Events/The Mid South

The Mid South

Gravel

Date

Sat, 13 Mar 2027

Venue

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Countdown

March

Distance

161km

Total climb

1,830m

One of gravel's most beloved races, the cult red-dirt classic once known as Land Run 100. Around 100 miles and 6,000 ft of rolling Oklahoma prairie out of Stillwater, on a Saturday in mid March.

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The course

The route

Around 100 miles of rolling red-dirt gravel out of Stillwater, roughly 6,000 ft of climbing with no single big col, just relentless prairie rollers and open, wind-raked drags. A 50-mile option runs the same character over a shorter day.

Weather

Mid-March, Stillwater

18°CTypical high

4°CTypical low

-7°CColdest in 20 years

25%Days with rain

Highs around 18°C and lows around 4°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 25% 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 The Mid South

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.

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A weather lottery on red dirt

Typical sessions

Around 6,000 ft of rolling gravel over 100 miles, no big climbs, just relentless prairie rollers.

A weather coin-toss: fast power race in the dry, hike-a-bike mud survival when it rains.

Constant open-prairie wind that grinds on you for hours.

Fuelling for a 5 to 9 hour day, far longer if the mud comes.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Progressive rolling long rides on gravel, building from 3 hours out to a 5 to 6 hour peak.

Into-the-wind tempo: 3 to 4 x 10 to 20 min holding pace into a headwind.

Sweet-spot gravel efforts: 2 to 3 x 15 to 20 min at 88 to 93% FTP.

One deliberate wet, muddy ride to rehearse clearing mud and saving the drivetrain.

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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