← All eventsStruggle Moors
One of Yorkshire's hardest sportives from Sutton Bank — ~130km taster, ~189km classic (~3,000-3,800m) and a ~250km Ultra over ~10 iconic North York Moors climbs. Steep-for-distance; climbing is the point. Next date ~2027-07-11 approximate.
One of Yorkshire's hardest sportives, built around the steepest tarmac in the North York Moors. From Sutton Bank, it hunts out the walls rather than avoiding them.
Rosedale Chimney ramps to 30%, one of England's steepest paved climbs. Sutton Bank's escarpment hits 25%. A dozen brutal ramps stitched together with exposed, wind-raked moor-top drags.
Distance isn't what breaks riders here. It's the cumulative cost of repeated near-max efforts on 20-30% walls. Fit low gears and ride your own minimum effort, or you end up walking.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2024 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Struggle Moors for you?
- Climbers who like it steep and punchy. This rewards riders who can hit a 25% wall hard, not those who prefer a long, steady tempo drag.
- Riders who sort their gearing. A sub-compact and a big sprocket turn Rosedale Chimney from a walk into a ride; over-geared, you crack.
- Disciplined pacers. The walls come thick and fast, so it suits riders who ration the effort early instead of blowing up on the first ramp.
- Durable endurance riders. The classic and Ultra are long days out, so a big, well-built long ride matters as much as the climbing.
Training plan for Struggle Moors
A training plan for Struggle Moors 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.
- A dozen short walls at 20-30%, ridden near-max, nothing like steady Alpine-col pacing
- Marquee ramps in Rosedale Chimney (to 30%) and Sutton Bank (to 25%)
- Exposed moor tops with no shelter and July weather that flips fast
- A long day out: roughly 8:30 to 11:00 mid-pack on the classic, longer on the Ultra
- Wall reps: 8-10 x 1-3min near-max on a 15-25% climb, still climbing on the last
- Rosedale sim: your steepest local climb ridden 4-6 times with full recovery
- Force reps: 4-6 x 3-5min at 50-55rpm, high torque, seated on a climb
- A climb-stacked long day building toward 5-6hr and 3,000m+ of climbing
- 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
