West Highland Way Race Training Plan - Compete

About this plan

This plan is built for West Highland Way Race, start to finish. It is shaped around an ultra-distance race, running 17 weeks at a big 12.5 hours a week, so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

The load builds in three-week blocks and then backs off, so the work actually lands instead of burying you. The hard sessions are dosed the way the research says fitness is built, never piled on as junk volume, and your endurance, your pace and the durability to hold it late on all get their turn.

Held to week after week, it is designed to have you racing at the sharp end on the day you race West Highland Way Race.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

The rider or athlete targeting West Highland Way Race. It suits an ultra-distance race and is aimed at racing for a result, not just completing it, for someone who can give it a fairly steady 12.5 hours most weeks.

How much training does it involve?

Plan on 17 weeks and about 12.5 hours a week. It rises for a couple of weeks, then drops to let the work settle, rather than climbing endlessly until you break.

How is the plan delivered?

A single payment drops the whole plan into TrainingPeaks for you, laid out session by session in plain English so nothing is left to guesswork.

Want it built around your life instead of off the shelf? See Plan Only.