Big Sugar is just under 100 miles with about 6,200 feet of climbing on rarely maintained Ozark roads. Loose, rocky gravel, short pavement sections, water crossings, and bridges make endurance and control across changing surfaces the central demands.
This is an eight-week plan for the same distance and terrain, built around your hours. Eight weeks assumes you already have a base and focuses it on repeated climbing, long gravel work, and control across changing surfaces.
100 MI · ~6,200 FT CLIMBING · LOOSE, ROCKY GRAVEL ON RARELY MAINTAINED OZARK ROADS · 8 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · FINISHER
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Structured workouts on your calendar, with real power and heart-rate graphs
- Strength work built in, with video walkthroughs
- Weekly notes from me, plus the Gravel Grit mental program
- A testing week, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Big Sugar Gravel guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
Hey! I'm Matti - also known as the Gravel God himself!
If you're into gravel racing and want to be as fast as possible, you had better choose me!
Why?
Because I'm the fastest, least talented person to ever ride a bike. I've made every mistake in the book so you don't have to and I'm here to save you years of failure and struggle.
When I'm not helping my athletes get faster on a bike I write obvious, overlooked training content that makes cycling training easy to understand.