CBTE Eight Stations Ultra

CBTE Eight Stations Ultra is coming to Whitby Leisure Centre on Sunday 11 July 2027, and it's a proper long-distance day. It's a 50-kilometre trail race that links eight local railway stations, starting and finishing at the leisure centre. If you've never run one, that's just over 31 miles on trails, not road, so it's a fair bit more than a standard marathon.

The whole thing is built around the railway line. You'll be ticking off eight different stations as you go, which gives the route a bit of a rhythm to it — you're not just staring at the same stretch of path for hours, but moving from one marker to the next. It's a trail race, so you'll be off the tarmac and on the softer ground that runs through the countryside around here, rather than sticking to the pavements. The 50k distance puts it firmly in ultra territory, so it's one for when you've got the training in your legs.

It kicks off and wraps up at Whitby Leisure Centre, so you've got a proper base to start from and a place to recover once you're back. The date is Sunday 11 July, right in the middle of summer, so it should be a good day for it. If you're looking for a challenge that takes you across the local landscape rather than just around a few laps of a park, this is exactly that — 50 kilometres, eight stations, and a full day out on the trails.