Date
Sat, 10 Apr 2027
Start
08:30
Venue
Hillbarn Recreation Ground, Worthing
Worthing, West Sussex
Countdown
April
A run along the South Downs from Worthing to Eastbourne, ending at the coast. The climbing is modest for 80 km, so it's a fast, runnable ultra.
Key facts
01Entrants must be 20 or over on race day
02Must have finished a marathon within its cutoff since 1 Jan 2022
0313-hour overall cutoff
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The course
The route
Worthing
Distance80km
Total climb1,750m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate77.9 km
Weather
Early-April, Worthing
13°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
27%Days with rain
Highs around 13°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -2°C. Rain on 27% 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
01Sweeper 100:00:00
02Frank O'Leary00:00:00
03Andrew Platt02:19:5534.2 km/h
425
Finishers
10:09:14
Median time
7.9 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the South Downs Way 50
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 South Downs Way 50 plan targets
Typical sessions
80 km with 1,750 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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