Date
Sun, 4 Jul 2027
Venue
Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
Countdown
July
Routes
2
Distances
70-98km
Climb, 98 km
2,000m
A fully-signed gravel sportive with feed stations, no cut-offs and e-bikes welcome. 98km through the Yorkshire Dales from Skipton, out into limestone-walled valleys and up onto the moor tops.
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The course
The route
98km (or a shorter 70km) from Skipton into the Yorkshire Dales, with an estimated 2,000m of lumpy climbing over limestone and gritstone bridleway, farm tracks and exposed moorland tops.
Weather
Early-July, Skipton
18°CTypical high
10°CTypical low
6°CColdest in 20 years
62%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 6°C. Rain on 62% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Training
Training for the Yorkshire Dales Gravel Epic
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 the Dales throw at you
Typical sessions
Dale-to-moor climbs: sustained-ish efforts out of the valleys onto exposed tops
Mixed surface: fast farm track alternating with rougher limestone and gritstone bridleway
Exposure up top: open moorland catches the wind and the weather
Duration: the 98km is a 5 to 7 hour ride you have to pace to the finish
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Progressive long ride: build from 2hr toward a 5hr day on lumpy gravel
Event-pace long: 4 to 5hr over lumpy terrain with full fuelling rehearsal at 60 to 90g carbs/hr
Dale-to-moor climbs: 3 to 4x 6 to 15min at 82 to 90% FTP on gravel climbs
Sweet spot gravel: 2 to 3x 15 to 20min for rolling-climb durability
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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