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Long self-supported off-road bikepacking loop linking the cities of Wales across mountains, valleys and coast, ~1,200km. Late-July date and distances/elevation approximate.
A self-supported off-road loop that links every city of Wales in one lap of roughly 1,200km. No support crews, no prizes, no course markings. Just a GPX file, a dot on a tracker, and the whole country to cross.
The line stitches the south Wales valleys, the wild Cambrian mountains of mid-Wales, technical Snowdonia bridleways, and wind-raked coast. Climbing stacks up toward 20,000m.
This is a week-plus effort, not a weekend, ridden in a small field. Multiple nights alone in the hills, and the honest truth that on night four in the rain your head is the limiter, not your legs.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is 7 Cities of Wales for you?
- Genuinely self-sufficient riders. Navigation, mechanicals, resupply and sleeping rough all get solved alone, with no crew, no feed stations and no marshals out on the route.
- Patient riders who ration effort. Over a week-plus of mountains the win is repeating a sustainable day, not chasing a fast one that you cannot back up tomorrow.
- Anyone comfortable in mountain darkness. Solo riders face several nights, so lights, GPS and calm route-finding in the dark matter as much as raw fitness.
- Off-road handlers who accept hike-a-bike. The Snowdonia and Cambrian bridleways are rocky and boggy, and pushing a loaded bike up the steep sections is normal.
Training plan for 7 Cities of Wales
A training plan for 7 Cities of Wales 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.
- Close to 20,000m of climbing over roughly 1,200km, most of it on rough mountain ground
- Consecutive big days: this is repeated mountain riding for a week or more, not one long push
- Multiple nights alone, self-navigated by GPX, with sparse resupply through mid-Wales
- Welsh mountain weather that turns hostile even in July, and technical terrain ridden under a loaded bike
- Three-day mountain blocks, like Sat 8h plus Sun 6h plus Mon 5h, to rehearse cumulative fatigue
- Long Z2 hilly endurance rides building toward 10+ hours with 1,500m or more of climbing
- A multi-night mountain trip on full kit: climb, ride technical, sleep rough, repeat
- Night navigation and overnight rides, plus loaded hike-a-bike and lower-body strength work
- 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
