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.

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