Ultra Marathon
Sat 2 Nov 2024 Ware, Hertfordshire, UK Entries closed

Catherine Wheel Canter | Ultra Marathon

Welcome to the Fireworks Festival of Running! Come and tackle the track to see whether you can complete more than a marathon over multiple laps of the 400m circuit.

  • Sat 2 Nov 2024
  • Entries closed
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

Ultra Marathon

09:00

Age 18 & over

£33-£35

  • 50 km track and field

Event overview

Back for its third year!

As part of the Fireworks Festival of Running, why not come a tackle the track and see how far you can go? Options include 5K, 10K, half marathon, full marathon, 50K Ultra or simply keep going for 6 hours.

Do you have it in you to complete your distance on a 400 metre athletics track?

The numbers

Based on lane 1, the inside lane:

  •  
  • 5K = 12.5 laps
  • 10K =  25 laps
  • Half Marathon = 52.75 laps
  • Full Marathon = 105.5 laps
  • 50K Ultra = 125 laps
  • 6 Hour Challenge = unlimited laps 

This event is part of Catherine Wheel Canter.

Event details

  • All fitness levels
  • Event village
  • Newcomers
  • Teams

  • Bag storage
  • Changing facilities
  • Free parking
  • Music
  • Park
  • Toilets

Event HQ

Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre
Wadesmill Road
Ware
Hertfordshire
SG12 0UQ
UK

  • Cut off time
  • First aid
  • Flat
  • Food stations
  • Marshals
  • Mass start
  • Multiple laps
  • Toilets
  • Traffic free
  • Water stations

Aid stations

You can expect well-stocked aid stations all around the track which include crisps, chocolate, bananas etc.

Cut off

6 hours.

  • Bring your own cup

This event is taking steps to be more sustainable:

  • Cupless

    Runners can buy a reuseable cup at the event.

  • Car share

    Car sharing is actively encouraged.

  • Medals

    Runners often have the choice between a bespoke medal for this event specifically, or a 'lucky dip medal' which is a scheme to help use up medals from other races to prevent them going to landfill.

  • Cake
  • Chip timing
  • Medal
  • Race photo

There are many perks to entering this event, including:

  • The opportunity run your distance on an athletics track
  • Medal
  • Chip timing
  • Race photos
  • Encouragement throughout
  • Hot drink
  • Cake
  • Community-feel
  • Free parking

  • Age 18 & over
  • Collect race pack
  • Enter online

Other races at event

  • Sat 2 Nov
  • #1 of 6
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

5K

09:00

Age 16 & over

£23-£25

  • 5 km track and field
  • Sat 2 Nov
  • #2 of 6
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

10K

09:00

Age 16 & over

£25-£27

  • 10 km track and field
  • Sat 2 Nov
  • #3 of 6
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

Half Marathon

09:00

Age 18 & over

£33-£35

  • 13.1 miles track and field
  • Sat 2 Nov
  • #4 of 6
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

Full Marathon

09:00

Age 18 & over

£33-£35

  • 26.2 miles track and field
  • Sat 2 Nov
  • #6 of 6
Wodson Park Sports & Leisure Centre, Ware

6 Hours

09:00

Age 18 & over

£33-£35

  • 6 hrs track and field