Sea Otter Europe Gravel is 68 miles on fast Catalan farm and forest gravel around Girona, opening with a five-kilometer climb straight from the start before anyone is warm. It usually runs warm and dry in mid-September, with a technical descent early, long fast rolling sections where group speed matters, and a climb near mile 51 that lands on legs already worked over.
This is an eight-week plan for Sea Otter Europe’s fast pace and short climbs, built around the hours you have — and it assumes you already ride with a base. Eight weeks sharpens your pace and repeatability; it isn’t long enough to build them from nothing.
68 MI · 3,084 FT CLIMBING · FAST CATALAN FARM AND FOREST GRAVEL ROADS THROUGH THE GIRONA · 8 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, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Sea Otter Europe 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.