The Cowichan Crusher is 59 miles around Lake Cowichan with roughly 4,500 feet of climbing, on a mix of gravel and forest service roads with variable surface quality and technical sections. Temperatures are mild and rain is possible, with some tree cover for protection.
This is a six-week plan for when the entry is paid and the weeks are short. Six weeks won’t build the miles from scratch, but it’s enough to prioritize the climbing and time on variable, technical gravel, with most of the limited hours going toward the repeated climbing and getting used to loose surfaces.
59 MI · ~4,500 FT CLIMBING · MIX OF GRAVEL ROADS AND FOREST SERVICE ROADS AROUND LAKE · 6 WEEKS · 5–9 HR/WK · SAVE MY RACE
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 Cowichan Crusher Gravel Fondo 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.