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Gravel Grit 'n Grind · Time-Crunched · 8wk

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Gravel Grit 'n Grind · Time-Crunched · 8wk

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Author

Matti Rowe

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Length

8 Weeks

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Plan Description


The Saturday course at Gravel Grit 'n Grind is 83 miles with roughly 3,926 feet of climbing and about 90 percent gravel. Open farm roads give way to rolling hills, smaller forest tracks, and rocky descents around Halmstad.


This is an eight-week plan for Gravel Grit 'n Grind on four to six hours a week, starting from the fitness you already have. It concentrates the available time on long-course endurance and the changes between farm roads and forest tracks.


83 MI  ·  ~3,926 FT CLIMBING  ·  APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT GRAVEL THROUGH OPEN HALLAND FARMLAND  ·  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 Gravel Grit 'n Grind guide — terrain, gearing, fueling


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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x3
05:29:00 07:30:00
Day Off x2
—— ——
strength x2
01:13:00 00:45:00
Custom x1
00:19:00 00:15:00
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
05:29:00 07:30:00
Day Off
—— ——
strength
01:13:00 00:45:00
Custom
00:19:00 00:15:00

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter

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Matti Rowe

Gravel God Cycling Coaching

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

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