Date
Sat, 6 Mar 2027
Start
09:00
Venue
Port Seton Promenade to Foxlake Adventures, Dunbar
Dunbar, East Lothian
Countdown
March
A 50 km run along the East Lothian coast from Port Seton to Dunbar. With only 270 m of climbing, it's a friendly first ultra for runners ready for the distance.
Key facts
01Point to point: you finish in Dunbar, not back where you started
02You must be 18 or older on race day
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The course
The route
Dunbar
Distance50km
Total climb270m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate49.8 km
Weather
Early-March, Dunbar
7°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
49%Days with rain
Highs around 7°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -2°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
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the The John Muir Way Ultra Marathon
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 The John Muir Way Ultra Marathon plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 270 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
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