← All eventsTORQ In Your Sleep
12-hour lapped MTB endurance race at Minley Manor, Hampshire. ~13km fast XC 'figure-of-8' lap, mainly flat with three punchy climbs. Solo/pairs/teams/singlespeed/fatbike + a 6hr race. Late-August Bank Holiday. Next edition ~29 Aug 2027 (approximate).
The name is the warning. This 12-hour MTB race runs noon to midnight at Minley Manor, and the whole second half is in the dark: the final four hours are fully dark, on singletrack.
The lap is a fast, flowing figure-of-8, roughly 13km and mainly flat, linking heathland and beech woods with three punchy climbs. Momentum matters more than muscle here.
12 hours sits between a sprint and an ultra. Ride the afternoon at 6-hour pace and the dark will break you. The riders who dial their lights and hold pace after sunset are the ones who win laps.
One lap
A roughly 13km figure-of-8 lap, mostly flat at around 175m of climbing, blending flowing singletrack and fire road through heathland, beech and pine woods. Three climbs per lap: a short sharp up, a long gravel drag and a grassy pull. The Bridge to Nowhere comes alive with sound and light after dark.
Is TORQ In Your Sleep for you?
- Disciplined pacers. The 6-hour riders launch at 3pm and will tempt you to over-cook a hot afternoon that you pay for in the dark.
- Riders willing to train night skills. Confident cornering and descending under lights is exactly what holds pace when everyone else slows after sunset.
- Efficient XC riders who carry speed. A fast, flowing, mostly-flat course rewards smooth momentum over raw climbing power.
- Solo riders chasing the night-riding challenge without full 24hr survival. You finish at midnight, no all-night, no sleep management.
Training plan for TORQ In Your Sleep
A training plan for TORQ In Your Sleep 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.
- 12 hours of racing, noon to midnight, with the final four hours fully dark on singletrack
- Mainly flat, but three climbs a lap whose undulations stack up significantly over 12 hours
- A real temperature drop after sunset: a hot afternoon giving way to a cool night
- Fast, flowing XC that rewards momentum, smooth handling and a well-mounted bar-plus-helmet light
- Threshold and sweet-spot work: build to 3x20min at FTP, 2x20min sweet spot, and 4x(4min/4min) over-unders
- Weekend doubles on the MTB: a 4hr Saturday plus a 2-3hr Sunday, building toward a 5-6hr race simulation with race nutrition
- Dedicated night rides on technical singletrack, including one long ride that starts in daylight and finishes after dark, tired
- A lighting burn test to confirm 4-plus hours of battery at race brightness before race day
- 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
