Date
Sun, 15 Aug 2027
Venue
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
Countdown
August
Distance
229km
Total climb
3,000m
The story here isn't a single climb, it's the air. The whole route sits above 2,000m, so every effort costs more oxygen than the same power would at sea level. Steamboat Springs, Colorado, mid-August.
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The course
The route
The Black route covers 229km with over 3,000m of climbing on Rocky Mountain ranch-road gravel, the whole thing sitting above 2,000m altitude out of Steamboat Springs.
Weather
Mid-August, Steamboat Springs
25°CTypical high
8°CTypical low
1°CColdest in 20 years
28%Days with rain
Highs around 25°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 28% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Training
Training for the SBT GRVL
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.icuAltitude, climbing, duration
Typical sessions
Sustained altitude above 2,000m: threshold power drops and unacclimatised riders suffer most
Over 3,000m of long Rocky Mountain gravel climbing, not punchy rollers
An 8 to 12 hour day on the Black, so durability decides finishes
High exposed ranch country: fierce UV, dry dehydrating air, and afternoon storm risk
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Progressive long ride building 3hr to 8hr with climbing, mostly Z2
Tempo climb repeats, 3 to 4 x 15 to 25min in Z3 on a gradient
A big climbing day, 5 to 6hr with 2,000m+ of climbing
Event-pace long ride with full fuelling at 70 to 100g of carbs per hour
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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