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Bend Dirt Fest · Time-Crunched · 12wk

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Bend Dirt Fest · Time-Crunched · 12wk

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Author

Matti Rowe

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Length

12 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

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Plan Description

Bend Dirt Fest — TIER 2 — Gravel God Rating 63/100 (Course 19/35, Editorial 25/35)

READ THE FULL BEND DIRT FEST REVIEW →

Bend's multisport high-desert festival

Near Bend, Oregon, the gravel course follows exposed high-desert roads over volcanic soil and cinder. It belongs to a multi-discipline festival with separate mountain bike and trail-running events; singletrack is part of the mountain bike course, not the gravel route.

With 4–6 hours a week, each session serves Bend’s sequence directly: repeatable climbing, conservative opening effort, or descending after accumulated work. Across twelve weeks, the plan repeats that pattern and folds drinking practice into the rides, matching the exposed course without adding unrelated volume.

INSIDE THE TIME-CRUNCHED PLAN — 4–6 HR/WK

Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat-training protocols for racing in the hot stuff, peloton skills workouts, weekly coach notes + the Gravel Grit mental program, and nutrition and hydration guidance.

The Complete Bend Dirt Fest Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.

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Custom · built for youAnswer the questionnaire; I build the plan around your life.

Questions? Great. Hit me up at plans@gravelgodcoaching.com.

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x3
04:58:00 07:30:00
Day Off x2
—— ——
Custom x2
00:25:00 00:15:00
strength x2
01:26:00 00:45:00
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
04:58:00 07:30:00
Day Off
—— ——
Custom
00:25:00 00:15:00
strength
01:26:00 00:45:00

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter

All supported devices

Matti Rowe

Gravel God Cycling Coaching

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.

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