The Giro Sardegna Gravel is about 66 miles with roughly 4,100 feet of climbing on a mix of gravel and paved coastal roads between Muravera and Villasimius, in southeast Sardinia. The riding is fast and non-technical, run in May, when temperatures range from about 18 to 28°C.
This is a twelve-week plan for riders over fifty, built with more recovery between hard days because you recover slower than you used to. Most of the work is aimed at holding a strong pace over the distance on fast, rolling terrain, because arriving fit and uninjured is the harder half after fifty.
66 MI · 4,100 FT CLIMBING · GRAVEL/PAVED MIX ON FAST, NON-TECHNICAL COASTAL ROADS BETWEEN · 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 Giro Sardegna 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.