Date
Sat, 7 Aug 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Town of Fairplay Beach, Fairplay, Colorado
Fairplay, Park County
Countdown
August
The middle distance: 50 km and just under 1,900 m of climbing in one loop. A proper first ultra, with a generous 16 hours to finish it.
Key facts
0116-hour time limit, a generous allowance for 50 km
Create a free training plan for the Sheep Mountain Trail Runs 50 km
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The course
The route
Fairplay
Distance50km
Total climb1,889m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate51.6 km
Weather
Early-August, Fairplay
21°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
1°CColdest in 20 years
50%Days with rain
Highs around 21°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 50% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserHuman Potential Running Series
Websitehumanpotentialrunning.com
Instagram@hprunningseries
Running since2015
Training
Training for the Sheep Mountain Trail Runs 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 Sheep Mountain Trail Runs 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km with 1,889 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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