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Should You Lift During the Cycling Season?

Bob — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:29:25 +0000

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 [...]

4 Steps to a Great Event

Bob — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:07:14 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mt Washington Taper: Race Day – 7

Bob — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000

We always hope that our ride will be on a 75 degree, sunny and calm day. Unfortunately, we rarely ride in these conditions. And while this year will be my first Mt Washington race, my understanding is that race conditions are rarely, if ever, even close to ideal.