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A ~6,800km self-supported coast-to-coast ROAD ultra across the USA on the TransAmerica Trail, Astoria to Yorktown, with ~53,000m of cumulative climbing. Date and elevation are approximate.
Coast to coast across America, non-stop and unsupported. Roughly 4,233 miles from Astoria, Oregon on the Pacific to Yorktown, Virginia on the Atlantic, following the TransAmerica Trail. One of the great road ultras.
It stacks the Cascades and Rockies in the west, the relentless wind and heat of the Kansas plains through the middle, then the savagely steep Ozarks and Appalachians in the east.
No support. No checkpoints. No time limit. The fastest cross in 16 to 18 days on three to five hours' sleep. Most take three to five weeks. The clock never stops, and neither, really, do you.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2024 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Trans Am Bike Race for you?
- Riders who measure days in the saddle, not watts. Over weeks, sustained road pace and durability beat peak FTP every time.
- Self-reliant types who like solving problems alone. No support crew, no checkpoints, just you, the route and the next gas station.
- Anyone comfortable being uncomfortable for a long time. The Kansas headwind and chronic sleep debt are the real opponents, not any single climb.
- Riders drawn to a whole continent under their wheels. This is a crossing as much as a race.
Training plan for Trans Am Bike Race
A training plan for Trans Am Bike Race 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.
- Roughly 4,233 miles and around 53,000m of cumulative climbing over three to five weeks in the saddle.
- High paved passes and altitude in the Rockies, then short savage climbs in the Ozarks and Appalachians on tired legs.
- Relentless headwinds and 35C-plus heat across the exposed Kansas plains.
- Multiple nights riding open, trafficked roads on mounting sleep debt.
- Long Z2 road-endurance rides building from 5 hours out to 12 hours plus, the core of the plan.
- Back-to-back weekends and a 4 to 6 day self-supported road trip to teach your legs to ride tired.
- Sustained Z3 tempo blocks and aero-position hours for the plains headwinds.
- Heat adaptation, big-climb work and overnight rides through the Specialise block.
- 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
