Events/Rasputitsa Gravel

Rasputitsa Gravel

Gravel
Date
Sat, 24 Apr 2027
Venue
Burke, Vermont, USA
Countdown
April
Distance
74km
Total climb
1,524m

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.

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The course

The route

Roughly 74km (46mi) of Vermont dirt and rough Class 4 roads out of Burke, with about 1,500m of relentless punchy climbing and almost no flat, including the snow-and-mud "Cyberia" section that often becomes a hike-a-bike.

Weather

Late-April, Burke

11°CTypical high
0°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
46%Days with rain

Highs around 11°C and lows around 0°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 46% 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 Rasputitsa Gravel

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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What the day throws at you
Typical sessions
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
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
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
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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