The #1 question I’m asked – by far, is this:
“Now that the cycling season has begun, should I continue to lift?”
Let me answer this question with a question: “Are you paid to ride your bike?”
If the answer is no; if you don’t get paid to ride your bike for a living, the short answer to “Should I [...]
Cycling fatigue is like flu shot. In order to effectively fight the flu, we first must be injected with a dose of it. Our body adapts to it then is able to rebuff the flu when we’re exposed to it.
Similarly, we must expose ourselves to relatively high levels of exercise-induced stress to create fatigue. Our [...]
The MN Ironman Bike Ride (http://ironmanbikeride.org/) is fast approaching. Sunday, April 25 is only 4 weeks from this weekend. The winter in MN drags on for what seems to be an eternity, then all of a sudden Spring appears and the Ironman is right around the corner. What will you do to prepare for the [...]
OK, you’ve finally firmed up your event schedule for the year. Great. Now what do you do? How do you take the leap from paying the entry fee and getting confirmed to actually being prepared for the event?
These 4 steps will give you a great starting point and will help keep your eyes focused on your big goal:
What [...]
This past Saturday was the 90 minute Indoor Training Ride at Penn Cycle. The 3 major ride goals included the following:
Enjoy a challenging, realistic and fun ride.
Raise money for Breast Cancer Research for my friend (and World Champion Log Roller and Boom Runner), Jenny Atkinson, who was recently diagnosed. Read more about Jenny here: http://www.jennyatkinson.com/
Enjoy some wine, beer, [...]