The organizer confirms KowTown Gravel for Saturday, June 12, 2027 and an 88-mile Bull flagship starting and finishing at West Grand High School across hard-packed county roads, doubletrack, punchy climbs, and technical descents.
This twelve-week Compete plan adds climbing volume and repeatable race power to stay with a useful group uphill, descend without giving time back, and race the final quarter. Race simulations pair those efforts with fueling under pressure and composed choices on doubletrack and technical descents.
88 MI · N/A FT CLIMBING · THE ORGANIZER DESCRIBES HIGH-COUNTRY RANCHLAND ON HARD-PACKED · 12 WEEKS · 9–13 HR/WK · COMPETE
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 KowTown 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