The route is over firm compacted limestone and cinder surfaces on former railway tracks making road running shoes ideal. There is one road crossing, at about 14 miles on the marathon course.
The marathon starts at Thorpe and follows the Tissington Trail, up the dales to north of Parsley Hay, where it then joins the High Peak Trail. From here it undulates level until it joins the half marathon part of the route at Friden. After this the track descends in three stages, at about 21, 22½ and 24½ miles, the last descent being about 1-mile-long down the steep incline to the Cromford canal at High Peak Junction.
At this point, the canal crossing directly ahead is ignored in favour of a right turn and heading along the canal path for a short distance until the next bridge is reached. After crossing the bridge and turning left, there’s just over a mile to go along the towpath before turning right into Cromford meadows for the finish.
Cut-off time for the race is 5 hours 30 minutes. To achieve this time, runners should reach Friden (13.1 miles) by 02:45; Minninglow (15.5 miles) by 03:15; Longcliffe (18.5 miles) by 04:00 and Middleton Top (23.5 miles) by 05:00 hours. Any runner after these cut off times will be asked to retire, and will be taken by car back to the finish. Any runner choosing to complete the course may do so, but will not be included within the race results.
💙 Just to say thanks for organising today’s event Sat 16/5. I ran in the marathon- and thought your faultless organisation deserved kudos. Well done to you and the team. Loved it.
💙 The organisation all worked brilliantly. I’ve already posted a glowing recommendation to my club’s FB page.
💙 Thanks so much to all of you. You were awesome and your help is really appreciated. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
💙 Excellent support from the marshals yesterday – thanks to you all for a great day’s running… my first time at White Peak marathon but hopefully not my last.
💙 Thank you to all the Marshals today they all checked in to make sure your ok, they were well informative and just really nice people. I really appreciate you giving your time to support the race
💙 I’ve done this marathon 5 times. I would always recommend it
Below is a ‘Relive’ view of the course from Tim Slack
Baggage Drop at the start line
All competitors must read the race information pdf with full information
