Total Cycling Performance » Lance Armstrong

What an Incredible Tour de France (so far)!

Bob — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:59:32 +0000

This has been a fantastic Tour thus far. In my opinion it’s been the best in many years, hand’s down. Each stage has brought drama; from the opening Prologue Time Trial, through the initial flat sprinter’s stages (culminating with Mark Canvendish’ lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, being dismissed from the Tour) through yesterday’s exciting and controversial [...]

Lance, Leadville and Hollywood

Bob — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:36:51 +0000

Lance is a lightning rod. People either love him or hate him. With Lance, there’s no middle ground. One thing you CAN say about Lance though, is that he has re-ignited interest for cycling, for the Tour and the other races he does, namely the Leadville Trail 100.

The key feature of this 100 mile MTB [...]

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.