Events/The Elan Valley Gravel

The Elan Valley Gravel

Gravel

Date

Sun, 12 Sept 2027

Venue

Elan Valley, Mid Wales

Countdown

September

A remote mid-Wales gravel day around the Victorian dams and reservoirs of the Elan Valley. Patchy signal, minimal feeds, you carry your own spares and food. A self-reliant adventure, not a supported sportive.

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The course

The route

Long and short route options on remote estate and moorland gravel around the Elan Valley reservoirs in mid-Wales. Reservoir-side tracks link punchy-to-sustained climbs before fast forest fire roads and a long run back to the finish, on a September day out.

Weather

Mid-September, Elan Valley

16°CTypical high

10°CTypical low

5°CColdest in 20 years

55%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 5°C. Rain on 55% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the The Elan Valley Gravel

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 the Elan Valley throws at you

Typical sessions

Repeated and sustained climbing on loose gravel, linking reservoir to reservoir on tiring legs

Exposed moorland weather: cold, wet and windy, on some of the wettest uplands in Britain

Self-sufficiency in remote country with patchy signal and minimal feeds, so you carry your own spares and food

A long, durable endurance day with a tiring run back, not short race intensity

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 gravel rides building toward the route's duration on hilly ground, the core durability session

Repeated loose-climb tempo, 4 to 6 by 6 to 12 minutes on gravel climbs, for the linked reservoir climbs

Sweet-spot blocks, 2 to 3 by 15 to 20 minutes at 88 to 93% FTP, for durability without heavy fatigue

Back-half durability plus a full kit and fuelling rehearsal on a cold, wet ride

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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