Training plans
Training plans for brevets, audax and ultra-distance cycling
Free, periodised plans for randonneuring and ultra racing, from your first 200 km audax to Paris–Brest–Paris and the Transcontinental. Each plan starts this week, ends on your event date, and never schedules more hours than you have.
Brevets (BRM)
- 200 km200 km brevet training planThe 200 km brevet is where most randonneurs start: a full day in the saddle with a 13.5-hour time limit, controls to visit and nobody to draft.Sample peak: 7.0 h a week
- 300 km300 km brevet training planA 300 km brevet usually means riding into the night with a 20-hour limit.Sample peak: 7.6 h a week
- 400 km400 km brevet training planA 400 km brevet almost always runs through a night, with a 27-hour limit.Sample peak: 8.8 h a week
- 600 km600 km brevet training planThe 600 completes the Super Randonneur series and qualifies you for the 1200s.Sample peak: 9.6 h a week
1200 km+ randonnées
- About 1,200 kmParis–Brest–Paris training planParis–Brest–Paris is the oldest and biggest 1200 km randonnée: around 1,200 km and roughly 11,000 m of climbing from the Paris region to Brest and back, every four years.Sample peak: 11.6 h a week
- About 1,500 kmLondon–Edinburgh–London training planLondon–Edinburgh–London is Audax UK's flagship randonnée: around 1,500 km and more than 13,000 m of climbing to Scotland and back, with a 125-hour limit.Sample peak: 11.6 h a week
Ultra races
- 4,000 km or more; the route changes every yearTranscontinental Race training planThe Transcontinental Race crosses Europe self-supported, usually well over 4,000 km with tens of thousands of metres of climbing.Sample peak: 13.6 h a week
- About 4,400 kmTour Divide training planThe Tour Divide follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route for about 4,400 km from Banff, Canada, to the Mexican border, with around 60,000 m of climbing on gravel and dirt.Sample peak: 13.6 h a week
- Distance covered in 24 hours24-hour race training planA 24-hour race, on the road, on a circuit or as a 24-hour time trial, rewards whoever slows down least.Sample peak: 11.6 h a week
How the plans work
Every plan runs Foundation, Base, Build, Specialty and Taper, with an easier week after every three. The long ride lands on the day you choose and grows toward a length that suits your event. Build adds durability rides, where the hard efforts come after a long pre-load. Specialty rehearses the event with race-pace rides, full fueling and, for 400 km and longer, back-to-back long days.
Ramp and durability tests are scheduled automatically, event week brings openers and carb-loading notes, and you can move, swap or remove any session.
Randonneuring and audax, briefly
Randonneuring (called audax in the UK and Australia) is long-distance cycling against a generous time limit rather than other riders. Brevets of 200, 300, 400 and 600 km make up a Super Randonneur series, which qualifies riders for 1200 km events such as Paris–Brest–Paris and London–Edinburgh–London.
Because pace is modest and the hours are long, brevet training is about aerobic base, durability, fueling and comfort, not a bigger sprint.
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