Your Next Mountain Start Line

Her Trails x Ultra-Trail Australia 50 km

The UTA 50 is one of Australia’s most iconic trail races. Fifty kilometres through escarpments, valleys and stair climbs of the Blue Mountains, with close to 2,400 metres of elevation. It rewards patience, strategy and composure as much as fitness.

Our 20 week training program is designed to help you build the aerobic base, climbing strength and mental rhythm required to move steadily through this terrain. You will learn how to manage effort, fuel consistently and stay grounded as the gradients and demands shift.

Program Starts: 29 December 2025

Duration: 20 Weeks

Race Day: 17 May 2026

What Makes Her Trails Different

✔ Whole runner training: Endurance, climbing strength, technique, recovery, mindset and hormonal health are all considered together.
✔ Real time coaching and community: Weekly live calls offer guidance, perspective and reassurance when questions or doubts arise.
✔ Designed by women, for women: Training reflects female physiology and the reality of balancing work, family and life alongside ambition.
✔ More than a plan: This is a guided experience with context, progression and support when things do not go exactly to schedule.
✔ Train anywhere: All sessions, resources and community access are delivered through the Her Trails App.

Your 20 Week Phase Structure

Prime to Build (Weeks 1 to 4): Establish rhythm, stability and efficient movement while reinforcing strong foundations.
Mindset: Strong starts come from awareness.

Build (Weeks 5 to 10): Progress endurance and hill strength while practising consistent fuelling and pacing.
Mindset: Consistency builds confidence.

Peak (Weeks 11 to 16): Introduce race specific efforts, refine nutrition strategies and practise composure on descents and long climbs.
Mindset: Composure expands capacity.

Taper and Integrate (Weeks 17 to 20): Reduce volume to absorb training, maintain light movement and arrive mentally settled.
Mindset: Trust what you have built.

Female Specific Focus

✔ Cycle aware guidance: Training intensity and recovery are balanced to support sustainable adaptation.
✔ Energy and hydration strategy: Learn how to fuel early and consistently across long climbs and extended descents.
✔ Durability over burnout: Strength, mobility and recovery remain consistent to support long term resilience.
✔ Support when life intervenes: Coaching helps you adjust without losing confidence or momentum.

Her Trails UTA 50 · 2026

A considered, women-first training blueprint supported by coaching, structure and community, designed to help you arrive at the UTA 50 start line calm, capable and ready to run your own race.

Program Duration:
20 weeks

Program Start:
Monday, 29 December 2025

Race Date:
Saturday, 17 May 2026

Location:
Katoomba, NSW · Blue Mountains

Access:
Train anywhere via the Her Trails App

Training for UTA 50 is not just about building fitness. It is about learning how to manage effort, fatigue, terrain and recovery over a long arc of time, so you do not arrive at race week carrying unnecessary doubt, burnout or physical strain.

The Her Trails UTA 50 blueprint exists because too many women follow generic plans, train hard and stay committed, yet still reach the start line feeling underprepared, overcooked, or unsure how their body will respond when the course gets technical and the day gets long. Not because they lacked discipline, but because the structure did not reflect the full reality of women’s bodies, lives and training environments.

This program gives you a clear, progressive framework that integrates running, strength, mobility and recovery from week one. Each phase has a purpose. Each session has intent. And when things do not go perfectly, because life rarely does, you are supported by coaches who understand the race, the terrain and how women adapt over time.

Your experience includes a fully structured 20-week run program, integrated strength and mobility sessions, weekly live coaching calls, nutrition and recovery guidance, and connection to a community of women training for the same event. Coaching is practical, experience-led and grounded in how women actually prepare for long mountain days.

This is not a one-size-fits-all plan or a set of static sessions. It is a considered training system designed to reduce guesswork, support consistency and help you protect the goal you have chosen to commit to.

Join the UTA 50 Program