Date
Sat, 31 Jul 2027
Start
05:00
Venue
Custer YMCA
Weatherford, Custer County
Countdown
July
The 50 miler is the middle ground: a proper ultra with a pre-dawn start, and about 1,000 m of climbing that keeps the day manageable.
Key facts
0115-hour cutoff
02Out-and-back course starting from Custer Track
Create a free training plan for the Lean Horse Ultra Marathon 80 km
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The course
The route
Custer YMCA
Distance80km
Total climb996m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate80.1 km
Weather
Late-July, Custer YMCA
36°CTypical high
23°CTypical low
16°CColdest in 20 years
27%Days with rain
Highs around 36°C and lows around 23°C, but it has dropped to 16°C. Rain on 27% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserJim Hadd / Hadd To Dream LLC
Websiteleanhorseultra.com
Instagram@leanhorseultra
Running since2005
Training
Training for the Lean Horse Ultra Marathon 80 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 Lean Horse Ultra Marathon 80 km plan targets
Typical sessions
80 km with 996 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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