Events/Ride Across Britain (RAB)

Ride Across Britain (RAB)

Road

Date

Sat, 4 Sept 2027

Venue

Land's End → John o' Groats (LEJOG)

Countdown

September

Distance

1,560km

Total climb

15,000m

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.

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The course

The route

The route runs the full length of Britain, rolling and lumpy through Cornwall and Devon, flatter and faster through the middle of England, then ramping up over the Pennines and Lakes before the exposed Scottish Highlands carry you into John o' Groats. A shorter 3-day Scotland-only option also runs.

Weather

Early-September, Land's End → John o' Groats (LEJOG)

17°CTypical high

16°CTypical low

13°CColdest in 20 years

45%Days with rain

Highs around 17°C and lows around 16°C, but it has dropped to 13°C. Rain on 45% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

2024 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeGap

01Nadine Oehmcke07:14:27

02Helen Webster08:16:04

03Lauren Bourne08:34:07

Women finishers

10:05:11

Median time

Women · 2024 results, as published by the organiser.

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Training

Training for the Ride Across Britain (RAB)

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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Nine days, back to back

Typical sessions

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

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

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

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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