Multi-day training plans
Three multi-day races in the library, a 18-week build behind each one. Every one is written two weeks at a time, phased for how far out you are, and rebuilt the moment you travel, get sick or something starts hurting.
On Pro, the hours, the experience level and the date you give shape every block, and the plan is rewritten when your week changes.
On Pro, a beginner's cycling week holds 6 to 8 hours and an advanced rider's 12 to 16, so the same ride gives two different plans.
The races on this page are examples. In the app you choose a distance and set your own date, so a race we have not listed works the same way.
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MULTI-DAY AT A GLANCE
- Races covered3
- Typical build18 weeks
- Race monthsJul · Aug · Nov
- True of all 3Road · Open
- Next upIowa Multi-Day Ride · Jul 24, 2027
- SportCycling
WHO A MULTI-DAY PLAN IS FOR
Several days in the saddle
A multi-day ride is a tour or stage event over three or more days. What matters is the volume you can repeat day after day, so the build leans on long rides and recovery between them.
On Pro, the weeks are set from your experience level and the hours you have, and they are rewritten if you travel, get sick or something hurts.
Choose Multi-Day Stage in the app and set the date of the first day. The rides below are examples, not a list to pick from.
THE MULTI-DAY FIELD
What a multi-day build has to cope with
Counted off the three multi-day races on this page. It is not a general claim about the distance.
HOW LONG THE BUILD RUNS
Every plan at this distance runs to eighteen weeks.
That is the longest of the three cycling distances on this site. century (12 weeks) and gran fondo (14-16 weeks) sit below it.
Whatever the length, the plan is written two weeks at a time and phased for how far out you are, so multi-day races that start in a hole and multi-day races that start fit do not get the same first block.
WHAT YOU BUILD THROUGH
Two of the three put the bulk of the build in spring; the rest split one in summer.
A build that runs through spring starts in the dark and finishes in the light, with the weather changing underneath it.
One of them (Victoria Multi-Day Ride) is south of the equator, where the calendar runs the other way round.
Race dates land in three different months of the year.
WHAT THE COURSES DO
Two of the three are rolling; the other is mountainous.
All three are on road.
We hold a total-climb figure for one of the three. It is 19,000 m. For the rest the table leaves the cell empty, because we hold no figure for them.
WHAT THE WEATHER DOES
Two of the three are unpredictable; the other is hot and humid.
HOW YOU GET IN
All three go by open entry.
Field size, in starters: one at 40,000 or more, one at 1,000 to 10,000 and one at under 1,000.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DATES
We hold a confirmed date for two of the three. The other one carry a season instead, and the table says so rather than inventing a day.
Dates are checked against each race’s own announcement before they go in, and a date we cannot stand behind is left out.
ALL THREE MULTI-DAY RACES
Every multi-day race we have a plan for
Three of the seven things we track vary between these races, so those are the columns. The ones that do not vary are in the card above. Every name links to its own plan.
| Race | When | Course | Conditions | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Multi-Day RideIowa, USA | Rolling | Hot, humid | 40,000+ | |
| Alps Multi-Day RideFrench Alps, France | Mountainous | Unpredictable | Under 1,000 | |
| Victoria Multi-Day RideVictoria, Australia | Spring 2027 | Rolling | Unpredictable | 1,000-10,000 |