Winchester, United Kingdom · Monday, May 4, 2026

Fixed Distance 50K

Big Way Round

Race completed
50 km Distance
not publishedn/a Climbing
2.5 est Grit · Entry level

Calculated from 50 km alone — the organiser has not published an elevation profile. Read 2.5 as a floor, not a verdict.

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51.0721° N, 1.3091° W © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 8 hours 9:36 min/km average. Comfortable. Room to walk the climbs and stop at aid. Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. Tighter than 89% of 50K races. Measured against 999 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~154 Mid-sized. Company early, well spread out by halfway.

DUV results for the 2023 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, May

Daytime high 17°C
Night low 8°C
Rainfall Mostly dry
Daylight 14 h 55 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for May — NASA POWER, grid elevation 62 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2023 50km 154 Samuel Skinner · 03:55:43 Nikki Brown · 05:08:33
2022 50km 110 Harry Geddes · 03:47:27 Melanie Austreng · 04:44:07
2021 50km 97 Paul Fernandez · 03:58:34 Anna McHugh · 04:30:44

The field grew 40% between 2022 (110) and 2023 (154). 27% of the 2023 field were women.

DUV results for the 2023 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

The Aid Station

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👟 gear

With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

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Gear for this race

Chosen for 50 km of trail.

  • Trail Running Shoes 50 km of trail — cushioning that is still there in the last quarter.
  • Race Nutrition 50 km of self-supported fuelling between aid stations.
  • Hydration Vests Flask capacity for 50 km, without the bounce.
  • GPS Watches Battery life first — a 50 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.

Brooks

Catamount 3

★★★★★ 4.5

La Sportiva

Prodigio Pro

$225 ★★★★★ 4.6

Maurten

Gel 100

Hydrogel technology for 25g carbs per gel with minimal GI distress.

$3.5 ★★★★★ 4.7

Nathan

VaporKrar 12L

12L race vest co-designed with ultra champion Rob Krar, with insulated bladder pocket.

$170 ★★★★★ 4.6

COROS

APEX 2 Pro

GPS running watch with 75-hour GPS battery, topo maps, and training metrics.

$500 ★★★★★ 4.7
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