Events/Sea Otter Classic Gravel (Fuego XL)

Sea Otter Classic Gravel (Fuego XL)

Gravel
Date
Thu, 15 Apr 2027
Venue
Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, USA
Countdown
April
Distance
143km
Total climb
2,100m

The Life Time Grand Prix opener at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey. A fast, punchy gravel race on the fire roads around Laguna Seca, not a long ultra: the Fuego XL is a 4 to 6 hour race, and the front is genuinely raced.

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The course

The route

The Fuego XL covers roughly 112km (70mi) with around 2,000 to 2,300m of punchy, repeated climbing on the fast Laguna Seca and Fort Ord fire roads. A longer 143km (89mi) gravel option runs for riders wanting a bigger day.

Weather

Mid-April, Laguna Seca

15°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
16%Days with rain

Highs around 15°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 16% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Training

Training for the Sea Otter Classic Gravel (Fuego XL)

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 Fuego XL throws at you
Typical sessions
Repeated punchy climbs, short and sharp, not long sustained cols
Fast-gravel race pace held over 4 to 6 hours, higher than an ultra
Race positioning in a deep field, so you are placed for the climbs
Fast fire-road descents that reward confident handling
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Repeated Climb Threshold: 4 to 5 x 8 to 12min at threshold on gravel climbs
Over-unders: 3 to 4 x (2min over, 2min under threshold) for the surges
Race-Sim Long: 4 to 5hr on gravel with repeated race-pace climbs and full fuelling
Sweet Spot Gravel: 3 x 20min at 88 to 93% FTP for durable climbing power
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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