← All eventsSEVEN Gravel
One of Australia's hardest gravel races — brutal, relentless climbing (~3,200m over ~126km) through remote Western Australian forest around Nannup. Date and figures approximate.
One of Australia's hardest gravel races. Around 3,200m of climbing packed into ~126km through the karri and jarrah forests around Nannup, Western Australia. Roughly 25m of climbing for every kilometre.
The climbs are long, steep and relentless on loose forest gravel, and the rough descents give little back. Feed stations dot the course, but long remote sections sit between them.
It's a ~6 to 9 hour day won late. Not flat power or bunch tactics, but the durability to still climb strongly on shattered legs in hour six. Pick the full SEVEN or the shorter route.
Is SEVEN Gravel for you?
- Climbers who thrive when the road tilts up. On 25m of climbing per kilometre, strong sustainable power-to-weight matters far more than a big flat engine.
- Durable riders who hold form deep into a long day. The race is decided in hour six, so it rewards legs that still climb when they are shattered.
- Self-sufficient riders comfortable being remote. Long forest sections sit between feeds, and help is far away if a cool, wet day turns rough.
- Anyone chasing a genuine test. A smaller, hardcore field races one of Australia's toughest gravel days, with a shorter route as a legitimate goal.
Training plan for SEVEN Gravel
A training plan for SEVEN Gravel 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.
- Around 3,200m of long, steep climbing over ~126km, sustained all day, never a rolling course
- The climbs keep coming for ~6 to 9 hours, and still climbing well late is what decides it
- Loose forest gravel to climb, and rough descents that offer little recovery
- Remote WA forest, cool and often wet, with long gaps between feed stations
- Long hill repeats: 4 to 6 by 8 to 15 minutes of sustained climbing at threshold or sweet spot
- Sustained-climb blocks: 2 to 3 by 20 to 30 minutes on a long climb
- Climbing on tired legs: hard climbing efforts in the last hour of a long ride
- Big-vertical long ride: 5 to 7 hours building toward 2,500m of climbing on gravel
- 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
