Events/Fort Ord Trail Run

Fort Ord Trail Run 50 km

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Date
Sat, 6 Feb 2027
Start
07:30
Venue
Laguna Seca Turn 10 Shelf, Fort Ord National Monument, 1025 Monterey Salinas Highway, Salinas, CA 93908
Salinas, Monterey County
Countdown
February

The big one at Fort Ord: a 50 km loop with a steady 1,300 m of climbing and a generous 8.5 hours to get round. A proper ultra without the brutal vertical.

Key facts
018.5-hour time limit; the course closes at 16:00
02Look for the pink lollipop spur at Sandstone aid station
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The course

The route

Salinas
Distance50km
Total climb1,311m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate47.4 km
Weather

Early-February, Salinas

14°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
4°CColdest in 20 years
30%Days with rain

Highs around 14°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 30% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Unknown Unknown-Fo04:23:2911.4 km/h
02Svatava Wright05:56:208.4 km/h
03Michele Holtkamp06:01:238.3 km/h
33
Women finishers
7:04:37
Median time
7.0 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserInside Trail Racing
Instagram@insidetrail
Running since2012
Training

Training for the Fort Ord Trail Run 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.

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What a Fort Ord Trail Run 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,311 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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