UCI Gravel Dustman is 81 miles on jungle-edge gravel around Muang Sing in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, with about 2,800 feet of climbing that comes as short surges rather than long climbs. The demand is the heat and humidity: mid-November highs near 87 degrees, sustained across four-plus hours, do more to shape the race than the modest terrain.

This is a twelve-week plan for Dustman’s distance and heat, built around the higher volume a result takes. The work is long endurance and repeated efforts, because a result over 81 tropical miles comes from durability that holds up through hours of heat and humidity.

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 UCI Gravel Dustman guide — terrain, gearing, fueling