Events/Western States 100

Western States 100

Running
Date
Sat, 26 Jun 2027
Venue
Olympic Valley -> Auburn, California, USA
Countdown
June
Distance
161km
Total climb
5,500m

The world's oldest 100-mile trail race, and still the one every ultrarunner wants. 100.2 miles point to point from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, on the last full weekend of June.

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The course

The route

Point to point, 161km with ~5,500m of climbing and ~7,000m of descending: a net-downhill course over Emigrant Pass, down through the hot canyons, and across the waist-deep Rucky Chucky river crossing to Auburn.

Weather

Late-June, Olympic Valley -> Auburn

27°CTypical high
11°CTypical low
0°CColdest in 20 years
5%Days with rain

Highs around 27°C and lows around 11°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 5% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

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

Training for the Western States 100

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 the course throws at you
Typical sessions
A 2,550ft climb to Emigrant Pass straight off the start line, up to 8,750ft.
Net downhill: roughly 7,000m of descending that shreds untrained quads by the canyons.
Canyon floors at 35 to 43C, the single biggest cause of DNF.
A second half run into the night, plus a cold, waist-deep river crossing.
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long trail runs building to 6 to 8 hours, plus weekend back-to-backs for tired-leg fatigue tolerance.
Weekly downhill repeats and long-descent finishes to armour your quads.
A late heat-acclimation block: sauna after easy runs and overdressed heat runs, peaking in the final two to three weeks.
Night runs by headtorch and full cooling-and-fuelling rehearsals in the heat.
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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