Ultra Running Hub Hong Kong 100 training plan
Next race day: Saturday, 23 January 2027.
Hong Kong 100 is a 100 km (62.1 mi) trail race from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.
- Distance
- 100 km (62.1 mi)
- Climbing
- 5,142 m
- Climb per km
- 51 m/km
- Cut-off
- 30 h
- Pace the cut-off needs
- 18:00 /km (28:58 /mi)
- Typical January weather
- 20°C high, 12°C low
- Daylight around race day
- 11.0 h
- Nights near a cut-off finish
- at least 1
The climbing
5,142 m over 100 km is 51 m/km: mountain on our climb-rate scale. At 51 m/km the plan adds notes on poles and on protecting your legs on the descents.
The cut-off
30 h over 100 km averages 18:00 /km (28:58 /mi), aid stations included. Walkable throughout for most of the field. With 11.0 h of daylight, a 30 h finish runs through at least 1 night, whatever the start time.
Conditions
Typical January weather: 20°C high, 12°C low; mostly dry. A monthly average, not a forecast.
A 20-week plan for this course
20 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 40 km a week, training 5 days a week.
Planning estimate for that runner: about 24.9 h, 5.1 h inside the 30 h cut-off. A planning figure, not a prediction.
- Peak week
- 12 h 44 min (78 km)
- Longest run
- 4 h 57 min (27 km)
- Back-to-back weekends
- 4
- Taper
- 13 days
- Night runs
- 3
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