TL;DR…Trainer Road Works Fall of 2024 I started listening to the Trainer Road ‘ask a cycling coach’ podcast and I was hooked. With a few local Bikepacking races (with some podiums) and zero structured training under my belt, I thought this was a good opportunity to not only take a crack at the Tour…

Hey Andrew, I considered trying to be lighter overall, but i wanted to hang on to as much lean mass as i could. I burned an average 6,500 calories a day on route so having a little spare body fat wasn’t a big concern. Also eating like i did while training meant I could go as hard as I wanted and not…

Thanks for the detailed write up and pics of your experience!

This is so awesome and really makes me wish they still did the Successful Athletes Podcast because I would love to hear more about this. If you get a chance could you give some info about your bike and setup.

UWDawgs, thanks! I’m glad that it’s interesting to some of you :sweat_smile: I found that when I surfed these forums last year looking for bikepacking specific training tips, I came up pretty empty handed. I figured I would do my own thing and report back here on how it went, so that others can use…

Parker wazzup! Great meeting you just before the Washington High-Lite race not-race forest-fire smoke-fest in Sept! [image] parkerkempf: TL;DR…Trainer Road Works I appreciate the details in your post. There is a ton of “how to do ultras with TR” threads, but a lot of those are older. A lot o…

[image] mattarms: I often see gran fondo as a recommended race type for bikepacking races. I wonder what the practical differences are between a “gran fondo” and a “gravel” stage race in terms of how TR sets up the plan. I do the same. My ultra cycling events are setup as Gravel - Stage Races…

Hey Matt! It was great meeting you and the rest of the crew over there for the High-Lite. Yeah that would make sense about the other folks plans, it’s essentially what I did. I definitely appreciated the AI adaptations, and guessing my red light green light before checking each day became a game I …

[image] parkerkempf: My TSS varied a lot on the Divide, my highest day was around 439 on day 1 and lowest 287 (on a 195-mile day). I kind of feel like it’s a hard metric to pin down on these bigger days. It almost feels like TSS decouples from how deep of a hole you are digging yourself…I am cur…

Hey Y’all! I wanted to throw my packing list on here in case someone is specifically planning on the Tour Divide or any other extended bikepacking race and wanted a list for reference. This is my comprehensive packing list, and there is almost nothing I would change for next time. Below I added not…

Thank you for this fantastic write-up! I’ve used TR for many bikepacking races, and it works. I generally make similar modifications to the ones you have made. The main one is getting out and doing long rides, ensuring your gear and body can handle that many hours on a bike. Your approach to sleep…

My experience using Trainer Road for the 2025 Tour Divide

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dirt_cruzer December 31, 2025, 7:33pm 25

Oh! I just saw this - which would be pretty awesome for those of us doing long events:

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My experience using Trainer Road for the 2025 Tour Divide

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