Date
Sat, 17 Oct 2026
Start
08:30
Venue
Union Creek Day Use Picnic Shelter & Amphitheater, Union Creek, Oregon
Union Creek, Oregon
Countdown
October
A 50 km run that mostly follows the river from A to B, with a modest 777 m of climbing. A good step up into ultra distance without a monster day.
Key facts
01Shuttle to the start, so you don't need to plan your own transport there
02Cutoff at Woodruff Bridge is 14:00
03Finish cutoff is 20:00
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The course
The route
Union Creek
Distance50km
Total climb777m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate45.7 km
Weather
Mid-October, Union Creek
15°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
23%Days with rain
Highs around 15°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 23% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2024 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Dominique Stasulli04:30:5311.1 km/h
02Carlie Penning04:45:0810.5 km/h
03Shiloh Mounce04:58:3710.1 km/h
74
Women finishers
6:54:41
Median time
7.2 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2024 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the Rogue Gorge 50 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 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 777 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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