← All eventsGBDURO
~2,000km self-supported off-road ultra the length of Great Britain, Land's End -> John o' Groats. ~30,000m climbing over singletrack, byways, moorland, bog, and hike-a-bike. Historically a checkpoint 'enduro' format. Mid-August date is approximate for the next edition.
The length of Great Britain, off-road. Around 2,000km from Land's End to John o' Groats, from the tip of Cornwall to the top of Scotland, self-supported and self-navigated the whole way.
Roughly 30,000m of climbing, more than three Everests stacked up, stitched from Cornish lanes, Welsh mountains, the Pennines and the remote Highlands. Techy singletrack, gravel, moorland and knee-deep bog.
Nothing accessible about it. This is genuine mountain-bike terrain, near-guaranteed British rain, and hike-a-bike over the mountains, ridden over roughly 5 to 14 days. FTP won't save you here. Durability will.
Is GBDURO for you?
- Riders with a long off-road ultra already in the legs. The dossier is blunt: this is not one to wing without multi-day experience, technical skill and proper wet-weather kit.
- Confident technical riders. A quarter of the route is rocky singletrack ridden on a fully loaded bike, often in the wet and often after dark.
- Riders who will get off and push. Welsh and Scottish sections are unrideable, and walking efficiently beats grinding to a halt on a loaded bike.
- Self-sufficient types who thrive alone. Long resupply gaps, midge-thick Highland nights and days of fatigue reward riders who manage themselves, not chase watts.
Training plan for GBDURO
A training plan for GBDURO isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 2,000km and 30,000m of off-road climbing over roughly 5 to 14 days on minimal sleep
- Relentless short, steep climbs in the South West that drain the legs before the mountains even start
- Loaded singletrack, hike-a-bike and knee-deep bog through the Welsh and Scottish mountains
- Near-guaranteed rain, cold nights and long remote resupply gaps of 60 to 100km in the north
- Long Z2 off-road rides, building from 5 hours toward 10 to 16 hours with full bikepacking kit
- Back-to-back weekends, then a 3 to 5 day off-road trip to learn to ride on tired legs
- Hike-a-bike work: pushing a loaded bike over rough ground, plus hill walks with an 8 to 12kg pack
- Overnight bivvy rides in the British wet: ride, sleep rough, ride again at dawn
- 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
