West Highland Way Race Training Plan

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 hours a week, so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

Three weeks up, ease back, repeat: that rhythm is what makes the fitness stick. Intensity is rationed rather than sprayed around, every target reads off your own threshold pace and heart rate, and the plan gives your endurance, your pace and the durability to hold it late on the attention each one needs.

Follow it as written and you will arrive at West Highland Way Race genuinely ready, not just hopeful.

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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, for someone who can give it a fairly steady 12 hours most weeks.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 17 weeks and a big 12 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

It is a one-off purchase delivered straight into your TrainingPeaks account, written out session by session in plain language so you always know what to do and why.

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