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Don’t Forget Your Stuff!!

Bob — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:51:37 +0000

Race season is here, and with this comes travelling to the race site. This could be across town or across the country, and this requires some organizing, pre-planning and thinking ahead. Because what happens if you get to your destination without your stuff? Well, depending on what you forgot you could be totally SOL!

I suggest [...]

The best part of cycling training is……

Bob — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:43:48 +0000

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 [...]

Back In The Saddle

Bob — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:30:34 +0000

Hi Cyclists,

I’ve been out of touch for the past couple weeks, and I apologize. Some things came up that required much of my time and attention and couldn’t be avoided. Sorry about that, but I’m back so let’s get going!

Tomorrow’s post will focus on the “Transition” period, which is that 2-4 week time period following [...]

Mt Washington – The World’s Toughest Hill Climb

Bob — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:44:00 +0000

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 [...]

Mt Washington Taper: Race Day – 6

Bob — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:55:33 +0000

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 [...]