Date
Sat, 5 Jun 2027
Venue
Emporia, Kansas, USA (Granada Theatre start → Flint Hills)
Countdown
June
Distance
322km
Total climb
3,000m
The world's benchmark gravel race. The flagship UNBOUND 200 sends you deep across the tallgrass Flint Hills of Kansas, self-supported, from the Granada Theatre in Emporia on a Saturday in early June.
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The course
The route
The flagship 200 covers 322km with around 3,000m of climbing and under ten miles of pavement all day. That elevation comes as constant small prairie rollers, not big mountain climbs.
Weather
Early-June, Emporia
28°CTypical high
17°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
45%Days with rain
Highs around 28°C and lows around 17°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 45% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeGap
01Ruth Holcomb5:12:30.84
02Alexandra Charles5:12:53.62+0:22.78
03Ellory Clason5:28:21.39+15:50.55
40
Women finishers
10:51:09
Median time
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Training
Training for the UNBOUND Gravel
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.icuA hot day of attrition
Typical sessions
Nine to fifteen-plus hours in the saddle: an endurance day, not a power test
Sharp flint rock that slices tyres, the classic cause of a day-ending mechanical
Long remote gaps between checkpoints where a repair is entirely on you
A fast, adrenaline start in big groups that lures you into an unsustainable pace
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Progressive long gravel rides building from 3hr toward a 7-9hr peak, the core adaptation
Event-pace long rides rehearsing 70-100g of carbs an hour and heavy fluid intake
Heat work: midday rides in the warmest hours, plus sauna sessions after easy spins
Sweet-spot gravel efforts, 2-3x 20min, and tyre-repair drills for self-sufficiency
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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