Build your Six Gap plan
Your coach opens with the Six Gap set for September (an estimate until the date is announced), asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your cycling plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 45 weeks to go.
Start your Six Gap plan- Formats
- Six Gap Century, Three Gap Fifty, Valley Ride
- Terrain
- Hilly
- Field
- around 3,000 cyclists
Six Gap distances
- Six Gap Century 104 mi, 11,190 ft of climbing
- Three Gap Fifty 58 mi
- Valley Ride 35 mi
Course
The Six Gap course
All routes start at Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, Georgia. The 104 mile century climbs six of the steepest gaps in the North Georgia Mountains, with more than 11,200 feet of climbing.
Read the full course notes
Hogpen Gap averages about 7% for seven miles.
- Terrain
- Hilly
- Formats
- Six Gap Century, Three Gap Fifty, Valley Ride
- Field
- around 3,000 cyclists
What to train for
Train for long sustained climbs: 20 to 40 minute efforts at tempo to threshold, and gearing low enough to stay seated at 7% for a long time.
Practice descending and fueling on hilly rides of 5+ hours.
Also in Claude
Ask Claude for this plan
Add Athlete Space to Claude once, then paste this prompt and put in your own numbers.
Build me a cycling season for the Six Gap Century in September. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
Six Gap training questions
How long should I train for the Six Gap?
Most athletes give a cycling twelve to sixteen weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the Six Gap course like?
Hilly. All routes start at Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, Georgia.
What is the weather like at the Six Gap?
The Six Gap does not publish typical conditions. Check the official site in race week, and train in whatever your own September weather gives you.
Do I need an account to get a Six Gap training plan?
Start as a guest and save a free account later. Your coach writes your cycling plan and adapts it every week as you log your training. No card.