The organizer announces Homegrown Gravel Adventure for February 26–28, 2027 and schedules every race on Saturday, placing the 100-mile race on February 27. Its linked distance page publishes 8,500 feet of climbing, 70% gravel-to-pavé, a 23% maximum gradient, and roughly 40 mixed-surface segments.
This six-week Save My Race plan cannot manufacture century climbing durability from scratch; it prioritizes the safest high-return climbing, fueling, handling, and equipment work while protecting race-week freshness. It makes the remaining runway useful without pretending panic volume can replace a missing base.
100 MI · 8,500 FT CLIMBING · THE ORGANIZER DESCRIBES A 70% GRAVEL-TO-PAVÉ COURSE · 6 WEEKS · 5–9 HR/WK · SAVE MY RACE
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 Homegrown Gravel Adventure 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