Events/Silk Road Mountain Race

Silk Road Mountain Race

Ultra

Date

Fri, 13 Aug 2027

Venue

Tian Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan (start/finish change yearly)

Countdown

August

Distance

1,950km

Total climb

30,000m

One of the hardest bikepacking races on earth, and one of the most remote. A self-supported traverse of Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan, with stretches of 400km and more between anything you could call resupply.

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The course

The route

Around 1,900 to 2,050km with 28,000 to 35,000m of climbing, almost all of it on gravel and derelict Soviet-era tracks with barely any tarmac. Most of the route sits between 1,000m and 4,000m.

Weather

Mid-August, Tian Shan mountains

25°CTypical high

10°CTypical low

2°CColdest in 20 years

7%Days with rain

Highs around 25°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 2°C. Rain on 7% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Silk Road Mountain Race

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 Kyrgyzstan throws at you

Typical sessions

Days on end above 3,000m, where thin air taxes even a strong aerobic engine

Freezing nights against 30C valley days, with snow possible on the high passes even in August

Loose, steep passes that force you off the bike to push a fully loaded rig

Long remote stretches where a fuelling or kit mistake is days from any help

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 endurance rides off-road, building from four hours toward ten and beyond

Back-to-back weekends, then an overnight bikepacking ride with a cold bivvy, to learn to ride on tired legs

Loaded bike pushes on steep, loose ground plus hill walks with a pack for hike-a-bike strength

A four to five day bikepacking trip in the specialise block, full kit, to rehearse the real thing

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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