Ultra Running Hub Mont-Blanc 90K training plan
Date not announced; usually late June (date TBC).
Mont-Blanc 90K is a 90 km (55.9 mi) mountain race from Chamonix, France. It runs during the Marathon du Mont-Blanc weekend.
- Distance
- 90 km (55.9 mi)
- Climbing
- 6,140 m
- Climb per km
- 68 m/km
- Cut-off
- 24 h
- Pace the cut-off needs
- 16:00 /km (25:45 /mi)
- Typical June weather
- 16°C high, 7°C low
- Daylight around race day
- 15.7 h
- Nights near a cut-off finish
- at least 1
The climbing
6,140 m over 90 km is 68 m/km: mountain on our climb-rate scale. At 68 m/km the plan adds notes on poles and on protecting your legs on the descents.
The cut-off
24 h over 90 km averages 16:00 /km (25:45 /mi), aid stations included. Room to walk the climbs and stop at aid. With 15.7 h of daylight, a 24 h finish runs through at least 1 night, whatever the start time.
Conditions
Typical June weather: 16°C high, 7°C low; showers likely. A monthly average, not a forecast.
A 18-week plan for this course
18 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 55 km a week, training 5 days a week.
Planning estimate for that runner: about 22.5 h, 1.5 h inside the 24 h cut-off. A planning figure, not a prediction.
- Peak week
- 12 h 10 min (68 km)
- Longest run
- 4 h 24 min (23 km)
- Back-to-back weekends
- 4
- Taper
- 13 days
- Night runs
- 2
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