Date
Sat, 18 Sept 2027
Venue
Hayward Primary School, Hayward, Wisconsin to Derksen Family Great Hall, Cable, Wisconsin
Town of Cable, Bayfield County
Countdown
September
A point-to-point mountain bike marathon from Hayward to Cable, run since 1983. You ride one way across the countryside, not laps, with over a thousand riders sharing the day.
Key facts
01Minimum age is 14 on race day
02Six-hour course cutoff at 16:00
03Earlier checkpoint cutoffs apply on the way to Cable
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The course
The route
Town of Cable
Distance64km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate61.1 km
Weather
Mid-September, Town of Cable
21°CTypical high
10°CTypical low
0°CColdest in 20 years
39%Days with rain
Highs around 21°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 39% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Chequamegon 40
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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Chequamegon 40 plan targets
Typical sessions
64 km
Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
Terrain and skills practice specific to the course
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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