The organizer confirms Hazel Valley Rally for Saturday, April 10, 2027 and directly links the 62.5-mile Have Mercy On Me route with 5,933 feet of climbing on rugged Ozark National Forest roads.
This twelve-week Masters plan spaces the hard climbing days for absorption, adds recovery, and preserves enough handling, fueling, and durability work to stay composed late in Have Mercy On Me.
62.5 MI · 5,933 FT CLIMBING · RUGGED OZARK FOREST GRAVEL · 12 WEEKS · 7–11 HR/WK · MASTERS 50+
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 and a mid-plan retest, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Hazel Valley Rally 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