Date
Sat, 17 Apr 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
The Peveril Centre, Buxton Road, Castleton, S33 8WP
Castleton, Derbyshire
Countdown
April
The Half Bash is the same Castleton loop idea at half the length: 35 km with 1,300 m of climbing and until 19:00 to get round. A solid day, and a doable one.
Key facts
01Minimum age 18 on race day; no dogs
02Early starts: walkers from 07:00, runners from 08:00; all individually timed
03Checkpoint cut-offs apply, and you must finish by 19:00
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The course
The route
Castleton
Distance35km
Total climb1,300m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate35.5 km
Weather
Mid-April, Castleton
12°CTypical high
4°CTypical low
-3°CColdest in 20 years
33%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 4°C, but it has dropped to -3°C. Rain on 33% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Katie Stone04:29:507.8 km/h
02Lois Hartshorne04:40:227.5 km/h
03Bethany Eccles04:44:237.4 km/h
74
Women finishers
7:20:39
Median time
4.8 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Peak District Birthday Bash 35 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 Peak District Birthday Bash 35 km plan targets
Typical sessions
35 km with 1,300 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
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