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Indoor training is a great way to build your strength and fitness over the winter in preparation for the outdoor season’s beginning in spring. The primary training focus is to strengthen those energy systems key to cycling success. An added bonus of all the indoor training is improving your mental toughness. Let’s face it, there’s no [...] Question: Why do we ride? Answer: For days like today! Yes, we ride to train, to race, to get fit and fast and to gain all the other health benefits cycling provides. But there are other reasons why we ride, and while these may be intangible, they are every bit as beneficial as the physical training benefits. The [...] The success you enjoy in the summer is in great part dependant on the work you did in the winter. Off season training should build a strong foundation for success. Over the next couple weeks I’ll help you create your own personal success blueprint, so be sure to stay tuned. My indoor training sessions have begun. These [...] Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hill Climb – “The Toughest Hill Climb in the World.” That’s what it’s called and that’s how they promote it. This was my year to ride it and find out for myself.
The climb is 7.6 [...] My taper in advance of the Mt Washington Hill Climb looks like this:
Race Day – 7 (Sat, Aug 8): Short and easy ride (though as I mentioned yesterday, it didn’t exactly work out that way). R – 6 (Today, Sun, Aug 9): Short ride but include [...] |
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