Date
Sat, 29 May 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Car Park, Links Road, Bamburgh
Bamburgh, Northumberland
Countdown
May
A 100 km run down the Northumberland coast from Bamburgh to Tynemouth, finishing somewhere new. Only 731 m of climbing, so the challenge is the distance, not the hills.
Key facts
01Slower runners (over 15 hours) start 06:00 to 06:30, faster runners 07:00 to 07:30
0224-hour cut-off, with six feed stations along the route
03Mandatory kit: pack, fluids, food, charged phone, light jacket; headtorch if finishing after 21:00
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The course
The route
Bamburgh
Distance100km
Total climb731m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate95.7 km
Weather
Late-May, Bamburgh
14°CTypical high
8°CTypical low
3°CColdest in 20 years
40%Days with rain
Highs around 14°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to 3°C. Rain on 40% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Rachael Minto10:01:0210.0 km/h
02Helen Gainford10:58:019.1 km/h
03Jessica Levy11:00:219.1 km/h
57
Women finishers
14:40:20
Median time
6.8 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the The Priory Ultra
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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100 km with 731 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
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