Date
Sat, 2 Jan 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
80M Bike: Butternut Lake Lodge to KC Hall, Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Rice Lake, Barron County
Countdown
January
Eighty miles one way through a winter landscape, with very little climbing. A slow rolling start sets a quiet tone for a long day and night on foot.
Key facts
01Required gear applies and the race is largely self-supported
02Slow rolling start
0337-hour cutoff, ending Sunday 3 Jan at 23:00
Create a free training plan for the Tuscobia Winter Ultra 129 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Rice Lake
Distance129km
Total climb369m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate126.8 km
Weather
Early-January, Rice Lake
-6°CTypical high
-15°CTypical low
-37°CColdest in 20 years
12%Days with rain
Highs around -6°C and lows around -15°C, but it has dropped to -37°C. Rain on 12% 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 129 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 129 km plan targets
Typical sessions
129 km with 369 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 129 km plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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