About The Plan
This is a 16-week preparation plan for UNBOUND 50, 100, 200 & XL, designed by Ulisses Nunes Abbud. It provides a clear progression from foundational endurance through to race-specific durability, then adapts week by week through Vekta’s Adaptive Training System based on your data and availability.
The plan builds the aerobic depth required for long gravel races, develops repeatable tempo and threshold efforts over rolling terrain, and prepares you for sustained fatigue late in the event.
Alongside the training plan, athletes receive a race-day pacing framework, nutritional guidance throughout the build, access to the More Than Watts community, expert webinars, and partner benefits reserved for enrolled athletes.
Meet Your Coach
Ulisses Nunes Abbud has raced gravel events across multiple distances and brings first-hand experience of the event into every aspect of this plan. That experience informs how the training is structured, progressed, and adapted to the real demands of race day.
Alongside his own racing, Ulisses is a highly regarded cycling coach with deep expertise in endurance performance and physiology. He has guided athletes at The Traka, UNBOUND to top-10 finishes and works with riders of all levels, applying proven training principles and race-specific insight to help athletes arrive at the start line ready to perform.
“Having raced multiple gravel events and worked with many athletes preparing for it, I’ve learned that good preparation isn’t about doing more, but about doing the right work at the right time. This plan guides that process and continually evolves as you approach race day.”
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How Adaptive Plans Work
Each plan begins with a clear 13-week structure built around the demands of UNBOUND 50, 100, 200 & XL.
Vekta AI personalises that structure to your current fitness and chosen distance, then continuously adjusts it as your data, availability and progression change.
As your training evolves, the plan evolves with you, keeping your preparation aligned from the first week through to race day.
Choose Your Plan
Select the plan that matches your goal. Tell us how many hours you want to train, your availability, and how you prefer to train.
Access Your Plan
Your plan is delivered through Vekta and personalised to you, with sessions and guidance added directly to your training calendar.
Plan Updates
Vekta automatically updates your plan using your training data, keeping each session aligned with your evolving fitness and schedule.
Unlock Insights
Track your training and see how your preparation is progressing, with clear insight into your performance as you move toward race day.
What’s Included?
tandard training plans give you structure. The Unbound Plan goes further. It combines personalised training, race execution guidance and community support, built specifically for UNBOUND 50, 100, 200 & XL.
You’ll have access to a complete 13-week adaptive programme, practical race-day strategy, and the More Than Watts community supporting you throughout the build.
13-week personalised training plan
Personalised for your chosen distance: 50, 100, 200 or XL
Weekly guidance from Ulisses
Training adapts to your fitness, availability and progression
Personalised for indoor and outdoor training
Detailed insight and analysis into every session
Nutrition guidance across your preparation
Race-day pacing plan for Unbound
Access to the More Than Watts community
Expert webinars and partner benefits
Start Your Preparation Today
Start your 13-week preparation for UNBOUND 50, 100, 200 or XL, built around the demands of race day and personalised to you.
