Date
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
Start
10:00
Venue
Art Roscoe warming hut, Allegany State Park – Red House Area, Salamanca, New York
City of Salamanca, Cattaraugus County
Countdown
October
The short one of the three, a 26 km loop with a fair bit of up (678 m) but a generous six hours to run it. A friendly way into trail running.
Key facts
016-hour hard cutoff
02Looped course
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The course
The route
City of Salamanca
Distance26km
Total climb678m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate25.7 km
Weather
Late-October, City of Salamanca
13°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-5°CColdest in 20 years
48%Days with rain
Highs around 13°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 48% 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
01Jennie Hansen02:16:5511.3 km/h
02Shannon Oakes02:42:469.5 km/h
03Karyn Ehmann02:58:468.7 km/h
7
Women finishers
3:07:55
Median time
8.2 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Nelson's Summit 50/50 26 km
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Typical sessions
26 km with 678 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
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Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
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