Date
Sat, 3 Apr 2027
Start
12:00
Venue
St Bees Seafront, St Bees, Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire
St Bees Seafront, St Bees, Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire
Countdown
April
A non-stop, self-sufficient run across northern England, from the Irish Sea at St Bees to the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. Big distance, but the climbing is steady rather than brutal.
Key facts
01Continuous, non-stop and self-sufficient: you carry what you need
02Course closes at 18:00 BST on the Wednesday
03Minimum age 18, and a participant declaration is required
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The course
The route
St Bees Seafront
Distance300km
Total climb6,500m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate261.1 km
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Fiona Culleton11:43:4825.6 km/h
02Jennifer Finley13:05:1322.9 km/h
03Sally Thornton22:58:4213.1 km/h
10
Women finishers
1d 4:19:38
Median time
10.6 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Northern Traverse
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 Northern Traverse plan targets
Typical sessions
300 km with 6,500 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
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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