Rad am Ring confirms its 2027 Nürburgring festival for July 23–25 and keeps the gravel race in Saturday’s Grand Depart. The latest published 100-kilometer format runs four climbing-heavy circuits across Formula 1 and Nordschleife asphalt, gravel descents, trails, and forest roads.
This eight-week Time-Crunched plan narrows the work to high-value climbing sessions, one purposeful longer ride, descending practice, and race-system rehearsals without filler.
62 MI · 7,218 FT CLIMBING · NORDSCHLEIFE + TRAILS + FOREST ROADS · 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 Rad am Ring Gravel guide — terrain, gearing, fueling
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