Plan for the 2027 HURT 100

Edition labeling (read before using tables)

Two local conflicts are logged in FACT-CHECK. The race JSON format string says "One short lower loop then five 19.5-mile rainforest loops." The 2027 Book of HURT says five identical 20-mile laps and describes no separate lower loop. This plan follows the RD. The weekend sidecar still carries race_date 2026-01-17 and the label "Book of HURT 2026" for night-shade tooling. That field is not the 2027 race date.

1. Gate, scope, and effort language

Self-selection gate

Use this draft only if every statement is true:

• I have a bib for HURT 100 2027, or I accept that training starts before the lottery gives me one.
• I finished a 100K, 100-mile, or honestly equivalent long trail effort in the last 12 months.
• This is my first or second 100-mile race. I am not treating this as a first ultramarathon.
• I already train consistently and can sustain 8 to 12 hours most weeks, including one long weekend day.
• I can train on rooted, rocky, muddy, steep singletrack most weeks, or I can travel to it.
• My goal is to finish inside the 36-hour cutoff. I am not chasing a time, a podium, or a Western States qualifier split.
• I am not injured. I am not seeking medical, injury, rehabilitation, illness, medication, or supplement advice.
• I understand this is one of three fixed, pre-written schedules. Nobody reviewed my history. It does not personalize itself. Coach review is still pending.
• I will stop and seek an appropriate professional when pain, illness, unusual symptoms, or recovery problems make training questionable.

This is the wrong draft for a first ultramarathon, for a runner without the prerequisite finish, for an athlete returning from injury or surgery, for an elite or time-goal athlete, and for anyone who wants coaching feedback.

Scope and disclaimer

This is general fitness information organized around sourced race facts. It is not medical advice, physical therapy, nutrition counseling, coaching, a qualifier, a finish prediction, or a guarantee of safety or completion. Nobody monitors you. Talk to an appropriate licensed clinician before you train, and especially if you have a health condition, a pregnancy, a medication that affects fluid balance or temperature, or a recent injury.

Stop if. Stop and seek appropriate professional or urgent help for severe or worsening pain, chest pain, fainting, confusion, loss of coordination, unusual shortness of breath, persistent vomiting, or any other concerning symptom. That list is short and it is not complete. Stop if your gait changes. Stop if a pain gets sharper, more local, or worse across a session. Stop if you cannot eat or drink. Stop if the heat, the humidity, or the mud makes the footing unsafe. Organizer rules, event medical staff, current conditions, and your own judgment all outrank this draft.

Editorial-review hold: every duration, progression, down week, taper, descent block, humid-condition rehearsal, night session, and strength set below needs qualified endurance-coach and legal review before any sale or live TrainingPeaks listing.

Effort language

• Easy: relaxed and conversational.
• Steady: controlled. Short sentences stay available.
• Strong uphill: purposeful but repeatable. Form stays controlled.
• Long-run effort: easy enough to hike from the first climb. Never race the session.
• Terrain: rooted singletrack, sustained climb or hike, controlled technical descent, or runnable dirt.

This draft carries no pace targets, no heart-rate zones, and no finish prediction. A fixed schedule does not know your fitness.

5. Public product-page preview: complete sample week

SAMPLE ONLY · UNPUBLISHED · NOT REVIEWED · NOT FOR SALE. Week 9 · Nov 23 to 29 is fixed, not individualized, and needs coach and legal review.

The loop rehearsal exists for one reason. HURT asks you to leave the same aid station five times. Practice leaving it three times.