Grinduro Germany is 62 miles with about 6,500 feet of climbing on a mix of gravel forest roads, technical singletrack, and paved connectors, run in an enduro format where the climbs are untimed and only the descents are timed. Temperatures stay cool, and with a chance of rain the Eifel forest can turn muddy.

This is a six-week plan for when the entry is paid and the weeks are short. Six weeks won’t build the descending skill or the endurance a course like this rewards from scratch, but the limited hours go toward getting comfortable on gravel and singletrack and holding effort over repeated climbing, so you get to the start with a plan for the distance and the terrain.

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 Grinduro Germany guide — terrain, gearing, fueling