← All eventsRasputitsa Gravel
A short-but-brutal ~74km (46mi) Vermont spring gravel race in the Northeast Kingdom — ~1,500m of punchy climbing plus late-April mud, snow and ice, including the infamous 'Cyberia' section. Conditions, not distance, make it hard. Date approximate (est. late April 2027).
Short on paper, brutal in reality. A ~74km Vermont gravel race named for the Russian season of mud, and it earns it. Around 1,500m of punchy climbing packed into the late-April Northeast Kingdom.
Cold rain, meltwater, and often snow and ice on "Cyberia", a backcountry section riders frequently hike. The difficulty here isn't distance. It's grit through cold, mud and relentless steep climbing.
Don't treat it as an ultra or a fast-gravel power race. It's short and genuinely hard: repeatable punch on steep dirt, and the resilience to keep eating and moving when it's cold.
Is Rasputitsa Gravel for you?
- Punchy climbers who recover fast. Steep dirt roads stack up with no flat to hide on, so it rewards riders who can go hard, again and again.
- Riders who don't wilt in bad weather. Cold, wet and mud are the real test here, so cold-tolerant grinders come into their own.
- Anyone happy to hike-a-bike. Cyberia often means shouldering the bike through snow and slush, keeping moving and staying warm.
- Riders drawn to community over a fast time. It's a famously warm, inclusive field where the conditions, not the clock, are the challenge.
Training plan for Rasputitsa Gravel
A training plan for Rasputitsa Gravel isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 1,500m of punchy climbing in ~74km: steep, repeated, no recovery
- Late-April Vermont cold, rain, meltwater and mud
- Snow and ice on "Cyberia", frequently a hike-a-bike
- Low-gear grinding for traction on muddy, rutted climbs
- Repeated punchy climbs: 6-10 x 2-4min hard on steep dirt
- Sweet-spot blocks of 2-3 x 15-20min, plus low-gear torque efforts
- Deliberate cold and wet rides of 2-3hr, with mud and hike-a-bike practice
- Cold-hand fuelling rehearsal, plus a 3-4hr Saturday gravel ride
- 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
