Date
Sun, 18 Oct 2026
Start
09:30
Venue
Union Creek Day Use Picnic Shelter & Amphitheater, Union Creek, Oregon
Union Creek, Oregon
Countdown
October
The short one: a 12 km lollipop loop with barely 100 m of climbing. Easy on the legs and a friendly first trail race.
Key facts
01No aid stations on course, so carry what you need
02Finish cutoff is 13:00
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The course
The route
Union Creek
Distance12.1km
Total climb101m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate11.9 km
Weather
Mid-October, Union Creek
14°CTypical high
1°CTypical low
-8°CColdest in 20 years
22%Days with rain
Highs around 14°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -8°C. Rain on 22% 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
01Phoebe Jacques01:00:1012.0 km/h
02Emily Keddie01:01:2911.8 km/h
03Addie Jeffries01:07:1510.8 km/h
51
Women finishers
1:32:15
Median time
7.9 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Rogue Gorge 12 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 Rogue Gorge 12 km plan targets
Typical sessions
12 km with 101 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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