Date
Sat, 21 Nov 2026
Start
08:00
Venue
Bear Creek Regional Park West, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, El Paso County
Countdown
November
The long one of the Cold Rush weekend: 49 km out and back with a real climb in the legs, and a clock that keeps you honest at the halfway aid station.
Key facts
01Gold Stage aid station cut-off is 12:30, so you need to be moving well early
02Course closes at 17:00, which gives you nine hours in total
03Out-and-back, so you retrace your own steps on the way home
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The course
The route
Colorado Springs
Distance49km
Total climb1,676m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate47.4 km
Weather
Late-November, Colorado Springs
9°CTypical high
-4°CTypical low
-15°CColdest in 20 years
12%Days with rain
Highs around 9°C and lows around -4°C, but it has dropped to -15°C. Rain on 12% 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
01Kristina Chang05:10:309.5 km/h
02Kaitlin York05:16:249.3 km/h
03Morgan Weinberg05:20:309.2 km/h
35
Women finishers
6:38:11
Median time
7.4 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Colorado Cold Rush Ultra 49 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 Colorado Cold Rush Ultra 49 km plan targets
Typical sessions
49 km with 1,676 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
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
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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