Date
Sat, 31 Jul 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Intact Insurance, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Dublin
Dundrum, County Dublin
Countdown
July
A 600 km loop out of Dublin against a 40-hour clock. 8,000 m of climbing is steady rather than savage, so the real test is staying fed, awake and moving through the night.
Key facts
01Self-supported: plan your own food, water and sleep stops
0240-hour time limit for the full 600 km loop
03Expect to ride through the night
Create a free training plan for the Usual Suspects 600
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Dundrum
Distance600km
Total climb8,031m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate553.4 km
Weather
Late-July, Dundrum
18°CTypical high
13°CTypical low
9°CColdest in 20 years
61%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 13°C, but it has dropped to 9°C. Rain on 61% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Usual Suspects 600
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.icuWhat a Usual Suspects 600 plan targets
Typical sessions
600 km with 8,031 m of climbing
Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
Sustained climbing repeats on real gradients
Group rides for drafting and bunch-riding skills
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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Get your Usual Suspects 600 plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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