Date
Sat, 28 Aug 2027
Venue
Kimberley Alpine Resort, Kimberley, British Columbia
Kimberley, Regional District of East Kootenay
Countdown
August
The easy way into Black Spur weekend: one loop, about 900 m of climbing and five hours to finish. A friendly first trail half.
Key facts
01Five-hour cutoff
02Organizer waiver required
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The course
The route
Kimberley
Distance21km
Total climb911m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate19.1 km
Weather
Late-August, Kimberley
18°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
28%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -2°C. Rain on 28% 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
01Melissa Paauwe01:59:2010.6 km/h
02Alexanne Balthazar02:27:388.5 km/h
03Christina Zacharias02:30:508.4 km/h
43
Women finishers
3:04:41
Median time
6.8 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Black Spur Ultra 21 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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Black Spur Ultra 21 km plan targets
Typical sessions
21 km with 911 m of climbing
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
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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