Events/FNLD GRVL

FNLD GRVL

Gravel
Date
Sun, 8 Aug 2027
Venue
Lahti, Finland
Countdown
August
Distance
130km
Total climb
1,200m

Finland's flagship gravel race, part of the GRVL Events family alongside SBT and RADL. There's prize money at the front, and the smooth forest gravel means the whole day is ridden at road-race intensity.

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The course

The route

The Long route covers roughly 130km with about 1,200m of climbing, on fast, well-graded forest and lakeside gravel around Lahti. Medium and Short routes share the same terrain over less distance.

Weather

Early-August, Lahti

21°CTypical high
13°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
45%Days with rain

Highs around 21°C and lows around 13°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 45% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2024 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Lotta Henttala6:10:3921.0 km/h
02Madeleine Nutt6:11:4421.0 km/h
03Annabel Fisher6:37:1119.6 km/h
6
Women finishers
6:41:22
Median time
19.4 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2024 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training

Training for the FNLD GRVL

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 race throws at you
Typical sessions
Sustained fast tempo held for four to five-plus hours, closer to a road race than a climbing day
Repeated short efforts on forest-road rises, punched at threshold
Bunch racing on fast gravel, where drafting and positioning decide who makes the front group
Fuelling 60 to 90g of carbs an hour through a hard, carb-hungry effort
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Sustained tempo: 2 to 3 x 20-30 min at sweet spot or threshold for the relentless pace
Rolling threshold repeats: 6 to 10 x 2-6 min on short rises with short recovery
Over-unders: 3 to 4 x 8-12 min alternating below and above threshold for the bunch surges
Long gravel rides building to 4-5 hours, plus race-simulation days rehearsing full fuelling
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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