Date
Sun, 28 Feb 2027
Start
07:30
Venue
Forrest Football Ground, Forrest, Victoria
Forrest, Victoria
Countdown
February
The long gravel ride of the weekend: 106 km in rally format, where timed sections are mixed with untimed ones so it is part race, part day out.
Key facts
01Bikes: gravel, CX, MTB, or road with tyres 32mm or wider
02Time-out zones allow a maximum of 1 hour 30 minutes
03No AusCycling licence required
Create a free training plan for the Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind 106 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Forrest
Distance106km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate100.0 km
Weather
Late-February, Forrest
22°CTypical high
14°CTypical low
10°CColdest in 20 years
23%Days with rain
Highs around 22°C and lows around 14°C, but it has dropped to 10°C. Rain on 23% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Organiser
Training
Training for the Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind 106 km
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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind 106 km plan targets
Typical sessions
106 km
Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
Group rides for drafting and bunch-riding skills
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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