Course
A linear 50-mile route from Marsden Cricket Club to Curly Hill Scout Camp at Ilkley, crossing the high moorland of the South Pennines and dropping into the valleys between. It passes all six Stanza Stones and Haworth, using parts of the Pennine Way, Stoodley Pike and Ilkley Moor. Six checkpoints carry food and water, three of them indoors with hot food.
Key dates
- !RegistrationOpen now
- ★Race daySat 28 Nov 2026
About
An ultramarathon across the Pennine watershed between Marsden and Ilkley, following the route of Simon Armitage's Stanza Stones poetry trail and its six carved waymarker stones.
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