Events/The Naughty Northumbrian

The Naughty Northumbrian

MTB
Date
Sat, 4 Sept 2027
Venue
Kielder, Northumberland, England
Countdown
September
Distance
40km
Total climb
1,500m

A timed-stage mountain bike enduro in Kielder Forest, where only your combined time on the descent stages counts. The long liaison climbs between them are untimed. Race the downs, ride the ups.

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The course

The route

A loop of roughly 40km with around 1,500m of climbing through Kielder Forest and moorland. About five to six timed descent stages of natural loam, roots and rock, linked by long untimed liaison climbs. Only the stage times count.

Weather

Early-September, Kielder

16°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
3°CColdest in 20 years
55%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 3°C. Rain on 55% of days.

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

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeGap
01George Cawdell10:18.72
02Oscar Baxter10:35.91+0:17.19
03Dylan Hayes10:38.70+0:19.98
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Finishers
0:11:48
Median time
Overall · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training

Training for the The Naughty Northumbrian

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.

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What Kielder throws at you
Typical sessions
Fast, committing forest descents on greasy loam, roots and rock where line choice at speed makes the time.
Repeatability: going near-max on a stage, recovering on the liaison, then doing it again five or six times.
Long untimed liaison climbs, roughly 1,500m across the loop, ridden without burning the matches you need for the stages.
A four and a half to eight hour day that hammers hands, grip and focus, in changeable, exposed north-east weather.
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Repeated-descent sessions: 5 to 8 near-max descents with a liaison-pace climb back between each.
Weekly technical skills on natural forest descents, loam, roots and rock, not just trail-centre flow.
Skills under fatigue: 30 to 45 minutes of technical descending after a three hour ride, modelling tired late stages.
A long liaison-style ride building to five hours with big climbing, plus a full-day multi-stage simulation before race day.
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
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