Oregon Coast Gravel Epic’s Abomination is about 62 miles with 6,733 feet of climbing through the Siuslaw National Forest. Sixty-five percent is unpaved logging roads and the rest is pavement.
This is a six-week plan for the Abomination. Six weeks is not enough to build its climbing fitness from scratch, but it can focus the fitness you have on sustained climbing and endurance and get you to the start prepared.
62 MI · 6,733 FT CLIMBING · 65% UNPAVED LOGGING ROADS AND 35% PAVEMENT THROUGH THE SIUSLAW · 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 Oregon Coast Gravel Epic guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party