For months we spend our time carefully crafting training plans, preparing post-ride meals and maintaining our space-age machines after battle with winter’s wet. Every day our season approaches faster and faster, our first ‘Monument’ faster. It seemed like October only yesterday; April, a distant future. Now, after our director orchestrates the day’s tactics and the commissaire drops […]
Category Archives: For Athletes
40’C Weather
Manual For Speed @Tumblr: The guys asked me to write something about racing in extreme heat, like my experience at Tulsa Tough in 2011. This is what I wrote: Morning Spin Manual For Speed Tumblr Oppressive Dew, Defy Lethargic Mope, Hydrate Sleepy Eyelids, Coffee Tired Legs, Back to Bed Full Throttle Fired Eyes, Blinding UVs Easy […]
Train like a Pro
Last week I came across a list of tips for training like a pro. Bissell’s Paul Mach and Ian Boswell came up with it while training together in California and I thought it was pretty great but of course I added a few things. Enjoy and remember…when in doubt, pedal it out! Rules for Pros: […]