Date
Sat, 8 May 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, El Paso County
Countdown
May
The short one: a single 6 km loop with a modest 132 m of climbing. A friendly way to get a first trail race in your legs.
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The course
The route
Colorado Springs
Distance6.4km
Total climb132m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.2 km
Weather
Early-May, Colorado Springs
21°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-6°CColdest in 20 years
31%Days with rain
Highs around 21°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -6°C. Rain on 31% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Kelli Bates00:37:3810.3 km/h
02Katherine Ericson00:38:0410.1 km/h
03M. Kelly00:41:449.3 km/h
73
Finishers
0:49:52
Median time
7.7 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Valkyrie Trail Race 6 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 Valkyrie Trail Race 6 km plan targets
Typical sessions
6 km with 132 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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