Rule of Three confirms Saturday, May 15, 2027 and a current flagship format of 115 miles across tarmac, Ozark gravel and technical B-roads, and a substantial climby Bentonville singletrack component.
This eight-week Time-Crunched plan narrows the work to repeatable short-climb power, one purposeful longer ride, technical practice, and race-system rehearsals without filler. The compressed block pairs surface transitions with fueling, navigation, tire, and repair checks so limited training time still proves the systems required late in the flagship race day.
115 MI · N/A FT CLIMBING · THE DEFINING FORMAT COMBINES PAVEMENT, GRAVEL, AND SINGLETRACK · 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 Rule of Three 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