Events/Saddles 100

Saddles 100 161 km

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Date
Sat, 2 Oct 2027
Start
05:00
Venue
Fairweather Social Club, 222 N Cortez St, Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Yavapai County
Countdown
October

A full 100-mile loop around Prescott, started in the dark at 5am. Modest climbing for the distance, so the real test is staying on your feet for a day and a night.

Key facts
0134-hour cut-off for the full loop
02Headlamp is mandatory kit
03Bring a GPS phone and a GPX-capable device to follow the route
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The course

The route

Prescott
Distance161km
Total climb3,677m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate117.6 km
Weather

Early-October, Prescott

27°CTypical high
12°CTypical low
2°CColdest in 20 years
16%Days with rain

Highs around 27°C and lows around 12°C, but it has dropped to 2°C. Rain on 16% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results

Course verified. Results not yet available.

Organiser
OrganiserMichael Versteeg
Instagram@saddles100
Running since2023
Training

Training for the Saddles 100 161 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.

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What a Saddles 100 161 km plan targets
Typical sessions
161 km with 3,677 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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