Date
Sun, 25 Oct 2026
Start
09:00
Venue
Sky Valley Resort, Sky Valley, Georgia
Sky Valley, Rabun County
Countdown
October
The shorter loop, 25 km with just over 1,000 m of climbing, but it isn't a hike-it-out day. You need to be running the downhills to make the clock.
Key facts
015.5-hour cut-off
02Not hiker-friendly: you must be able to run downhill at minimum
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The course
The route
Sky Valley
Distance25km
Total climb1,067m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate23.2 km
Weather
Late-October, Sky Valley
19°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-4°CColdest in 20 years
26%Days with rain
Highs around 19°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -4°C. Rain on 26% 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
01Kayla Deckers03:05:348.1 km/h
02Bailey Kress03:21:297.4 km/h
03Darian Pettit03:32:477.0 km/h
41
Women finishers
4:34:06
Median time
5.5 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Georgia Sky to Summit 25 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 Georgia Sky to Summit 25 km plan targets
Typical sessions
25 km with 1,067 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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