🗓️ Starts Monday 12 October 2026 | ⏱️ 28 weeks | 🎯 Ready for 24 April 2027

312km. Over 5,000m of climbing. The hardest one-day sportive in Europe - and the riders who finish it comfortably are the ones who started training in October, not January.

This is the complete road to the Mallorca 312: 28 unbroken weeks of coached, structured training that takes you from wherever you are right now, builds the engine over winter, then sharpens it into event-specific fitness and delivers you to the start line ready. Two of our best Academies, joined end to end, with no gap and no guesswork in between.

Phase 1 - The Ride Harder Academy (Weeks 1-12, October to December)

You start on our top-rated 12-week programme - the Academy that makes you a complete cyclist, not just a fitter one. Built on the Train Smart ethos, it gets you faster for less effort while sorting out the things most riders ignore all winter: strength, nutrition, mindset, habits and skills. This is where the engine gets built.

Phase 1 includes:
✅ 12 Week structured plan
✅ Wellness & Mindset tips
✅ Strength & Mobility gym/home workout plan
✅ Nutrition webinars and workshops
✅ Access to multiple coaches
✅ Essential Cycling Skills & Secret Hacks
✅ Live Workouts with Academy members and coaches
✅ Access to the Ride Harder Community group for Q&A, support and making new friends
📈 Training Volume: 6-12 hours per week

Phase 2 - The Mallorca 312 Academy (Weeks 13-28, January to Race Day)

In January you roll straight into the Academy that has helped 100's of riders complete their chosen distance. Everything now points at one day in Mallorca: event-specific endurance, the long-ride progression, the fuelling, the descending, the pacing, the kit and the travel. You arrive knowing exactly what the day is going to ask of you - because you'll already have rehearsed it.

How Phase 2 is built:
Month 1: Base fitness (wk16 - wk13)
Month 2: Muscular Endurance, event-specific build (wk12 - wk9)
Month 3: Build (wk8 - wk5)
Month 4 Part 1: Peak (wk4 - wk3)
Month 4 Part 2: Taper (wk2 - Event)

Phase 2 includes:
✅ 16 Week progressive structured plan
✅ Nutrition resources, webinars and advice
✅ Race Day specific advice and guides
✅ Secret 312 hacks
✅ Optional Group Workouts
✅ Travel advice
✅ Part of the biggest 312 Training Community
✅ Access to new content
📈 Training Volume: 8-12 hours per week (optional sessions available if time allows)

Why 28 weeks beats 16

Riders who join in January spend their first month building base fitness they could have had before Christmas. That's a month of event-specific training lost. Starting in October means you enter the 312 block already strong - so those 16 weeks are spent getting fast, not getting started. It is the single biggest difference between finishing the 312 and enjoying it.

Every session is planned out in advance, giving you the structure you need with the flexibility to train when it suits you. And you're never doing it alone - going through it in the community environment keeps you motivated and gives you a place to ask questions and make friends. With the support of the Ride Harder head coach and the group, you stay accountable and committed to completing the plan, and that is how you complete the event.

Who it's for

Riders taking on the Mallorca 312 (167km, 225km or 312km) who want the most thorough preparation available - especially first-timers, riders stepping up a distance, or anyone who has been caught out before by starting too late.

All you need to know

📈 Training Volume: 6-12 hours per week in Phase 1, building to 10-12 hours per week in Phase 2
🚴 Equipment Required: Turbo Trainer/Watt Bike + HR Monitor
💻 Platforms Delivered on: TrainingPeaks account (free) + any smart training app (Zwift, TrainerRoad, TrainingPeaks Virtual, Rouvy etc)
👥 Community: Ride Harder Community group throughout all 28 weeks

The value

Bought separately, the Ride Harder Academy (£347) and the Mallorca 312 Academy (£397) come to £744. Together as the Ultimate Academy it's £597 - you save £147 and get one continuous, coached progression instead of two disconnected blocks.

Pay in full, or hold your place with a deposit

You can pay the £597 in full today, or hold your place with a £50 deposit and settle the balance before training begins on 12 October. The deposit gives you the full Mallorca 312 resource bundle, the private Facebook group and the rider WhatsApp group straight away. Because you get all of that immediately, the deposit is non-refundable.

Places are limited to 50 riders across the Ride Harder Academy and the Ultimate Mallorca 312 Academy, and training starts on Monday 12 October 2026. You've got one shot at the 312 on 24 April 2027. Give yourself the full 28 weeks to get ready for it.

👉 Secure your place now.