Date
Sun, 28 Feb 2027
Start
09:30
Venue
Forrest Football Ground, Forrest, Victoria
Forrest, Victoria
Countdown
February
The short mountain bike option: 30 km with a friendly 585 m of climbing, and a mixed gender start. A good way into the Otways weekend.
Key facts
01Mixed gender start
02No AusCycling licence required
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The course
The route
Forrest
Distance30km
Total climb585m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate31.0 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
Results
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind 30 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 30 km plan targets
Typical sessions
30 km with 585 m of climbing
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
Terrain and skills practice specific to the course
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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