D2R2’s 2026 180K route is about 115 miles with 13,000 feet of climbing, roughly 60% of it unpaved. The route rises and falls through western Massachusetts, with grades reaching 20%.

This is an eight-week plan for D2R2’s 115 miles and 13,000 feet of climbing, built around your available hours. Eight weeks assumes you already have a base and directs it toward long rides and repeated climbing.

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 D2R2 guide — terrain, gearing, fueling