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Struggle Borderlands 2026
Struggle Borderlands 2026 is a road sportive from the Dales Bike Centre in Reeth, in the Yorkshire Dales, on 12 September 2026, with 100 km and 200 km routes over iconic Dales climbs including Buttertubs Pass, Fleet Moss, Greets Moss, Tan Hill and Oxnop Scar.
Reeth, North Yorkshire, United KingdomOpen
- Dates
- Sat, Sep 12, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 100 路 200 km
Requirements
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The course
Track, profile and categorized climbs at a glance. The map and altimetry come from the real GPX track; tap a numbered climb for its detail.
Official profile
Official distance and elevation with a mountain profile. We estimate your times from those numbers.
Estimate by level
Without a GPX we still estimate your time from the official distance, elevation and terrain profile. We will refine it once the track is processed.
Map, point-to-point profile and categorized climbs will appear here once we process the GPX track for this route.
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Which route should I pick?
Relative demand and the key numbers for each route. Pick one and the rest of the page adapts.
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Do I have time to get ready?
What each route demands versus the time left to the start.
18days to the start. 200 km route asks for ~16 weeks: for this edition you are fine-tuning, not building.
Compare what each route demands
200 km route16 weeks
100 km route8 weeks
Make it your goal200 km route asks for ~16 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for 200 km route[ 04 ]
What do I need to know?
Ridium's training read and the caveats before you trust the times.
Training read 路 Ridium AIThe 200 km route at Struggle Borderlands is a long, climbing-heavy road ride in the Yorkshire Dales that combines high cumulative elevation with sustained and steep ascents.
- Climbing
Train both sustained tempo climbing and short steep surges, because the route strings together climbs such as Buttertubs Pass, Fleet Moss, Greets Moss, Tan Hill and Oxnop Scar and rewards riders comfortable changing gears and effort on varied gradients.
- Endurance
Build long aerobic rides toward the 200 km distance with meaningful climbing in each, allowing roughly 16 weeks of progressive volume so late-route climbs are not done on empty.
- Pacing
Hold back on the early climbs and keep a sustainable effort, since over a long day with this much climbing, going too hard early makes the final ascents disproportionately costly.
- Fueling
Plan structured hourly carbohydrate intake and practice it in training, because many hours of climbing demand steady fueling well before you feel empty.
Caveats
- No public GPX analysis was available for this route, so exact gradients, climb lengths, and total elevation should be treated as provisional.
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