Events/Tour Aotearoa

Tour Aotearoa

Ultra

Date

Mon, 22 Feb 2027

Venue

Cape Reinga → Bluff, New Zealand

Countdown

February

Distance

3,000km

Total climb

30,000m

Roughly 3,000km down the length of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Bluff, the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South. A self-paced brevet with a deliberate 10-day minimum, so nobody is racing.

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The course

The route

Cape Reinga to Bluff, roughly 3,000km and around 30,000m of climbing across both islands, almost entirely on the NZ Cycle Trail network: sealed back-roads, gravel, cycle trails and a stretch of Ninety Mile Beach, split by the Cook Strait ferry.

Weather

Late-February, Cape Reinga → Bluff

21°CTypical high

20°CTypical low

18°CColdest in 20 years

24%Days with rain

Highs around 21°C and lows around 20°C, but it has dropped to 18°C. Rain on 24% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Tour Aotearoa

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.

Intervals.icu

Weeks in the saddle, not one big day

Typical sessions

Aerobic durability above all: an all-day pace held day after day for two to four weeks

Around 45% gravel and cycle trail, so comfort on mixed surfaces decides your day more than power

Some evening and night riding to make daily distance, even with February's long daylight

Real logistics: the Cook Strait ferry, a jet-boat and Ninety Mile Beach tides all need timing

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 endurance rides on gravel, building from around 4 hours toward 10-plus, fuelling as you go

Weekend doubles and a 4 to 6 day consecutive-day block to rehearse repeating good days

Loaded rides with full bikepacking kit on gravel and trail to dial in handling

A multi-day self-supported trip in the specialise phase, the single key session for this event

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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