Two hundred Dartmoor miles turn a 19-hour cutoff into the day's defining climb
Multiple loops across Dartmoor from a start/finish at Exeter Racecourse, with a principal feed station at Postbridge passed three times over the roughly 200-mile / 323 km route. The course has moved to this Exeter-based configuration from an earlier planned layout; the organizer describes an especially difficult final climb without naming it in current material. The 19-hour time limit itself — 05:00 to midnight, averaging roughly 10.5 mph including every stop, with intermediate cutoffs that can retire riders who fall behind.
For the rider with eight weeks and four to six hours a week, this plan uses compact race-specific sessions and a focused longer ride to prepare for 323 kilometers, roughly 5,500 meters of climbing, and the 19-hour cutoff.
INSIDE THE TIME-CRUNCHED PLAN — 4–6 HR/WK
Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat protocols for when your race calls for them, peloton skills workouts, and nutrition and hydration guidance.
The Complete Dartmoor Legend Ultra Sportive Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.
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