Events/Further

Further

Ultra

Date

Fri, 27 Aug 2027

Venue

Ariège Pyrenees, France (loop)

Countdown

August

Distance

450km

Total climb

11,000m

Most ultras ask how far you can ride. Further asks how much mountain you can carry a bike over. Around 450km and roughly 11,000m of climbing through the high Ariège Pyrenees, fully self-supported.

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The course

The route

A loop through the high Ariège Pyrenees built as a chronological chain of sectors and checkpoints rather than a fixed line. Around 450km and an estimated 11,000m of climbing across mountain road cols, off-road tracks, singletrack, and long stretches carrying the bike over pathless high terrain.

Weather

Late-August, Ariège Pyrenees

23°CTypical high

9°CTypical low

-1°CColdest in 20 years

29%Days with rain

Highs around 23°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 29% 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 Further

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.

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What Further throws at you

Typical sessions

Roughly 11,000m of climbing over ~450km: savage vertical for the distance, not a mileage grind

Long paved Pyrenean cols, then pathless slopes where you shoulder and carry the bike over scree

A fixed Friday-to-Monday window and self-navigated sectors you must clear in order

High-altitude cold, exposure and fast-moving storms on the tops

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Ride and carry mountain days: ride to the hills, shoulder the bike over a steep col, ride home

Bike-carry sessions and hill walks with a loaded pack, the movement most cyclists never train

Sustained climbing intervals of 15 to 25 minutes for durable power on the long road cols

Gym loaded carries and lower-body work, because carrying a bike over mountains is a strength demand

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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