Bath 50 Ultra Challenge®
Centred on the elegant historic city of Bath, this event offers a 50 km Ultra, a testing 29 km, or a sharp 10K challenge at your own pace. Approximately 2000 adventurers start from the Bath Racecourse basecamp on looped routes around and through Bath, featuring panoramic views, the famous Royal Crescent, sections of the River Avon, and many of the city’s sights and sounds, plus the surrounding countryside. You’ll receive full support and a celebration finish back at basecamp.
The Ultra Challenge Experience
The UK’s #1 series of treks & trail runs caters to a wide range of ages, fitness, and experience levels. Choose your challenge and complete it at your own pace, with 20 events to choose from. Our support enables you to go further while enjoying the great outdoors, camaraderie, and the challenge! Marquee rest stops, ample food & drink, medical & massage teams, and a fully signed route with GPS tracking will guide you. A big finish-line celebration awaits with a great sense of achievement, and once the aches subside, you’ll feel energised and ready for more life challenges.
Before your Challenge
Good preparation and planning are key. You’ll have access to our Challenge App, featuring training guides, online forums, maps, and the latest news and updates.
Covered Rest Stops
Rest stops are located approximately every 12.5 km, with ‘major’ ones every ~25 km. These feature marquee cover, large medical & welfare tents, catering services, seating areas, changing rooms, and a friendly welcome!
Signed Route & GPS Tracking
Hundreds of pink arrows and glow-sticks (at night) mark the route. With Google route maps in the App, you won’t get lost on an Ultra Challenge®! Our Timing System scans you at rest stops, logging your progress which is monitored by our Control Room. We’ve upgraded our system with an APP for your mobile with GPS Tracking – which you can share in ‘real time’ with family and friends (without draining your phone’s battery) – and you also get information on the route lying ahead!
Free Food & Drink
We ensure that you’ll be well fuelled and hydrated. We pride ourselves on the quantity and quality of our catering, with meals, snacks, and drinks all included! Snacks & drink stops every 12.5 km. Snacks range from healthy options to treats. A picnic is provided at 25 km for 50km participants. Energy drinks and SiS products for runners are available. All dietary requirements are catered for. A lighter meal is available for ‘runners’, and a finishers' hot meal is optional for 10 km participants.
Medics, Podiatrists, Massage
We have experienced Doctors, Paramedics, First Aiders, Feet Experts, and Massage Teams at Rest Stops, plus ‘Self Help’ areas with blister plasters, talc, Vaseline etc. if you want to patch your own feet. Our mobile Emergency Medical Teams are only a phone call away, via our Control Room.
Medal, T-Shirt, Glass of Fizz
We don’t want you to forget that finish-line moment – our Cheer Squad will ensure you won’t! You’ll get a medal, a finisher’s T-shirt, and a glass of fizz, before heading for a hot meal and a well-earned rest. Download your official Challenge certificate when you’re ready.
Shuttle Buses & Transfers
There are shuttles to local train stations for onward travel, and most finish lines have parking so supporters can meet you. We’ve bus ‘transfers’ to / back to key venues (e.g., the start). Check out the ‘Bookable Extras’ for details.
