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Long Apennine rollers, no steep walls
Granfondo Matildica rolls through the Apennine hills on a long route built around two extended climbs — a shorter pitch after the first third and an eleven-kilometer false-flat grind in the course's middle third — connected by repeated up-and-down terrain. Surfaces are smooth countryside pavement; the demand is durability across accumulated rolling distance, not a single steep wall.
For the rider with only six weeks left and five to nine hours a week, this rescue plan keeps the work most likely to matter on the Apennines' long rolling course: durable climbing fitness for the Apennines' long rolling distance and the false-flat grind in the middle third of the course, recovery, and pacing. It makes purposeful use of current fitness without claiming to replace lost months.
INSIDE THE SAVE MY RACE PLAN — 5–9 HR/WK
Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat-training protocols for racing in the hot stuff, peloton skills workouts, and nutrition and hydration guidance.
The Complete Granfondo Matildica Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.
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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