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162.2 km — sub-20-hour plan

Start 18:00 Friday 18 September. Finish 14:00 Saturday 19 September. Nine legs, eight aid stations, two drop bags.

Distance
162.2 km100 miles, plus 1.3 km
Target time
20:00 hFinish 14:00 Saturday
Running pace
7:05 /km8.5 km/h while moving
Time at stations
50 minEight stops, two of them drop bags

Schedule

Station Leg Total Pace Leg time Elapsed Arrive Stop Leave Cut-off
Start — Grønhøj Strand — 0 — — 0:00 18:00 Fri — 18:00 Fri —
D1 Tranum 28.0 28.0 6:43 3:08 3:08 21:08 Fri 5 min 21:13 Fri 23:00 Fri
D2 Svinklovene 24.0 52.0 6:53 2:45 5:58 23:58 Fri 5 min 00:03 Sat 04:00 Sat
D3 Bulbjerg Drop 29.0 81.0 7:00 3:23 9:26 03:26 Sat 10 min 03:36 Sat 08:30 Sat
D4 Vigsø 24.0 105.0 7:08 2:51 12:27 06:27 Sat 5 min 06:32 Sat 13:00 Sat
D5 Klitmøller Drop 17.0 122.0 7:14 2:03 14:35 08:35 Sat 10 min 08:45 Sat 16:00 Sat
D6 Vorupør 15.0 137.0 7:24 1:51 16:36 10:36 Sat 5 min 10:41 Sat 20:00 Sat
D7 Lyngby 13.0 150.0 7:28 1:37 18:18 12:18 Sat 5 min 12:23 Sat 22:00 Sat
D8 Lodbjerg Fyr 6.7 156.7 7:28 0:50 19:13 13:13 Sat 5 min 13:18 Sat —
Finish — Agger 5.5 162.2 7:38 0:42 20:00 14:00 Sat — — 23:59 Sat
Total 162.2 162.2 7:05 19:10 20:00 — 50 min — —

Pacing

A mild positive split, with the extra minutes spent at the aid stations rather than on the course. Every regular stop is 5 minutes and both drop bags 10 — 50 minutes standing still instead of the 22 you started with.

Holding 20 hours with those longer stops costs nine seconds per kilometre: 7:05 average instead of 7:14. The opening leg is 5% faster than average and the closing leg 8% slower, which is the point — bank the cool, dark kilometres while fresh.

There is no buffer. The plan lands on 20:00:00, not 19:50. A minute over at a station is a minute owed back on the course. Cutting each stop by one minute buys 8 minutes of margin.

The first leg sets the tone; the third tests it. 28 km to Tranum on fresh legs will make 6:43/km feel far too slow at 18:00 — hold it anyway. Svinklovene to Bulbjerg is now the longest leg at 29 km, run between midnight and 03:30 on unmarked trail. Leave Svinklovene with every bottle full.

First half
9:37
The first 81.1 km
Second half
10:23
The last 81.1 km — 47 minutes slower
Fastest leg
6:43 /km
Leg 1 — the 28 km to Tranum
Slowest leg
7:38 /km
Leg 9 — the last 5.5 km from Lodbjerg Fyr
Longest leg
29 km
Svinklovene to Bulbjerg, 3:23 through the night
Overall pace
7:24 /km
Door to door, stops included