The organizer confirms Ukiah Mendo Gravel Epic for Sunday, May 23, 2027. Its current flagship covers 76 miles and 8,420 feet over a 32-percent paved and 68-percent dirt mix, opening with roughly 1,900 feet of climbing into private redwood-company roads.
This twelve-week Time-Crunched plan devotes roughly 5–7¾ training hours per week to the highest-value work for 76 miles, 8,420 feet, and a 1,900-foot opening climb. One purposeful endurance ride proves sustained-climb restraint and mixed-surface descending control, pacing, fueling, and equipment under useful fatigue while shorter sessions stay specific and recovery stays deliberate.
76 MI · 8,420 FT CLIMBING · 68% DIRT + 8,420 FT CLIMBING · 12 WEEKS · 5–7¾ HR/TRAINING 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 and a mid-plan retest, so the plan runs on your real numbers
- The full Ukiah Mendo Gravel Epic 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