Date
Sun, 8 Nov 2026
Start
10:30
Venue
Meerbrook Village Hall, Meerbrook, Leek, England
Meerbrook, Staffordshire
Countdown
November
A 24 km Peak District run with over 1,100 m of climbing, finishing with a call on Shutlingsloe. Miss the cut-off and you skip the summit, not the finish.
Key facts
01Mandatory kit: map, compass, whistle, full wet-weather cover, hat and gloves
02Cut-off of 2 h 5 min at the foot of Shutlingsloe, after which you can skip the climb
03Minimum age 18; course is only partly marked, so navigation matters
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The course
The route
Meerbrook
Distance24km
Total climb1,128m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate25.2 km
Weather
Early-November, Meerbrook
10°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
55%Days with rain
Highs around 10°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -2°C. Rain on 55% 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 Roaches Hill Race
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 Roaches Hill Race plan targets
Typical sessions
24 km with 1,128 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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