Gravelón is 54 miles with roughly 2,850 feet of climbing on Rowe Mesa, though wet conditions can change the route. It mixes rough dirt, pavement, rolling gravel, forest doubletrack, and longer climbs in the closing mixed-terrain section.
This is an eight-week plan for Gravelón on four to six hours a week, starting from the fitness you already have. It focuses the available weeks on mixed-surface endurance and the route’s longer climbs.
54 MI · ~2,850 FT CLIMBING · ROUGH DIRT ROADS, PAVEMENT, ROLLING MESA GRAVEL, FOREST · 8 WEEKS · 4–6 HR/WK · TIME-CRUNCHED
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 Santa Fe Century Gravelón guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
Hey! I'm Matti - also known as the Gravel God himself!
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