Date
Sat, 2 Oct 2027
Start
10:30
Venue
Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Countdown
October
The Wiradjuri 40 is the easy warm-up on mixed terrain, rolling from Wagga Beach straight into the festival at the finish.
Key facts
01Point to point: starts at Wagga Beach, finishes at the festival
Create a free training plan for the Gears + Beers Festival 40 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Wagga Wagga
Distance40km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate36.8 km
Weather
Early-October, Wagga Wagga
20°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
0°CColdest in 20 years
22%Days with rain
Highs around 20°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 22% 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
OrganiserRotary Club of Wollundry Wagga Wagga
Websitegearsandbeers.org.au
Instagram@wagga_gearsandbeers
Running since2014
Training
Training for the Gears + Beers Festival 40 km
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 Gears + Beers Festival 40 km plan targets
Typical sessions
40 km
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
Group rides for drafting and bunch-riding skills
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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Get your Gears + Beers Festival 40 km plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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