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Plan your trail season around your goal race

See how Kliva turns your goal race and a typical week into a week-by-week guide. Create an account to build your own season and get suggested prep races.

Create your season

Week by week

Example

An example race of 70 km and 3’800 m D+, 40 weeks away. The guide starts from a typical week of 22 km and 700 m D+ with a 15 km long run.

BuildRecoveryTaper
Band = suggested weekly km range. Grows about 4% a week; every 4th week eases off. Peak 56–77 km · 2’300–3’100 m D+
Your raceYour goal
  • Example prep raceJan 9, 2027
  • Example prep raceMar 27, 2027
  • Example prep raceJun 12, 2027
  • Example trail raceAug 21, 2027
This week · 09.11.–15.11.Build
Long run
13 km
18–24 km
km suggested
600–800 m D+
m D+ suggested
Strength trainingSoon
2 sessions this week

Sessions built for each week of your prep.

Why?

Hiking counts. Let your longest run grow about 10% at a time over the longest of the last 30 days; a prep race is where the big jump belongs.

On track
Weekly km70 km/70 km
Weekly D+2’856 m D+/2’856 m D+
Long run32 km/32 km

At this build you reach its peak: 70 km a week, long runs up to 32 km.

November

55–75 km
9–15
Nov
This week
Build
Long run 13 km · Strength ×2
18–24 km
16–22
Nov
Build
Long run 14 km · Strength ×2
18–25 km
23–29
Nov
Build
Long run 14 km · Strength ×2
19–26 km
My goalExample trail raceSat, Aug 21 · 70 km · 3’800 m D+280days
Prep · Week 1 of 41 · Build · 18–24 km
Next raceExample prep raceSat, Jan 9 · 15 km · 600 m D+56days
See the full week-by-week example
Suggested ranges for each week until race day
WeekPhaseDistanceClimbingLong run
1Nov 9–15Build18–24 km600–800 m D+up to 13 km
2Nov 16–22Build18–25 km600–800 m D+up to 14 km
3Nov 23–29Build19–26 km600–800 m D+up to 14 km
4Nov 30–Dec 6Recovery14–20 km500–600 m D+up to 11 km
5Dec 7–13Build20–27 km600–900 m D+up to 15 km
6Dec 14–20Build21–28 km700–900 m D+up to 15 km
7Dec 21–27Build22–30 km700–1’000 m D+up to 16 km
8Dec 28–Jan 3Recovery16–22 km500–700 m D+up to 12 km
9Jan 4–10Race22–31 km700–1’000 m D+15 km
10Jan 11–17Build23–32 km800–1’100 m D+up to 17 km
11Jan 18–24Build24–33 km800–1’100 m D+up to 18 km
12Jan 25–31Recovery18–25 km600–900 m D+up to 14 km
13Feb 1–7Build25–35 km900–1’200 m D+up to 19 km
14Feb 8–14Build26–36 km900–1’300 m D+up to 19 km
15Feb 15–21Build27–38 km1’000–1’300 m D+up to 20 km
16Feb 22–28Recovery21–28 km700–1’000 m D+up to 15 km
17Mar 1–7Build28–39 km1’000–1’400 m D+up to 20 km
18Mar 8–14Build30–41 km1’100–1’400 m D+up to 21 km
19Mar 15–21Build31–42 km1’100–1’500 m D+up to 21 km
20Mar 22–28Race32–44 km1’200–1’700 m D+30 km
21Mar 29–Apr 4Recovery24–33 km900–1’200 m D+up to 18 km
22Apr 5–11Build33–46 km1’200–1’700 m D+up to 23 km
23Apr 12–18Build35–48 km1’300–1’800 m D+up to 23 km
24Apr 19–25Build36–50 km1’300–1’800 m D+up to 24 km
25Apr 26–May 2Recovery27–37 km1’000–1’400 m D+up to 18 km
26May 3–9Build38–52 km1’400–1’900 m D+up to 24 km
27May 10–16Build39–54 km1’500–2’000 m D+up to 25 km
28May 17–23Build41–56 km1’600–2’100 m D+up to 25 km
29May 24–30Recovery31–42 km1’200–1’600 m D+up to 19 km
30May 31–Jun 6Build43–58 km1’600–2’200 m D+up to 26 km
31Jun 7–13Race44–61 km1’800–2’500 m D+42 km
32Jun 14–20Build46–63 km1’800–2’500 m D+up to 28 km
33Jun 21–27Recovery35–48 km1’300–1’800 m D+up to 21 km
34Jun 28–Jul 4Build48–66 km1’900–2’600 m D+up to 29 km
35Jul 5–11Build50–69 km2’000–2’700 m D+up to 30 km
36Jul 12–18Build52–71 km2’100–2’900 m D+up to 31 km
37Jul 19–25Recovery39–54 km1’600–2’100 m D+up to 23 km
38Jul 26–Aug 1Build54–74 km2’200–3’000 m D+up to 31 km
39Aug 2–8Peak56–77 km2’300–3’100 m D+up to 32 km
40Aug 9–15Taper39–54 km1’600–2’200 m D+up to 22 km
41Aug 16–22Race56–77 km3’000–4’200 m D+70 km

A guideline, not a training plan: ranges to aim for, not workouts.

How the guide works

  • Build: your weekly distance and climbing rise step by step from where you are now. You choose how fast: Easy, Normal or Hard.
  • Easier weeks: every fourth week is lighter, so the work can sink in.
  • Long run: it grows a little at a time and never takes more than part of the week's distance.
  • Peak: your biggest training week comes before the taper, sized to the race you picked. Longer races get a bigger peak. Race week can read as big because it holds the race itself.
  • Taper: the weeks before the race get shorter so you reach the start line fresh. Races under 80 km have one reduced week before race week, longer ones have two. Race week itself holds the race.
  • A reality check: if the time is short, the guide says so (on track, a stretch or too steep) and shows ways out, like another build level, a shorter distance or a later date.
  • It is a guideline, not a training plan. It gives ranges for distance, climbing and long run. What you run each day is up to you, and hiking counts.

Questions

Do I need an account?

Yes. A season belongs to your account: it saves your guide, lets you check in along the way and suggests prep races. The example on this page shows what you get.

Is this a training plan?

No, it is a guideline. You get weekly ranges for distance, climbing and long run. It does not set daily sessions, paces or heart rate zones.

How does it decide how fast to build?

You choose Easy, Normal or Hard. The guide grows your weeks from your current typical week towards a peak sized to the race, puts an easier week in every fourth week and tapers before race day.

What if my race is too close for my current level?

The guide tells you. It shows whether the build is on track, a stretch or too steep, and suggests ways to make it fit: another build level, a shorter distance or a later date.

Build your own season

Create an account, pick your goal race and your typical week, and get your guide with suggested prep races.

Create your seasonPlan the race itself