← All eventsStyrkeprøven (Den Store — Trondheim to Oslo)
~540km point-to-point road ultra from Trondheim to Oslo, 'The Great Trial of Strength' — climbing is front-loaded in the first 120km, then rolling-to-flat. A durability, pacing, fuelling and group-riding event, not a W/kg climb. Shorter options from Lillehammer (~180km) and Eidsvoll (~61km).
Roughly 540km from Trondheim to Oslo in a single push. Styrkeprøven, 'the Great Trial of Strength', is one of the longest one-day rides in the sport.
The climbing is front-loaded. Around 3,500m stacked into the first 120km, then hundreds of kilometres of rolling-to-flat river valley and lakeside road. A durability event, not a climb.
The clock is generous. Fast riders finish in 13 to 16 hours, most take 20 to 30 plus. It is decided by who is still eating and turning a steady pedal at 400km, not by who attacks the early hills.
Is Styrkeprøven (Den Store — Trondheim to Oslo) for you?
- Diesel engines who can hold a steady endurance pace for 15 hours or more. This rewards aerobic durability over any short-effort power number.
- Riders who treat fuelling as a skill. Over 540km, 60 to 90g of carbs an hour is the line between finishing and a catastrophic bonk.
- Anyone comfortable in a paceline. On the long flat middle a working group into a headwind is worth several km/h, and a dropped solo rider loses hours.
- Newcomers to ultra distance who start sensibly. The 180km Lillehammer start (Den Lille) is a genuine long day without leaping straight to 540km.
Training plan for Styrkeprøven (Den Store — Trondheim to Oslo)
A training plan for Styrkeprøven (Den Store — Trondheim to Oslo) 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 3,500m of climbing crammed into the first 120km, tempting fresh legs into a decisive early mistake.
- Hundreds of kilometres of rolling-to-flat valley road where wind and monotony grind you down.
- A day of anywhere from 13 to 30 plus hours, running through the pre-dawn start and the Nordic night across a big temperature swing.
- Fuelling for 20 hours or more, where small hourly deficits compound into a bonk.
- Progressive long rides building from 200km toward a 350 to 400km peak, the core adaptation.
- Back-to-back big weekends, 200km Saturday and 150km Sunday, to train cumulative fatigue.
- Fuelling rehearsals on any six-hour-plus ride at 60 to 90g carbs an hour, on your exact race products.
- Night rides with lights and layers to rehearse pacing and kit in the dark.
- 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
