← All eventsRide Across Britain (RAB)
The UK's premier Land's End to John o' Groats mass event: a 9-day, fully-supported staged charity ride of ~1,560km and ~15,000m climbing over ~9 daily ~108mi stages, with catered basecamps, medics and baggage transfer. A durability-and-recovery life goal, not a race or self-supported bikepacking. Dates approximate (est 4-12 Sep 2027).
Nine days riding the length of Britain, Land's End to John o' Groats. Around 1,560km and 15,000m of climbing, split into roughly 108-mile stages, fully supported with catered basecamps, medics and your bags moved for you.
No single day is beyond a trained club rider. The challenge is stacking nine of them. Cumulative fatigue, saddle comfort and how well you recover each evening decide your event, far more than raw power.
It's a life goal, not a race. Plenty of finishers signed up before they owned a bike. With a sensible build, and the event handling every logistic, riding the country end to end is genuinely achievable.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2024 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Ride Across Britain (RAB) for you?
- First-timers chasing a genuine life goal. With the route signed, your bags moved and camp catered, a trained newcomer can realistically ride the length of Britain.
- Steady riders who ration the effort. Nine days rewards holding back early, not attacking the lumpy South West while the legs feel fresh.
- Anyone who backs up well day after day. If you eat, sleep and recover between long rides, the relentless stacking of stages suits you.
- Riders who sort comfort first. Saddle sores and hand or neck pain end more RABs than fitness, so a dialled bike fit is a real edge.
Training plan for Ride Across Britain (RAB)
A training plan for Ride Across Britain (RAB) 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.
- Nine consecutive stages of roughly 108 miles, about 1,560km and 15,000m of climbing, all ridden on tired legs
- Cumulative fatigue is the real test, not any single hard day
- Long hours in the saddle: saddle, hand and neck comfort over nine or ten hours a day, nine days running
- Variable September weather down the length of Britain, with wet, windy Highland stages likely at some point
- Back-to-back long weekends: a long Z2 ride Saturday and another Sunday, the key session that teaches riding tired
- Progressive long rides building the single ride toward around 100 miles
- Steady endurance and long Z2 rides of two to seven hours, practising 50 to 80g of carbs an hour
- A three-day durability block in the specialise phase, the closest rehearsal of the event, plus rehearsing the evening refuel and recovery routine
- 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
