Ultra Running Hub Hardrock Hundred training plan
Next race day: Friday, 9 July 2027.
Hardrock Hundred is a 161 km (100.0 mi) mountain race from Silverton, Colorado, United States. One of the toughest mountain ultras, running through the San Juan Mountains with an average elevation of 11,000ft.
- Distance
- 161 km (100.0 mi)
- Climbing
- 10,058 m
- Climb per km
- 62 m/km
- Cut-off
- 48 h
- Pace the cut-off needs
- 17:53 /km (28:47 /mi)
- Typical July weather
- 21°C high, 6°C low
- Daylight around race day
- 14.7 h
- Nights near a cut-off finish
- at least 2
The climbing
10,058 m over 161 km is 62 m/km: mountain on our climb-rate scale. At 62 m/km the plan adds notes on poles and on protecting your legs on the descents.
The cut-off
48 h over 161 km averages 17:53 /km (28:47 /mi), aid stations included. Walkable throughout for most of the field. With 14.7 h of daylight, a 48 h finish runs through at least 2 nights, whatever the start time.
Conditions
Typical July weather: 21°C high, 6°C low; mostly dry. A monthly average, not a forecast.
A 24-week plan for this course
24 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 70 km a week, training 5 days a week.
Planning estimate for that runner: about 45.3 h, 2.7 h inside the 48 h cut-off. A planning figure, not a prediction.
- Peak week
- 15 h 46 min (90 km)
- Longest run
- 5 h 58 min (29.5 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 Hardrock Hundred.
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