Official date status
The Ultra Loop Delamere Forest is listed for October 18, 2026. This date refers to the race represented in this guide; other distances and expo activities may run on different days.
Official date information checked on 2026-10-18. This check covers the date status, not entry availability or final race operations.
Delamere’s eight-hour loop event is not an exact road marathon
This is a timed-distance event: the result records completed laps, total distance and elapsed time. It does not promise a separately measured marathon finish. If you need an official marathon-distance result, ask the organizer whether a qualifying measured option exists before treating seven loops as a full marathon or adding an unofficial extra segment yourself.
The shared start and finish is also the central aid, baggage and spectator area. That makes it possible to review your supplies between laps, but each departure still commits you to another forest circuit. Estimate time for the whole next lap and station stop before continuing close to the deadline; unfinished laps are excluded from the result.
The organizer describes gravel paths and trails, with a repeated climb rather than one flat park circuit. Prepare for accumulated ascent and changing footing over successive loops. Choose footwear and a carrying system you have tested on similar ground, and adjust your goal to how you are moving rather than chasing an arbitrary lap count.
Registration opens at 07:00, with a briefing at 08:45. Bring your own drinking vessel because the aid station does not provide cups. The course remains open to walkers and other forest users, so allow space when passing and follow the event markings. Tell the timing team when you finish rather than simply leaving after your final lap. Resolute Running also lists a 2027 Heaton Park event and a separate backyard ultra; those are different races and do not establish an October return at Delamere. Check the exact venue, format and edition whenever following a link from the organizer’s wider calendar.
Last-known race profile
These details identify the race page; they do not establish the next edition's operations. The previous race date does not establish the next edition. Use the confirmed date above and recheck the final participant instructions before committing to a race-day schedule.