In all of my training, I emphasize quality over quantity. The ingredients needed for speed are the same that are needed to build endurance. As a reminder, I previously wrote: “if the fastest that you can ride on a flat road for 1 hour is 20 miles per hour, then every distance you do that [...]
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Bike Fit: The gift that keeps on giving.
The holidays are here, the weather has turned alternately nasty and lovely, and it generally just feels like the off-season. Of course, in Texas, that means only a couple months’ respite before heading into another 9 months of our famous all-you-can-race buffet. This is also invariably the time of year when we start considering new [...]
Using Long Intervals to Boost Your Cycling Performance
Generally speaking, people think of interval work as the short, intense work bouts followed by varying rest periods. However, there are times when a longer, less intense interval can really boost your abilities. Almost every athlete I take into my coaching program, particularly the mountain bikers, reports a similar racing pattern: shorter steeper hills are [...]
