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Battle in the Dark
Saturday evening individual time trial at Pembrey, South Wales. Single lap ridden in darkness on beach and singletrack. ~250 riders. Part of the BOTB weekend.
Date
21 Mar 2027
Location
Pembrey Country Park, South Wales
Category
Off-road TT
Difficulty
Tough
2025 Results
Who finishes, and how
#NameTimeSpeed
01Jason Bouttell0:21:1516.9 km/h
02Ramses BekkenkBeach Bastards0:21:1616.9 km/h
03Tom Couzens0:21:1616.9 km/h
2025 results, as published by the organiser.
257
Finishers
0:31:26
Median time
11.5 km/h
Median speed
Beina Insights
Data
48%slower than the winner was the median finisher, the field spreads out fast
0:07:16covers the middle half of the field, where the bulk of finishers land
0:45:42separates the first finisher from the last
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Who this suits
Is Battle in the Dark for you?
- A big threshold and a sustainable aero position.
- Confidence on technical trail. Tired, wet or in the dark, the descending is where time is won and lost.
- Night-riding nerve. Hours of this are ridden in the dark, and that is a skill of its own.
Training plan
Training plan for Battle in the Dark
A training plan for Battle in the Dark isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
01 · Built for the event
What a Battle in the Dark plan targets
- 6 km
- Riding through the night
- Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
- Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
02 · Key sessions
What your weeks look like
- Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
- Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
- Terrain and skills practice specific to the course
03 · Shaped around you
Not a generic schedule
- 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
232 days to the start line
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