Events/Black Canyon Ultras

Black Canyon Ultras 100 km

RunningPoint to point
Date
Sat, 13 Feb 2027
Start
07:00
Venue
Mayer High School, Spring Valley, Arizona → Emery Henderson Trailhead near New River, Arizona
Arizona
Countdown
February

The full 100 km of Black Canyon, run point to point across Arizona. Twenty hours on the clock is generous, but it is still a proper day out.

Key facts
01Point-to-point, so you finish in a different place from where you start
02Start waves at 07:00, 07:30 and 08:00 MST
0320-hour cut-off
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The course

The route

Arizona
Distance100km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate77.7 km
Weather

Mid-February, Arizona

16°CTypical high
1°CTypical low
-8°CColdest in 20 years
16%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -8°C. Rain on 16% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Jennifer Lichter07:57:0512.6 km/h
02Anne Flower07:57:5912.6 km/h
03Tara Dower08:11:4612.2 km/h
208
Women finishers
15:42:21
Median time
6.4 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserAravaipa Running
Running since2014
Training

Training for the Black Canyon Ultras 100 km

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What a Black Canyon Ultras 100 km plan targets
Typical sessions
100 km
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
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