Sunday 22 November 2026. A relay and a solo ultra along the Hereward Way, from Peterborough to Ely. Hosted by March Athletic Club, licensed by the Trail Running Association and run under UK Athletics rules.
All entries are handled by our timing partner, Sublime Timing. There is no entry form on this site.
On the day
| Registration opens | 07:30 |
| Hereward Ultra starts | 08:30 |
| Relay Teams and Pairs start | 09:00 |
| Start | Embankment Athletics Track, Bishop’s Road, Peterborough PE1 5BW |
| Finish | Ely |
| Distance | 39.7 miles over four stages — 6.9, 10.6, 11.5 and 10.7 |
How to enter
Hereward Relay Team — £80
Three or four runners covering the four legs — 6.9, 10.6, 11.5 and 10.7 miles. Any team member can run any leg, in any order, and each runner wears their own assigned bib. Minimum age 17.
Hereward Relay Pair — £80
Two runners covering the same four legs between them. Minimum age 18.
Hereward Ultra — £50
The full distance, solo. Minimum age 20.
Affiliation
The £80 team and pair fees assume every member is affiliated to an England Athletics club. Unaffiliated runners are charged a balance of £2 each once the line-up is confirmed.
Transfers and refunds
Entries may be transferred to another participant up to midnight on Saturday 21 November. Entries are non-refundable and cannot be deferred to another year.
Race rules
Read the rules for your event before entering:
Records and history
Every winner since the first race in 1998, the four stage records, and how the course has changed. March AC has hosted this race for twenty-eight years and keeps the only complete record of it.
The fastest relay ever run here is 3:40:30, set by Sleaford Town Dream Team in 2011. The biggest field was 142 teams, in 2005.
March AC members — no team?
If you would like to run but do not have a team, put your name forward. Tell us which of the four legs you could run, how many legs you are willing to take on, and whether you would consider a Pair.
Your name then goes on the relay board in the members area, alongside any teams that are still short of runners — so you can find a team yourself rather than wait. Anyone still without one when names close is grouped into a team automatically.
Either way this is not an entry. We enter the finished teams with Sublime Timing and come back to you to confirm.
The board shows teams that are short and runners who need one. If a team has a leg open, you can claim it straight off the board — it needs the members password. Lost the private link to your own entry? There is a box on the names page that sends it again.
The board is in the members area, so it will ask for the club password.
Names close Saturday 7 November — we need the time to form teams and get the entries in before race day.
Volunteer
A point-to-point race over 39 miles needs marshals at every changeover. If you are not running, this is the best way to be useful — and the best place to watch from. Email races@marchac.co.uk to offer a few hours.