the fells throw at you

Typical sessions

Relentless climbing and descending from the first mile to the finish, never a real break in the gradient

Self-navigation between checkpoints on a course with no markings at all

One or two full nights out, starting straight into darkness on the Friday evening

Wet rock, bog and rocky fell paths underfoot, punishing on feet and quads over a day-plus

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long fell runs building from 3 hours out to a 7 to 9 hour day on rough, hilly ground

Big-vert days targeting 1,500 to 3,000m of climbing on the fells

Night-navigation runs with map and compass in the dark, the exact race scenario

Back-to-back weekends, a long Saturday then a tired-leg Sunday, for fatigue tolerance

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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