Date
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
Start
07:00
Venue
Behind the Rocks Trail, Moab, Utah
Moab, Grand County
Countdown
October
A full marathon on trail in one loop, with modest climbing (795 m). Runners get a proper distance without the hours of an ultra.
Key facts
01Single loop course
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The course
The route
Moab
Distance42km
Total climb795m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate41.2 km
Weather
Late-October, Moab
17°CTypical high
4°CTypical low
-14°CColdest in 20 years
16%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 4°C, but it has dropped to -14°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
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Tabor Hemming03:50:0911.0 km/h
02Sage Abate04:21:319.7 km/h
03Emily Kotnik04:24:199.6 km/h
24
Women finishers
6:36:10
Median time
6.4 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Canyonlands Ultra 42 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 Canyonlands Ultra 42 km plan targets
Typical sessions
42 km with 795 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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