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Self-supported ultra-gravel/bikepacking in the rugged, remote Ouachita Mountains. Flagship Ouachita Doom is a 329 mi / 530 km, ~9,750 m multi-day push with 100+ mi of technical singletrack; shorter High Watch (205 mi) and LOViT (116 mi) routes plus a hotly-contested single-speed category. Next date (~2027-03-12) is APPROXIMATE — confirm with the organiser.
A self-supported bikepacking ultra with no feed stations, no crew, no support cars. The flagship Ouachita Doom runs 329 miles and 9,750m of climbing through the remote Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
More than 100 of those miles are rocky, technical singletrack: the LOViT trail around Lake Ouachita, the grind up Tall Peak, the Womble ridgeline deep in Flatside Wilderness.
You ride overnight, often alone, through cold spring backcountry with sparse resupply. The front takes two days, most take three or four. Shorter High Watch (205mi) and LOViT (116mi) routes share the character.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is DOOM for you?
- Riders who back their handling on rock and root. Over 100 miles of technical singletrack rewards skill and punishes weak bike handling far more than a low FTP ever will.
- Patient athletes who ration effort over days. The classic Doom mistake is burning fresh legs on the opening singletrack and wrecking days two and three.
- Self-sufficient types comfortable alone in the backcountry. You carry your own food, water, lights, tools and sleep system, hours from the nearest shop.
- Single-speeders after a proper test. Doom has a real, hotly-contested single-speed subculture on a course that brutalises one gear.
Training plan for DOOM
A training plan for DOOM 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.
- More than 100 miles of rocky, technical singletrack, much of it ridden on tired legs
- 9,750m of sustained and repeated climbing, including the grind up Tall Peak
- Nights out in cold, remote backcountry with lights, layers and a bivvy your only backup
- Full self-support: navigation, fuelling, water and mechanicals all on you
- Long Z2 off-road rides building from 4 up to 12-plus hours on gravel and trail
- Back-to-back weekends and multi-day loaded trips to train tired legs
- Night singletrack and overnight rides to dial your lights and sleep plan
- Big climbing days of 2,000m-plus and fatigued trail riding late in a long ride
- 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
