The organizer confirms Huffmaster Grasshopper for Sunday, February 28, 2027. Its current long course covers 90 miles and 4,866 feet over a 54-percent paved and 46-percent dirt mix, combining wind exposure, gravel climbs, and a fast dirt descent.
This six-week Save My Race plan cannot manufacture deep endurance from scratch; it prioritizes the safest high-return work for 90 mixed-surface miles, wind exposure, gravel climbs, and a fast dirt descent, group efficiency, rolling restraint, and loose-surface descending, and fueling while protecting race-week freshness. Every rehearsal answers a practical race-day question instead of chasing panic volume.
90 MI · 4,866 FT CLIMBING · 54% PAVED + 46% DIRT, WIND + CLIMBS · 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 Huffmaster Grasshopper 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