Eight weeks to Marys Mayhem: about 100 kilometres of rolling gold-country gravel.
Marys Mayhem is a two-day gravel weekend out of Mudgee, New South Wales — about 100 kilometres on the Saturday long course, roughly 3,600 feet of rolling climbing on fast, mostly unpaved gold-country backroads, and a second day out of Rylstone. Spring mornings start cold and foggy, and the fast gravel rewards rhythm and staying power more than climbing strength. This is an eight-week plan for going that distance on gravel, built around the hours you have. Eight weeks assumes some riding is already in your legs — it sharpens the endurance and pacing a four-or-five-hour day asks for, rather than building them from nothing.
62 MI · 3,570 FT CLIMBING · 63% UNPAVED, ROLLING · 8 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · FINISHER
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Structured rides with real graphs on your calendar
- Strength built in with video walkthroughs
- Weekly notes from me + the Gravel Grit mental program
- A testing week so eight weeks of work fits the fitness you actually have
- The full Marys Mayhem guide — pacing, fueling, gearing, logistics
WHAT YOU'LL GET
The endurance to ride a hundred-kilometre gravel day at your own rhythm — and finish with something left.
For the rider whose goal is the finish line, done right. · plans@gravelgodcoaching.com
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