Crooked Gravel is 67 miles of mountain gravel with about 5,600 feet of climbing, starting near 8,700 feet and averaging around 9,600 feet, with a high point of 10,500 feet. The air is thin the whole way, and afternoon thunderstorms are possible.
This is a twelve-week plan for riders who can already handle long days but want to build for what 67 miles of mountain gravel asks, on the hours you have. Most of the work builds the endurance and repeated climbing this course demands, though the thin air near 10,500 feet is the race’s own demand, not something a remote plan can hand you.
67 MI · 5,600 FT CLIMBING · ~9.6K FT ALTITUDE · 12 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · FINISHER
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 Crooked 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.