Description
RTM 2027
Ten distances. Personal targets. One year.
Ten Race Weekends. Three Flex Runs. One complete RTM year.
RTM 2027 is a worldwide running season built around ten different distances across the year.
Your first result establishes your starting level. After your first result, The Machine sets personalised targets that adapt as your results come in and your RTM Score develops.
This is not a one-off race. This is a year-long system.
Across ten RTM Race Weekends, runners around the world take on the same distance during the same weekend — wherever they are.
Can’t make every weekend? You don’t need to.
You have three Flex Runs to complete or re-run official distances outside their scheduled weekends, and you only need to complete 7 of the 10 distances to Beat The Machine 2027.
Choose the earned T-shirt tier and complete seven distances to unlock the official Beat The Machine 2027 finisher’s T-shirt.
The distance is shared. The target is yours.
112 entrants on the 2027 start line…
Interested, but not ready to enter yet?
Join the RTM 2027 Start Line List free. There’s no commitment — I’ll keep you updated as the season approaches, and you can decide later.
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🗺️ The RTM 2027 Race Calendar
Every official RTM distance has its own worldwide Race Weekend.
Run the distance during its scheduled Friday–Sunday weekend and it does not use a Flex Run.
Need to complete it another time — or want another attempt outside its Race Weekend? Use one of your three Flex Runs.
| Race | Distance | Official RTM Race Weekend |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 4K — Public Drop | 1–3 Jan |
| 02 | 1 Mile | 5–7 Feb |
| 03 | 5K | 5–7 Mar |
| 04 | 10K | 2–4 Apr |
| 05 | 6.66K | 7–9 May |
| 06 | 15K | 4–6 Jun |
| 07 | 5 Miles | 2–4 Jul |
| 08 | 50 Minutes — How Far Can You Go? | 6–8 Aug |
| 09 | 10 Miles | 3–5 Sep |
| 10 | Half Marathon | 1–3 Oct |
Race Weekends run from Friday to Sunday, wherever you are in the world.
Race the distance as many times as you like during the official weekend. Submit one result for that Race Weekend.
You can run on roads, trails, treadmill or track — or as part of another event.
No fixed route.
No mass start.
No medal merely for entering.
Just the distance, the weekend and your Machine target.
4K Public Drop
The opening 4K Race Weekend is also an RTM Public Drop.
Non-members can enter the 4K for free and join the worldwide Race Weekend without entering the complete RTM season.
Full RTM entrants take on the same 4K as part of their ten-distance year.
⚡ Three Flex Runs
Life does not always follow the race calendar.
Every RTM 2027 entrant gets three Flex Runs.
A Flex Run lets you complete or re-run one of the official RTM distances at another point during 2027, outside its scheduled Race Weekend.
Run during the official Race Weekend and you never use a Flex — even if you have already completed that distance before.
Race it more than once during the weekend if you want. You still submit one official result from that Race Weekend.
Submit an accepted result during 2027 outside that distance’s official Race Weekend and you use one Flex.
That means you can fit important races, holidays, work, illness and your own running plans around RTM without removing the shared rhythm of the season.
Use them early. Save them for later. Use all three chasing a result.
They are yours.
🤖 Your Personal Targets
RTM is not built around chasing your PB every time you run.
It is built around something more useful: a target based on what The Machine believes you should be capable of now.
Your first submitted result calibrates your starting level.
After your first result, The Machine sets personalised targets that adapt as your results come in. Your RTM Score develops across the season.
As your results change, your targets change.
Run well and The Machine responds.
Struggle and the system adjusts.
Every result helps shape what comes next.
You are not racing somebody else’s pace. You are racing what The Machine thinks you can do.
📊 RTM Score
Your RTM Score develops as results are submitted across the season.
It gives you a way to see how you are performing against The Machine across different distances — not simply how fast you are compared with everybody else.
The worldwide field still matters.
But the central opponent is personal.
Beat your target. Make The Machine reconsider.
