← All eventsJUST.GRAVEL Grizedale
A gravel ride with no clock, no cut-offs and a 15km option for the kids. Grizedale Forest, Saturday 3 October.
Grizedale sits between Coniston Water and Windermere on good forest fire road, and this is about as gentle an introduction to gravel as the sport offers.
Three distances: 15km for families, 32km, and 45km. All fully signed. Nothing is timed and there are no cut-offs at all, so there's no clock waiting to disappoint anyone.
One accompanied child rides free with each adult place. There are guaranteed places for women, and twenty bursary places for anyone on a low income.
Come for a good day out in the Lakes. That's the entire point of it.
The numbers
Well-graded Forestry England fire roads through Grizedale, rolling rather than mountainous. The 32km and 45km each have a feed station; the 15km family route is short enough not to need one.
Is JUST.GRAVEL Grizedale for you?
- First-time gravel riders. Signed routes, no cut-offs and a 15km option make this about as gentle an introduction as the sport offers.
- Families riding together. One accompanied child goes free per adult place, and the short route is genuinely designed for kids.
- Anyone rebuilding after time off. Three distances on the same day means you can pick your length honestly on the morning.
- Riders who want a day out rather than a result. Nothing here is timed, so there is no clock to disappoint you.
Training plan for JUST.GRAVEL Grizedale
A training plan for JUST.GRAVEL Grizedale 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.
- Up to 45km on well-surfaced forest fire road, rolling rather than steep
- No cut-offs and no timing, so there is no pressure to hold any particular pace
- One feed station on the 32km and 45km routes
- Non-technical throughout, rideable on a gravel bike or a hardtail
- Build your longest ride gradually toward the distance you've picked, and that alone is most of the job
- One steady ride a week on mixed surface to get used to gravel under the tyres
- A little easy climbing so the rolling forest roads feel familiar
- A short ride on the bike you'll actually use, with the bag and kit you'll actually carry
- 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
