Events/Tartu Rattamaraton

Tartu Rattamaraton

MTB

Date

Sat, 19 Sept 2026

Venue

Otepää → Elva, southern Estonia

Countdown

September

Routes

Distances

21-126km

Climb, 86 km

1,000m

The largest MTB race in the Baltics. A point-to-point off-road marathon from Otepää to Elva, southern Estonia, tracing the route of the legendary Tartu ski marathon. Mid-September, ~93% off-road.

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The course

The route

The classic course is ~86km with around 1,000m of climbing, all through continuous short rollers rather than any long climb. A ~126km option adds roughly 1,500m, plus shorter 40km and 21km distances. Surface is ~93% off-road: fast gravel, dirt and grass.

Weather

Mid-September, Otepää → Elva

16°CTypical high

8°CTypical low

-1°CColdest in 20 years

37%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 37% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

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

Training

Training for the Tartu Rattamaraton

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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What Tartu throws at you

Typical sessions

Continuous short ups-and-downs, never a long climb and never truly flat, for 3 to 6 hours

Grass and soft dirt that roll slower and drain the legs more than tarmac

A cool, crisp Nordic day with real Baltic autumn rain risk that turns the course heavy

Repeatable above-tempo punch over the rollers, plus fuelling to plan when it's cold

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Repeatability sets: 8-10 x 2-3min at 100-110% FTP, holding power across the whole set to mimic the rollers

Threshold and sweet spot work: 3x12min at 95-100% FTP and 2x20min at 88-94% FTP to raise the engine

Long off-road rides building 3 to 4.5hr on gravel and dirt for surface-specific durability

A full race-pace simulation, ~70-86km off-road at target intensity, fuelling exactly as on race day

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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