BWR Montana’s Waffle is approximately 100 miles with more than 8,000 feet of climbing around Bozeman. Smooth tarmac gives way to steep gravel climbs, fast descents, and rugged backcountry roads on a course whose exact mix changes by year.
This is an eight-week plan for the same course on four to six hours a week, starting from the fitness you already have. It focuses the available time on sustained efforts, repeated climbing, and mixed-surface control.
100 MI · ~8,000 FT CLIMBING · SMOOTH TARMAC AND RUGGED GRAVEL ROADS AROUND BOZEMAN · 8 WEEKS · 4–6 HR/WK · TIME-CRUNCHED
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 BWR Montana guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party