Date
Wed, 9 Dec 2026
Start
08:00
Venue
Juniper Hall, Dorking
Mickleham, Surrey
Countdown
December
A 200-mile-plus winter loop from Dorking, run on foot with a map and your own judgement. Four days to finish, and only a hundred people on the start line.
Key facts
01Entry is by organiser approval; a 100-mile trail finish is the benchmark
0296-hour cut-off for the full loop
03Course is not marked, so you navigate it yourself
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The course
The route
Mickleham
Distance328km
Total climb6,800m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate294.4 km
Weather
Early-December, Mickleham
8°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-5°CColdest in 20 years
46%Days with rain
Highs around 8°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 46% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2023 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Rebecca Lane17:52:0318.4 km/h
02Sarah Place21:11:3115.5 km/h
03Helen Symes27:48:3611.8 km/h
7
Women finishers
1d 5:23:57
Median time
11.2 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2023 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Winter Downs 200
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 Winter Downs 200 plan targets
Typical sessions
328 km with 6,800 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
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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