Events/Rocky Mountain Marathon (Riva del Garda)

Rocky Mountain Marathon (Riva del Garda)

MTB

Date

Fri, 30 Apr 2027

Venue

Riva del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy

Countdown

April

Distance

60km

Total climb

2,350m

The descents are the point. Riva del Garda's flagship MTB marathon climbs hard away from the lake, then throws you down famous Garda singletrack on rock and root, the water dramatically below.

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The course

The route

Roughly 60km with about 2,350m of climbing, out from Riva del Garda. Long sustained ascents on fire road and mountain track climb away from the lake, each one earning a long, technical Garda descent back down toward the water.

Weather

Late-April, Riva del Garda

11°CTypical high

4°CTypical low

-5°CColdest in 20 years

62%Days with rain

Highs around 11°C and lows around 4°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 62% 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 Rocky Mountain Marathon (Riva del Garda)

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 mountains above Garda throw at you

Typical sessions

Big sustained climbs on fire road and track, away from the lake and back to back

Long, genuinely technical descents on Garda rock and root, consequential and lake-exposed

Two systems fatigue: legs on the climbs, arms and grip on the rocky descents

A warm, exposed course in late-April Garda sun, so fuelling and drinking matter

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Sustained Climb Reps: 3-4 x 15-20min at 85-92% FTP for repeatable long-climb power

Rocky/Rooty-Trail Skills: 60-120min on natural rock and root descents, every week

Skills Under Fatigue: 30-45min descending after a 2hr climbing ride, your race-day state

Long Climb-and-Descend Ride: building to 3.5-4hr with 1,800m+ and technical descents

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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