FULL X 2022 JUNE 4th 4:30 am
THE FINAL RACE
THE 2022 FULL X WILL BE THE FINAL EDITION OF THE FULL X RACE. THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ICONIC, CHALENGING UNIQUE RACE.
DISTANCE: 140.8 MILES (226 km)
ELEVATION GAIN 16,994 ft (5,137 m)
VOTED THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST 'IRON MAN' BY 220 MAG 2016 - 140 MILES WITH ALMOST 17,000 FEET OF CLIMBING. FOLLOWING THE RENOWNED FRED WHITTON CYCLE SPORTIVE ROUTE AND FINISHING WITH A RETURN MOUNTAIN RUN TO SCAFELL PIKE SUMMIT, THE FULL X PUNISHES YOU LIKE NO OTHER TRIATHLON
SWIM : LAKE WINDERMERE, OPEN WATER
DISTANCE : 2.4 MILES (3800m)
2 LAPS TRIANGULAR OPEN WATER SWIM AROUND WATERHEAD BAY AT THE NORTH END OF LAKE WINDERMERE
BIKE : ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, OPEN ROAD
DISTANCE : 112 miles (180km)
ELEVATION GAIN : 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
START : T1 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE
FINISH : T2 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE
THE STRUGGLE (25%)
HONISTER (215%)
NEWLANDS (20%)
WHINLATTER (20%)
HARDKNOTT (33%)
WRYNOSE (20%)
112 MILE OPEN ROAD ANTI CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR CYCLE AROUND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE FAMOUS FRED WHITTON SPORTIVE. INCORPORATING ALL SIX MAIN ROAD PASSES AS WELL AS A MOST OF THE SECONDARY CLIMBS, THE FRED WHITTON HAS ESTABLISHED IT'S SELF AS THE PREMIER BRITISH SPORTIVE SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN THE LATE '90s.
RUN : SCAFELL PIKE MIXED ROAD AND MOUNTAIN
DISTANCE : 26 MIES (42km)
ELEVATION : 4,923 ft (1,450m).
START T2 WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE
FINISH WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE
RUN 26.6 MILES OUT AND BACK FROM T2 AT WATERHEAD AMBLESIDE ALONG THE GREAT LANGDALE VALLEY THROUGH ROSSET GHYLL TO THE SUMMIT OF SCAFELL PIKE, AT 978 metres (3,209 ft) ENGLANDS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. RETRACING YOUR ROUTE BACK TO THE FINISH AT WATERHEAD AMBLESIDE