👕 Beat The Machine 2027
RTM recognises three levels of progress across the year:
- 4 distances — RTM Verified
- 7 distances — Beat The Machine 2027
- 10 distances — Machine Accomplished 2027
RTM Verified — 4/10
Stay in the system long enough for The Machine to get to know you.
Beat The Machine — 7/10
Complete any seven official RTM distances and you have completed the central RTM mission.
Beat The Machine 2027.
Machine Accomplished — 10/10
Complete the entire ten-distance season.
Machine Accomplished 2027.
👕 Earn the T-shirt
Choose the earned T-shirt entry tier and complete 7 RTM distances to receive the official Beat The Machine 2027 unisex organic cotton finisher’s T-shirt.
The T-shirt is not sent merely for entering.
It is earned.
- Choose red or black
- Organic cotton
- Free worldwide shipping once earned
💡 Why Join RTM 2027?
- Personalised Targets — after calibration, every race gives you something specific to beat
- Ten Race Weekends — ten shared worldwide race moments across the season
- Three Flex Runs — when your own calendar matters more
- Ten Different Distances — from 1 Mile to Half Marathon, plus distinctly RTM challenges along the way, including 6.66K and 50 Mins – How Far Can You Go?
- A Year That Responds — your targets adapt as your performances change
- RTM Score — see how you are performing against The Machine across the season
- A Worldwide Field — take on the same assignment wherever you are
- Beat The Machine — complete any seven distances
- Machine Accomplished — complete all ten
RTM is built to give each result a consequence.
Run. Submit. See what The Machine does next.
🌍 Race Wherever You Are
RTM has no fixed start line.
Race from Dundee, Melbourne, London, New York or anywhere else you happen to be.
Choose your own:
- Route
- Surface
- Start time
- Location
- Who you run with
Run alone or with other people.
You can also use a result from an organised race that matches the official RTM distance.
If that race takes place during the distance’s official RTM Race Weekend, it counts as your Race Weekend result.
If it takes place outside that distance’s Race Weekend, submitting it uses one of your Flex Runs.
What connects the field is simple:
the same distance, during the same Race Weekend.
Different routes. Different weather. Different sides of the world.
Same Machine.
⚙️ How It Works — Step by Step
1. Join RTM 2027
Enter the complete ten-distance season.
2. Race Your First Distance
Join an official RTM Race Weekend or use one of your Flex Runs.
3. Submit Your Result
Your opening performance establishes your starting level.
4. Receive Your Targets
After your first result, The Machine starts setting personalised targets based on what you have shown it.
5. Race Across the Season
A different RTM distance arrives on each official Race Weekend.
Make as many attempts as you like during the official weekend.
6. Use Your Flex Runs
You have three opportunities to complete or re-run official distances outside their scheduled weekends.
Each accepted off-calendar result uses one Flex Run.
7. Watch The Machine Respond
Submit each result.
Your RTM Score develops and the targets ahead adapt.
8. Complete Seven
Complete any seven official distances to:
Beat The Machine 2027.
Choose the earned T-shirt tier and your finisher’s T-shirt is unlocked once the requirements are met.
9. Go For All Ten
The season does not stop because you reached seven.
Complete every official distance and become:
Machine Accomplished 2027.
💳 Prefer Monthly Payments?
Join RTM 2027 for £7.99 per month. Your membership and payments begin immediately, with a minimum commitment of 10 monthly payments.
Complete seven official RTM distances and make 10 successful monthly payments to qualify for the Beat The Machine 2027 finisher’s T-shirt.
What Runners Say 💬
⭐️ “Far superior to other events out there.”
— Maria Merridan, Corby Glen
⭐️ “Thanks to this challenge, I had the confidence to tackle the world’s biggest marathon.”
— John Todd, Derby
Beat It. Earn It. Wear It. ⚡
Ten distances. Personal targets. One year.
Ten Race Weekends.
Three Flex Runs.
Seven to Beat The Machine.
Ten to become Machine Accomplished.
The distance is shared. The target is yours.
I’ll be watching. Processing. Encouraging… slightly ominously.
— The Machine
#KeepChasing
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