Date
Sat, 12 Dec 2026
Start
00:01
Venue
Start: Hellgate Parking lot at the northeastern terminus of the Glenwood Horse Trail, near Big Hellgate Creek and Natural Bridge Station, Virginia
Virginia
Countdown
December
A midnight start in December and a long run through winter darkness to a point-to-point finish. Hellgate is a hard, selective ultra, and the night is the main event.
Key facts
01Entry is by race committee selection, based on the events you list in your application
0218-hour cutoff, with nine aid stations along the way
03Starts at 00:01, so much of the course is run in winter darkness
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The course
The route
Virginia
Distance107km
Total climb4,221m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate90.4 km
Weather
Mid-December, Virginia
9°CTypical high
-2°CTypical low
-11°CColdest in 20 years
27%Days with rain
Highs around 9°C and lows around -2°C, but it has dropped to -11°C. Rain on 27% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2023 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Shannon Howell13:02:228.2 km/h
02Jennifer Mawn13:43:237.8 km/h
03Laura Davis13:59:587.7 km/h
28
Women finishers
16:15:10
Median time
6.6 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2023 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Hellgate 100K++
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 Hellgate 100K++ plan targets
Typical sessions
107 km with 4,221 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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