Events/Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

Gravel

Date

Sun, 7 Mar 2027

Venue

Cave Creek, Arizona

Countdown

March

Distance

167km

Total climb

2,010m

A gravel race with genuinely rideable singletrack woven through it, widely rated one of the best courses in US gravel. The desert "Hell of the North of gravel", run on the Cave Creek trails north of Phoenix.

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The course

The route

The flagship Waffle covers roughly 104 miles (167 km) and 6,600 ft (2,010 m) of punchy rolling climbing through the Cave Creek desert, mixing fast open gravel, hardpack and rideable singletrack sectors. Shorter Wafer and Wanna distances run the same terrain.

Weather

Early-March, Cave Creek

20°CTypical high

5°CTypical low

-5°CColdest in 20 years

14%Days with rain

Highs around 20°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 14% 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 Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

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 race day throws at you

Typical sessions

A fast gravel start in big groups where it is dangerously easy to overcook the opening hour

Rideable singletrack sectors that reward carrying momentum and punish over-braking

Around 6,600 ft of short, repeated desert climbs that shred the legs cumulatively

Open, sun-baked desert with little shade and high sweat rates in the exposed drags

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

A progressive mixed long ride building 3hr to 5-6hr on gravel, dirt and singletrack

Singletrack-flow and loose-gravel handling work on the gravel bike, learning to carry speed

Short rolling repeats (10-15 x 1-2min) plus sweet-spot blocks on gravel

Heat rehearsal in the final weeks: midday rides and post-ride sauna, with full fuelling practice

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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