Date
Sun, 21 Mar 2027
Start
09:00
Venue
Baggeridge Country Park, near Dudley, West Midlands
Tipton, West Midlands
Countdown
March
A flat, friendly 52 km loop from Baggeridge Country Park with barely any climbing, and you can run it solo, as a pair or split it across a team of four.
Key facts
01Solo, pair or team of four, with the loop split into 8, 7, 7 and 10 mile sections
02Three checkpoints on the course
039-hour cut-off, and you must be 18 or over on race day
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The course
The route
Tipton
Distance52km
Total climb226m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate52.0 km
Weather
Late-March, Tipton
11°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-4°CColdest in 20 years
34%Days with rain
Highs around 11°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -4°C. Rain on 34% 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
01Martin Lopez04:24:51.611.8 km/h
02Kelsey Wiberley04:27:47.611.6 km/h
03Rob Harris04:28:18.111.6 km/h
40
Finishers
6:15:26
Median time
8.3 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserPulse Events (Mark Leyland)
Websitepulse-events.co.uk
Instagram@pulseevents_dirt_run
Running since2017
Training
Training for the Ultra In The Black Country
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Typical sessions
52 km with 226 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
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Typical sessions
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