BWR California is 107 miles with 7,367 feet of climbing and 30 unroad sectors across 53% of the course. Gravel, deep sand, rocks, doubletrack, dirt, and singletrack keep the surface changing through the day.
This is a twelve-week plan for that distance, climbing, and repeated surface changes, built around the hours you have to train. The work develops sustained endurance, climbing strength, and bike handling when you are already tired.
107 MI · 7,367 FT CLIMBING · 53% UNROAD AND 47% PAVEMENT ON THE 2026 WAFFLE, MIXING GRAVEL · 12 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 and a mid-plan retest, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Belgian Waffle Ride 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.