The Mental Game of Gravel: How to Keep Going When the Race Gets Hard

At some point in a long gravel race, you’ve wanted to quit. Your legs felt terrible. Nothing was feeling good. Most gravel racers have felt this: Maybe you’ve had three flat tires, your shifting isn’t working correctly, and the group you were riding with disappeared up the road 20 minutes ago. Or maybe nothing is […]

The Psychology of Gravel Racing: Managing Doubt and Fear

How to train your mind as hard as your body so you can finish strong There’s a moment, or maybe more than one, in every long gravel event – you know the one.  The legs are fine.  The fuel is there.  But somewhere around mile 60 (or 80, or 100), a voice starts whispering: You […]

Building Mental Toughness: Training Your Mind for 6+ Hour Gravel Races

All of us have been there: The moments when we question every life choice that led you to this really long gravel bike race. Maybe the weather turned brutal.  Maybe you flatted.  Maybe you didn’t fuel properly.  Or maybe—and this is the hardest to admit—just the sheer tedium of riding for six, seven, or eight […]