THE COURSE:

Perfect. All three courses (25k, 45k, 50 mile) are challenging, but fair. There are plenty of hills for the masochists who love them, but not so many that it's silly (pun intended).

The footing is usually excellent, but there are areas where your ankles will thank you for slowing down and watching for rocks. Patches of sand will slow things down, but much of the course is pleasantly-packed dirt. However, THIS IS NOT A ROAD RACE.  

The terrain will be challenging, and may be very challenging if the weather has been unusually wet or dry.  Speedsters who have visions of blazing fast 50 mile times, may find the course not as cooperative as they think (if basing things solely on the elevation profile).  However, many ultra runners over the years have used Hungerford as their first 50-mile venture, and/or have set PRs here.

The Hungerford course is a pleasant mixture of forest roads, two-tracks, single-track, power lines, and gravel road - with some pavement/road shoulder at the start and finish.

For 2021 and beyone (the foreseable future), based on runner feedback from the 2020 race, we have decided to make the changes to our previous half-marathon and marathon permanent - which results in the (former) marathon now becoming an ultra of 45k (28.3 miles).  All races now start and end at the same location (whereas in previous years runners were shuttled up the course slightly).

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