Events/Dorset Gravel X

Dorset Gravel X

Gravel

Date

Sat, 20 Feb 2027

Venue

Wareham, Dorset, England

Countdown

February

Distance

91km

Total climb

1,100m

One of the friendliest ways into gravel: a fully-signed Glorious Gravel sportive, not a race, with feed stations, a medal, beer at the finish and no cut-offs. Two routes out of Wareham on the edge of the Isle of Purbeck.

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The course

The route

91km, or a 57km short route, from Wareham across Purbeck heath, forest gravel and chalk-flint bridleway, with roughly 1,100m of climbing that comes in repeated short rollers rather than any long sustained col.

Weather

Mid-February, Wareham

9°CTypical high

7°CTypical low

0°CColdest in 20 years

47%Days with rain

Highs around 9°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 47% 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 Dorset Gravel X

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What the day throws at you

Typical sessions

Winter gravel: soft, wet, heavy tracks that sap power, so you pace by effort not by speed

Rolling relentlessness: repeated short heath and chalk climbs, no long cols, durability over peak power

Mixed surface: heath gravel, flinty chalk bridleway and farm tracks reward tyre choice and handling confidence

Duration and cold on the 91km: 4-6+ hours where steady fuelling decides how you finish

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Progressive long ride: build from 2hr toward 4-5hr on gravel, mostly Z2, the core adaptation

Sweet spot gravel: 2-3x 15-20min at 88-93% FTP on gravel climbs for rolling-climb durability

Tempo-in-long: a 3-4hr ride with 2-3x 15-25min tempo blocks to hold effort deep in the day

Winter turbo endurance: 2-3hr steady indoors when tracks are unrideable, protecting long-ride volume

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

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