Events/Kielder Triple Crown

Kielder Triple Crown

Gravel

Date

Sat, 28 Aug 2027

Venue

Kielder, Northumberland — Kielder Forest Park

Countdown

August

Routes

Distances

57-186km

Climb, 186 km

3,500m

Gravel across the largest forest in England, in the far north of Northumberland. 186km of relentless rolling hard-pack, an estimated 3,500m of climbing, and no cols or flats to break the rhythm. Late August, fully signed, no cut-offs.

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The course

The route

186km through Kielder Forest's endless gravel roads, with an estimated 3,500m of rolling climbing and almost no true flat. Shorter 114km and 57km routes share the same terrain.

Weather

Late-August, Kielder

16°CTypical high

9°CTypical low

4°CColdest in 20 years

58%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 58% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Kielder Triple Crown

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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A relentless rolling grind

Typical sessions

Countless forest-road climbs with no cols, no flats and no recovery, for 9 to 13 hours

A rolling-resistance tax paid all day: gravel is 5 to 10% slower than the same effort on tarmac

Exposure and remoteness, with high forest roads open to wind and cold a long way from help

Fuelling under fatigue, where the back half is won by riders who ate on schedule from the start

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Progressive long ride: build from 3 hours to 8 or 9 hours on gravel, mostly Z2

Tempo-in-long: 4 to 5 hour rides with 2 to 3 blocks of 20 to 30 min tempo on gravel

Sweet spot gravel: 2 to 3 x 20 min at 88 to 93% FTP on rolling gravel climbs

Full fuelling rehearsal at 70 to 100g carbs per hour, plus loaded self-sufficiency practice

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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