← All eventsGrinduro Germany
A gravel/enduro hybrid and party in the Eifel — a ~100km/~2,000m loop where only a handful of timed enduro-style segments decide the result. Date, venue and figures approximate.
A gravel race where you only race a few minutes of it. A ~100km loop through the Eifel forest near the Belgian border, but the clock runs on just three to five short segments. The rest you ride at your own pace.
Between the timed stages it's social: food, music, forest scenery and a festival finish. You still climb around 2,000m over the day, so the loop is a genuine ride, not a stroll.
That format is forgiving. A big steady engine matters less than fresh legs and nerve on the segments. Mid-May in Hellenthal is as much a party as a race.
Is Grinduro Germany for you?
- Riders who want a big day out without racing every kilometre. You roll the loop at your own pace and only commit on the timed segments.
- Punchy riders with handling skill. Short near-max climbs and loose, sometimes wet descents decide the result, not a steady all-day effort.
- Anyone comfortable on gravel who can complete ~100km and ~2,000m of climbing at an easy pace. That's the entry ticket, the rest is the party.
- Riders who like the social side. Between stages there's food, music and forest scenery, and the finish is a festival.
Training plan for Grinduro Germany
A training plan for Grinduro Germany 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.
- Three to five timed segments decide everything: a mix of short near-max climbs and technical descents.
- The transfers between stages are untimed, so arriving fresh at each segment beats a big steady output.
- Loose Eifel gravel and greasy wet descents put handling and nerve on the clock, not just fitness.
- Enough endurance to complete a ~100km, ~2,000m loop comfortably is the entry ticket, not the race itself.
- Short hard repeats: 6 to 10 by 2 to 5 minutes near-max with full recovery, building punch for the timed climbs.
- Descending and gravel-skills sessions: committed repeats on loose and wet lines, because the timed descents give away free time.
- Grinduro simulation rides: a 4 to 5 hour easy loop with three to five all-out segments, rehearsing transfers-easy, stages-hard.
- Punch on tired legs: hard efforts in the last hour of a long ride, so the late timed climbs still have snap.
- 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
