Date
Sat, 7 Nov 2026
Start
09:00
Venue
Black Mountain Trailhead, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County
Countdown
November
A single mountain bike loop through Pisgah Forest that starts and finishes at Black Mountain Trailhead. Everyone goes off together, with 1,153 m of climbing packed into 37 km.
Key facts
01Aid-station cut-offs: 11:00 at mile 6.5 and 13:00 at mile 17
02Mass start, so everyone leaves together at the gun
03Race age is your age on December 31, 2026
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The course
The route
Pisgah Forest
Distance38km
Total climb1,153m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate36.4 km
Weather
Early-November, Pisgah Forest
16°CTypical high
3°CTypical low
-9°CColdest in 20 years
26%Days with rain
Highs around 16°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -9°C. Rain on 26% 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
OrganiserBlue Ridge Adventures
Websiteblueridgeadventures.net
Instagram@blueridgeadventures
Running since2013
Training
Training for the Couch Potato
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 Couch Potato plan targets
Typical sessions
38 km with 1,153 m of climbing
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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