Ultra Running Hub Zugspitz Ultratrail training plan
Next race day: Thursday, 17 June 2027.
Zugspitz Ultratrail is a 167 km (103.8 mi) mountain race from Grainau, Germany. It circles the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak.
- Distance
- 167 km (103.8 mi)
- Climbing
- 8,205 m
- Climb per km
- 49 m/km
- Typical June weather
- 19°C high, 9°C low
- Daylight around race day
- 16.0 h
The climbing
8,205 m over 167 km is 49 m/km: mountain on our climb-rate scale. At 49 m/km the plan adds notes on poles and on protecting your legs on the descents.
Conditions
Typical June weather: 19°C high, 9°C low; showers likely. A monthly average, not a forecast.
A 24-week plan for this course
24 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 60 km a week, training 5 days a week.
- Peak week
- 14 h 35 min (88 km)
- Longest run
- 5 h 58 min (32 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 167 km of Zugspitz Ultratrail.
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