Date
Sat, 5 Dec 2026
Start
07:00
Venue
The Cabins, Meeting Center on Tranquility Lake, Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, Alabama
Pelham, Shelby County
Countdown
December
The short way into Blood Rock: part of the North Loop, splitting toward the finish just past King's Chair. A friendly first trail event at under 900 m of climbing.
Key facts
0112-hour cut-off, very generous for 27 km
02No pacers allowed
03No drop bags at course aid stations
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The course
The route
Pelham
Distance27km
Total climb879m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate26.2 km
Weather
Early-December, Pelham
15°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
31%Days with rain
Highs around 15°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 31% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserSoutheastern Trail Runs
Websitesoutheasterntrailruns.com
Instagram@setrailruns
Running since2017
Training
Training for the Blood Rock 100 27 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 Blood Rock 100 27 km plan targets
Typical sessions
27 km with 879 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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