The Ultra Loop - Run As Many 5k Loops As You Can in 8 hours

The route is 5.6 kilometres across a range of terrain including woodland trail and park road with approx. 80m of elevation.
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With there being some uphill trail sections of the route but the route being mostly asphalt path, we would recommend wearing road shoes with good grip, or light trail shoes that are also fit for road.

The route is not on a closed course, so please consider that there may be walkers or dog walkers in the area.

The address of the location is Heaton Park, Manchester, M25 2SW.

Leading up to the race you will then receive more information, guidance and support regarding the event. Race numbers will be collected on the day.

Paid parking available onsite

Heaton Park, Manchester, M25 2SW

How it Works
There is one starting line where everyone will begin from, this same line then becomes the looping line that provides lap times each time you go around.

When you're ready to finish, you cross the same line and let one of our team know that you're finished. The results will show the number of laps completed, total distance and time elapsed.

There is a time limit of 8 hours and during that time, your challenge is to run as many 5km loops as you can. Any laps not finished by the cut-off time are not included in your results.

While we do not consider our events to be competitive, we do have a results leaderboard and course records.

Aid Station & Facilities
Surrounding the start/finish line will be the aid station.

There will be a bag drop that you can access at any time of the day and if you would like to bring your own food and drink, you are welcome to leave it with us at the aid station.

The start/finish line will act as the singular aid station and spectator area. This is where spectators can gather and participant's crew can set up individual aid stations if preferred.

Our aid station will provide water, fruit, sweet & savoury snacks and energy bars and electrolytes from our event sponsor VOOM.

With sustainability in mind, we are operating on a bring your own bottle basis. We will have plenty of water for you to fill up your bottles, but we will not be providing cups at the aid station.

There will be portaloos available throughout the event, situated at the aid station.

Doing The Double
If you choose to take on both days and make it a full weekend of running with us, here's what you need to know.

The set-up will be exactly the same for both days in terms of times, structure and facilities, however, the route will be run in reverse.

You'll keep the same race number, but we'll give you a fresh bib on the morning of day two.

We'll combine your distances from each day for a final total finishing distance across the weekend in a separate leaderboard, so you'll have three sets of results - day one, day two and both combined.

The aim of the challenge is to cover as much distance as you can across both days.