Date
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
Start
08:30
Venue
Centennial Park, Cañon City, Colorado
Cañon City, Fremont County
Countdown
October
A classic 50K single loop with 1,280 m of climbing, a proper day on the trails that stops short of the full 57 km.
Key facts
01Course closes at 18:00, giving you 9.5 hours from the 08:30 start
02Single loop, so plan your whole day's fuel before you start
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The course
The route
Cañon City
Distance50km
Total climb1,280m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate44.7 km
Weather
Late-October, Cañon City
18°CTypical high
1°CTypical low
-14°CColdest in 20 years
14%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -14°C. Rain on 14% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Natalie Nicholson04:47:1510.4 km/h
02Cassidy Noeldner05:44:108.7 km/h
03Lizzie Jones05:49:168.5 km/h
25
Women finishers
8:06:03
Median time
6.1 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Bridge Burner Ultra 50 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 Bridge Burner Ultra 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,280 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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