At 3,600 kilometers, speed matters only after your sleep, fueling, navigation, lighting, and judgment systems still work
The 2027 regulations define an approximately 3,600-kilometer paved-road ultracycling race starting and finishing in Warsaw, with the final start-day route supplied by GPX. The organizer's current route framework circles Poland through the eastern frontier, Bieszczady and Beskids, Czorsztyn and the Tatras, Karkonosze/Sudetes, the German border, Baltic coast, Masuria, and the Lithuania/Belarus border area before returning to Warsaw. The full 3,600 km/33,100m loop itself — no single climb or sector defines the race; the challenge is sustaining pace and sleep management across 12 days (solo) through eight distinct Polish regions.
For the experienced rider training seven to eleven hours a week, this twelve-week plan balances ultra-distance durability, conservative pacing, night-riding resilience, sleep strategy, category-compliant resupply, navigation, equipment redundancy, and fatigue management with deliberate recovery so fitness rises without carrying avoidable fatigue into Race Around Poland. It builds systems you can rehearse inside this weekly volume; it does not replace prior multi-day riding experience.
INSIDE THE MASTERS 50+ PLAN — 7–11 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, nutrition and hydration guidance, and recovery-first Masters 50+ structuring.
The Complete Race Around Poland 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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Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party