Unbound Gravel · Emporia, Kansas · June 5, 2027
Sixteen TrainingPeaks plans for the Unbound 50, 100, 200 and XL — fully structured workouts, an 8-week strength program in every plan, long-ride progressions that build real durability, and Kansas heat and fueling prep for race day in the Flint Hills.
Every plan below is built for the June 5, 2027 Unbound Gravel races in Emporia, Kansas (the XL starts June 4), and every one includes structured workouts, strength, long-ride progressions and heat prep. Pick your distance and tier, then head to the main site's plan finder to get yours.
Plans are delivered on TrainingPeaks with fully structured workouts. Use the plan finder on the main site to match a plan to your distance, goal and weekly hours.
Four things separate a plan that gets you to the Emporia finish line from a pile of miles — and all four are in every plan, at every distance.
Every session is a structured workout on TrainingPeaks, with power and heart-rate based targets that load straight to your head unit. No guessing what “ride tempo” means — the workout tells you, and it progresses week to week.
An 8-week progressive strength program opens every plan, then maintenance work carries it to race week. Strength is part of how you stay strong at mile 150 instead of surviving it — and it's included here, not sold as an add-on.
The long ride builds toward race distance on back-to-back days: no single ride ever goes over 7 hours, because durability comes from the pairing — a long day backed up by another substantial ride the next day, the way race fatigue actually works.
Race rehearsals practice fueling at 90 g of carbohydrate per hour, the final weeks prepare you for Kansas June heat, and the 200 plans include checkpoint pacing through Madison, Matfield Green and Council Grove so race day runs on a plan, not hope.
The same distance, built for different goals and different schedules. Hours rise from Time Crunched up through Compete — pick the tier that matches the training you can actually do, every week.
Built to get you to the finish line strong — steady progression, durability first, the most forgiving schedule of the full-distance builds.
For riders who have done the miles before and want a strong performance, with more intensity and volume than the Finisher build.
Race it. The highest-volume, highest-intensity tier, for riders chasing a result, a podium, or their fastest possible day in Emporia.
The fewest hours, keeping only the highest-value sessions. If you have 5–8 hours a week, this is your tier — available for the 200, 100 and 50.
Built for riders 40 and over, with the recovery and strength work masters athletes need built into the structure. Available for the 200 and 100.
These plans are written by Coach Drew Edsall of Castle Rock, Colorado, who rides and coaches with Dirt Camp Racing — a mountain bike and gravel coach who still races both Pro and Masters. His own racing record, and the athletes he's coached, are why the plans are built the way they are.
Sixteen plans, four distances, one start line. Use the finder on the main site to match a plan to your race and your week — or talk to Drew about 1-on-1 coaching built entirely around you.