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Struggle NYM 2026
Struggle NYM 2026 (formerly Struggle Moors) is a steep road sportive from the Sutton Bank National Park Centre in the North York Moors on 5 July 2026, billed as one of the toughest UK sportives. It offers 130 km, 189 km and 250 km Ultra routes over iconic Moors climbs including Rosedale Chimney, Caper Hill, Blakey Bank and Danby Beacon.
Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, United KingdomOpen
- Dates
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 130 路 189 路 250 km
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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.
11days to the start. 189 km route asks for ~14 weeks: for this edition you are fine-tuning, not building.
Compare what each route demands
250 km Ultra18 weeksExtreme
189 km route14 weeksHigh
130 km route10 weeksHigh
Make it your goal189 km route asks for ~14 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for 189 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 189 km route at Struggle NYM is a long, climbing-heavy road ride in the North York Moors 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 Rosedale Chimney, Caper Hill, Blakey Bank and Danby Beacon and rewards riders comfortable changing gears and effort on varied gradients.
- Endurance
Build long aerobic rides toward the 189 km distance with meaningful climbing in each, allowing roughly 14 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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