Moab's Red Hot Ultra 33k

Race strategy

Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 14.3km.
• Hold your race pace up to 18.4km, but stay in control.
• The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace.
• Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 2.0km–14.3km · Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Work · 14.3km–18.4km · Descent of 302m averaging 7%, high point 1678m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort.
• Home · 18.4km–29.1km · 10.7km of runnable trail. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.

Course

The course climbs 865m+. With 26m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 26% of the distance is uphill, 30% downhill and 45% flat. The longest climb runs 1.5km at an average 13.2% grade (199m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.0km at an average 7.5% grade (302m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 17.2% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 14.2% over 0.5km. Surface: 74% trail and 12% extreme. Flat-equivalent effort: 37.1 FlatKM.

Poles

The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• 14.3–18.4 km · 302 m D−, -7.5% · 10.7 km ahead → your pace

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 1°C to 13°C, with around 7°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 23%.