Alentejo Gravel is 74 miles with about 5,700 feet of climbing on gravel roads through cork-oak montado and golden plains, where the climbing arrives in hundreds of small rolling grades rather than sustained climbs. Late October here brings cool mornings and warm, dry days.
This is a six-week plan for when the entry is paid and the weeks are short. Six weeks won’t build the endurance base a race like this rewards from scratch, but it can prepare you for the repeated rolling grades and the distance, with most of the limited hours going toward getting you to the start with a plan for the full 74 miles.
74 MI · 5,741 FT CLIMBING · GRAVEL ROADS THROUGH CORK-OAK MONTADO AND GOLDEN PLAINS · 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 Alentejo 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.