Events/King Price Race to the Sun

King Price Race to the Sun

Gravel
Date
Sat, 1 May 2027
Venue
South Africa (interior; approximate)
Countdown
May
Distance
400km
Total climb
20,000m

A South African multi-day gravel stage race that climbs roughly 20,000m across the whole event. The challenge isn't one big day. It's the stack: ride hard, climb thousands of metres, recover, do it again.

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The course

The route

Daily stages on rough, corrugated farm and district gravel, linked by big sustained mountain-pass climbs and long, exposed high-veld sections, with fast, loose descents off the passes.

Weather

Early-May, South Africa (interior; approximate)

23°CTypical high
8°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
14%Days with rain

Highs around 23°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to -2°C. Rain on 14% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

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

Training for the King Price Race to the Sun

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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The stack, not the stage
Typical sessions
Around 20,000m of climbing across the event, on cumulatively tired legs
Back-to-back stages, with fatigue carrying from one day into the next
Heat and real altitude in the dry South African interior
Rough, corrugated gravel and fast, loose pass descents for hours
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Back-to-back long gravel days, the core rehearsal for the multi-day stack
Ride-tired climbing efforts on the second or third consecutive day
Big high-vert climbing rides and long, durable pass tempo
Heat and altitude exposure where you can get it, plus nightly recovery rehearsal
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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