Belgian Waffle Ride Kansas is 111 miles with about 8,000 feet of climbing on gravel roads, broken up by two cyclocross sections at miles 15 and 55, singletrack at mile 35, and rolling climbs that stack up through the final miles from mile 70.

This is an eight-week plan for riders aiming to finish, built around the seven to eleven hours a week you can give it. Most of the work goes toward riding long on gravel and getting used to the handling that the cyclocross sections and singletrack demand.

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 Belgian Waffle Ride Kansas guide — terrain, gearing, fueling