Date
Fri, 1 Jan 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
80M Bike: Butternut Lake Lodge to KC Hall, Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Rice Lake, Barron County
Countdown
January
The long one: 160 miles out and back on a winter trail, with almost no climbing. The test is the cold and the three days awake, not the hills.
Key facts
01Entry needs a qualifying finish from the 2027 entry page
02Required gear applies
0365-hour cutoff, ending Sunday 3 Jan at 23:00
Create a free training plan for the Tuscobia Winter Ultra 258 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Rice Lake
Distance258km
Total climb856m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate252.1 km
Weather
Early-January, Rice Lake
-5°CTypical high
-15°CTypical low
-37°CColdest in 20 years
13%Days with rain
Highs around -5°C and lows around -15°C, but it has dropped to -37°C. Rain on 13% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserKari Gibbons and Erik Raivo
Websitetuscobiawinterultra.com
Instagram@tuscobiawinterultra
Running since2009
Training
Training for the Tuscobia Winter Ultra 258 km
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.icuWhat a Tuscobia Winter Ultra 258 km plan targets
Typical sessions
258 km with 856 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
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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Get your Tuscobia Winter Ultra 258 km plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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