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 a twelve-week plan for Big Sugar’s distance and repeated climbing, with more recovery for riders over fifty. The schedule develops long endurance while leaving more room between demanding sessions.
100 MI · ~6,200 FT CLIMBING · LOOSE, ROCKY GRAVEL ON RARELY MAINTAINED OZARK ROADS · 12 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · MASTERS 50+
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 and a mid-plan retest, 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.