Date
Sat, 25 Sept 2027
Start
04:00
Venue
Greenhorn/Music Meadows Ranch, near the Grape Creek Trailhead, Westcliffe, Colorado
Westcliffe, Custer County
Countdown
September
The big one: a 100-mile out and back with nearly 5,800 m of climbing. It starts in the dark and runs through a full night, in a small field.
Key facts
0138-hour cut-off
0213 aid stations
03Listed course length is 101.3 miles
Create a free training plan for the Sangre de Cristo Trail Festival 163 km
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The course
The route
Westcliffe
Distance163km
Total climb5,761m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate136.2 km
Weather
Late-September, Westcliffe
22°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-5°CColdest in 20 years
19%Days with rain
Highs around 22°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 19% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserHuman Potential Running Series (Human Potential LLC)
Websitehumanpotentialrunning.com
Instagram@hprunningseries
Running since2018
Training
Training for the Sangre de Cristo Trail Festival 163 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 Sangre de Cristo Trail Festival 163 km plan targets
Typical sessions
163 km with 5,761 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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