Serenissima Gravel is flat racing on the white roads of the Veneto — professionals and amateurs, same course, same October day.
The route is redrawn each year, but the character holds: narrow gravel sectors, flat farm roads in close quarters, outside support kept to a minimum, and no climbs to break the pace. This is an eight-week plan for that kind of day — the steady power flat gravel asks for hours at a time, and the calm to hold your line when the road narrows — built around the hours you have. Eight weeks assumes a base to start from, not a standing start; the plan spends those weeks on steady speed, handling on narrow gravel, and pacing you can repeat.
~47 MI · N/A FT CLIMBING · FLAT, NARROW VENETO GRAVEL · 8 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · FINISHER
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Structured rides with real graphs on your calendar — not PDFs to decode
- Strength built in with video walkthroughs — race-speed legs get built off the bike too
- 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 Serenissima Gravel guide — pacing, fueling, gearing, and riding variable Italian weather
WHAT YOU'LL GET
Eight weeks of fitness matched to a flat, fast race — and a finish you ride instead of survive.
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