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A 200km Peak District gravel ultra from Bakewell linking rough Dark Peak gritstone + fast White Peak limestone in one big loop — a 10-15+ hour endurance day. Climbing estimated (~4,000m). Date approximate.
Two hundred kilometres of Peak District gravel in one loop from Bakewell. It links both halves of the Peak: the rough Dark Peak gritstone and the fast White Peak limestone, in a single big push.
An estimated 4,000m of climbing stacks up over steep, loose gritstone and open moorland. This is a genuine gravel ultra, a 10 to 15+ hour day, not a bigger sportive.
Materially harder than the standard Peak District gravel loops: twice the distance, remote stretches, exposed tops. Not a first gravel event. Come with real endurance and handling in the legs.
Is The Double Peak for you?
- Experienced gravel riders stepping up to ultra distance. This is not a first event: you need real gravel handling and long-day endurance already in the bank.
- Patient pacers. The classic 200km error is going hard early, so it rewards riders who ration the effort and eat on a timer, not on feel.
- Confident descenders. The rough gritstone comes on tired legs deep into the day, so calm handling when fatigued matters more than raw fitness.
- Self-sufficient riders who like it remote. Long lonely stretches on exposed moors mean carrying for the gaps and reading your own route.
Training plan for The Double Peak
A training plan for The Double Peak 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.
- Massive time on the bike: 10 to 15+ hours for most riders
- An estimated 4,000m of climbing on steep, loose gritstone
- Fast limestone trail where you bank momentum, then rough tracks that take it back
- Remote, exposed moorland where self-sufficiency and weather kit are not optional
- A progressive long ride building from 3 hours out to 7 to 9, on mixed rough and smooth gravel
- Event-pace long rides with full fuelling rehearsal, 60 to 90g of carbs an hour
- Steep, sustained gritstone-style climbs for relentless-climb durability
- Tired-handling rides on technical descents late in a long day, plus a remote bad-weather kit run
- 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
