How far is the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon)?

The Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) offers 2 distances: 44 mile ultra (70.8 km), 33 mile ultra (53.1 km).

Is the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) course marked?

No. The Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

What are the cut-offs for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon)?

Overall time limits — 44 mile ultra: 17h, 33 mile ultra: 15h.

Ridge Runners Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon)

Llanthony Priory (44 mile) or Abergavenny (33 mile); finish Cardiff Harlequins RFC, Forest Farm Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 7JNNo date announced yet

44 or 33 mile point-to-point ultra along the Cambrian Way to Cardiff

Distance	Ascent	Per km
44 mile ultra	—	—
33 mile ultra	—	—

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No reviews of the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon), and nothing on what people wore. Both are things no organiser publishes and every runner wants before they enter — how it actually went, and what was on your feet.

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Pick your distance

17h cut-off, which needs 14:24/km

What you’re in for

A point-to-point ultra on the Cambrian Way from the Black Mountains to Cardiff. The 44-mile race starts at Llanthony Priory; the 33-mile joins at Abergavenny, 11 miles in. Both take in the Sugar Loaf, the Blorenge, Twmbarlwm and Mynydd Machen, then Cefn Onn, Fforest Fawr and Castell Coch, finishing at Cardiff Harlequins in Radyr. The course is not marked: follow the Cambrian Way waymarks to Tongwynlais, then the Taff Trail. There are indoor aid stations with hot food at Abergavenny, Pontypool and Machen, water roughly every 6 miles, live tracking, and intermediate cut-offs with the finish closing at midnight. Coach transfer from Cardiff to the start costs extra.

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How to enter

No date announced for the next running yet. Ridge Runners’s site ↗ is where it will show up first.

Common questions

: The Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) offers 2 distances: 44 mile ultra (70.8 km), 33 mile ultra (53.1 km).
: No course file for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) yet, so there's no measured climb here. When Ridge Runners publish one, this fills in.
: Not graded yet. A TRP grade is worked out from distance and climb measured off the course file, and there isn't one for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) yet.
: No. The Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon) is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon). Ridge Runners confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 44 mile ultra: 17h, 33 mile ultra: 15h.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon). What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Ridge Runners race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon). Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: No date announced. When Ridge Runners confirm the next Black Cattle Ultra (Gwartheg Duon), it appears here and on the race calendar.