Ultra Running Hub Bryce Canyon 100 training plan
Date not announced; usually mid September (date TBC).
Bryce Canyon 100 is a 161 km (100.0 mi) mountain race from Bryce Canyon City, United States. A 100-mile loop through red rock canyon country near Bryce Canyon National Park.
- Distance
- 161 km (100.0 mi)
- Climbing
- 4,268 m
- Climb per km
- 27 m/km
- Cut-off
- 36 h
- Pace the cut-off needs
- 13:25 /km (21:35 /mi)
- Daylight around race day
- 12.4 h
- Nights near a cut-off finish
- at least 1
The climbing
4,268 m over 161 km is 27 m/km: rolling on our climb-rate scale.
The cut-off
36 h over 161 km averages 13:25 /km (21:35 /mi), aid stations included. Room to walk the climbs and stop at aid. With 12.4 h of daylight, a 36 h finish runs through at least 1 night, whatever the start time.
A 24-week plan for this course
24 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 85 km a week, training 5 days a week.
Planning estimate for that runner: about 33.8 h, 2.2 h inside the 36 h cut-off. A planning figure, not a prediction.
- Peak week
- 16 h 27 min (116 km)
- Longest run
- 5 h 58 min (37.5 km)
- Back-to-back weekends
- 5
- Taper
- 20 days
- Night runs
- 3
Build it around your race day
Set your weekly distance and training days against the 161 km of Bryce Canyon 100.
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