← All eventsRebecca's Private Idaho
Rebecca Rusch's bucket-list high Rocky Mountain gravel — the Baked Potato 100mi/~2,590m at altitude, plus a Fully Loaded 118mi and a multi-day Queen's Stage Race option. Date approximate (Labor Day weekend).
Rebecca Rusch's bucket-list gravel race, run deep into the high Idaho backcountry out of Ketchum. A big-mountain day at altitude, where thin air is the constant tax on every climb.
The flagship Baked Potato is built around the long Trail Creek climb, then a string of sustained high-country passes, fast gravel descents, and long exposed sections far from any support.
It is a remote, self-reliant day. You carry your own food, fluid and spares across the backcountry gaps. Shorter French Fry and Tater Tot distances make a gentler first goal.
Is Rebecca's Private Idaho for you?
- Strong sustained climbers. The course stacks long backcountry climbs, so it rewards power-to-weight held for hours, not short punchy efforts.
- Disciplined pacers. The opening climb is a trap at altitude, so riders who ration the effort early keep something for the final passes.
- Self-reliant riders. Long remote gaps between support mean carrying your own food, fluid and spares, a long way from any help.
- Riders happy to travel and acclimatise. Ketchum sits high, so arriving early to adjust to the thin air pays off on race day.
Training plan for Rebecca's Private Idaho
A training plan for Rebecca's Private Idaho 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.
- Long, sustained backcountry climbs stacked through the day, not short punchy rollers.
- Thin air at altitude that cuts your power on the high passes.
- Long remote sections between support that demand full self-reliance.
- A 6 to 10+ hour day, or several for the Queen's Stage Race, that lives or dies on fuelling.
- Progressive sustained-climb long rides, building from 3 hours toward a 6 to 7 hour peak with real vert.
- Sustained climb repeats: 3 to 5 x 20 to 45 minutes at climbing tempo or threshold.
- An event-simulation long ride at race effort with your full fuelling plan rehearsed.
- Altitude or heat exposure plus self-sufficiency rides carrying all your own food, fluid and spares.
- 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
