Over the months leading into the Serpent Trail 50K, you’ll have a clear structure around your training, regular support and plenty of opportunities to learn alongside the rest of the group.

The aim is not simply to get you fit enough to cover 50K.

It’s to help you understand how to prepare for an ultra, so you arrive on race day confident in your pacing, fuelling, kit, strategy and ability to deal with whatever the day throws at you.

Structured training plan

A progressive training programme building steadily towards 50K.

We’ll focus on endurance, consistency, strength, recovery and getting comfortable spending longer periods on your feet — without simply chasing ever-increasing mileage.

Group trail sessions

We’ll get together for practical sessions on the trails where we can run, learn and put things into practice.

These will be relaxed, supportive days rather than tests of fitness.

Topics may include pacing, hills, running and walking strategies, kit, fuelling and managing longer days out.

Serpent Trail reconnaissance

Where possible, we’ll spend time on sections of the actual Serpent Trail.

Getting familiar with the terrain before race day can make a huge difference to confidence, while giving us the perfect opportunity to practise pacing, navigation awareness and nutrition.

Online coaching sessions

Between our face-to-face meet-ups, we’ll use online sessions to talk through different aspects of ultrarunning and check in on how training is progressing.

There will be plenty of time for questions — especially the ones you weren’t quite sure whether you should ask.

Private group community

You’ll be part of a dedicated group chat throughout the programme.

A place to ask questions, arrange runs, share the good days, admit when a session went completely off-plan and support other runners going through exactly the same process.

Practical ultra-running knowledge

We’ll cover the things that can make such a difference once the distance starts getting longer:

Pacing • Fuelling • Hydration • Kit • Strength • Recovery • Run/walk strategy • Race planning • Mindset

The aim is for you to understand why you’re doing things, not simply follow instructions.

Into Ultra support

As part of Stronger Together, you’ll also benefit from the wider Into Ultra programme and access to relevant learning and support offered to Stronger Together participants.

Race-day preparation

As July approaches, we’ll bring everything together into a clear race plan.

You’ll know what you’re wearing, what you’re eating, how you’re pacing the early kilometres and what your strategy is when things inevitably start feeling a little harder.

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And when 3 July 2027 arrives, you won’t be standing on that start line alone. We’ll have got there together.