Date
Sat, 25 Sept 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Greenhorn/Music Meadows Ranch, near the Grape Creek Trailhead, Westcliffe, Colorado
Westcliffe, Custer County
Countdown
September
The 50-mile option: 80 km out and back with around 3,150 m of climbing. A big day, but with a generous clock and plenty of support.
Key facts
01Out-and-back course
0220-hour cut-off
035 aid stations
Create a free training plan for the Sangre de Cristo Trail Festival 80 km
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The course
The route
Westcliffe
Distance80km
Total climb3,151m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate75.4 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 80 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 80 km plan targets
Typical sessions
80 km with 3,151 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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