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Top 10 Essential Bike Handling Skills, Part 2
In Part 1 of this post, I offered some advice regarding a few ways to improve your ability to handle your bike while riding all by your lonesome. As promised, this week I’ll offer a few suggestions...
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Race Report: Masters Road National Championships
Road Race Chicken pox? Measles? Mumps? Last weekend saw Bend, Oregon make its final appearance, for now, as host of USA Cycling’s Masters National Road Championships and it’s both a bit sad and a bit...
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Green Light/Red Light: Submaximal Warmup
A while back I stumbled onto a novel and really interesting method that serves the dual purpose of pre-workout warmup as well as a method of determining whether or not your body is up for the challenge...
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Lessons from The Valley of Fire
I’d love to pretend that once I learn a lesson I can then catalog it away and know that the information acquired will automatically inform future decisions and effortlessly steer future actions. Ah, if...
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3 Tips for Recovery During Stage Racing
Question: You’ve done several stage races, what have you found to work best for recovery methods to get through the stage race and how long will it take post-stage race before one can realistically...
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4 Tips for Staying Fit While Traveling
One of the trickiest things about pro-level mountain bike racing is that it doesn’t exactly stick to one location. Events take place week in and week out all across North America and unless you’re one...
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13 Year Old National Champion Committed to TrainerRoad
Do you ever wonder what could have been if only you had a little more direction and focus as a kid? Something tells me 13-year-old Madison McDaniel will not be asking herself this anytime in the near...
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Improved Cycling Training Plans
A training plan will guide you, push your limits to the precise amount (never too much or too little) and in the end, help you reach your goal in peak form. But picking the right plan can be tough due...
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9:45:12 Ironman Canada Age Group Win With TrainerRoad
We have a phrase we like to use around the TrainerRoad offices. Our CEO says it every day at the end of our team stand-up meeting. Our support team uses it when they share an athlete’s success story in...
View ArticleShould I Be in My Aero Position During FTP Tests?
A common dilemma many cyclists face is whether or not they should do their FTP test in their aero position. When assessing your body’s physiological capabilities, determine the position that allows you...
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Winter Training Guide: 11 Ways to Become a Faster Cyclist
A successful spring/summer racing season hinges mainly on one thing: the type of work you put in right now to prepare for it. Did you catch that? I said the type of work you put in — not how much work...
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8:49:04 Ironman Arizona Win: How Scott Bowe, the Fastest Amateur, Trained
There are a number of qualities and views on training that set Scott Bowe, the fastest amateur at Ironman Arizona, apart from the rest. For starters, he set hefty goals for himself going into his big...
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How to Train for Leadville 100 MTB: Insight from a Sub 9 Finisher
“I wanted to quit. Every part of me hurt, but I knew how hard I could go and that I didn’t have to quit. I could do it,” is how Chad Bakken, the full-time CFO and family man, described his final...
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What It Takes to Be the Best — An Inside Look
“Why do I put myself through all this pain?” for Justin Rossi, the amateur time trialist who lost first place by a mere nine seconds at the 2014 National Time Trial Championships, it would be a fair...
View ArticleCriterium Racing 101 with The Clif Bar Team
Last week we had the opportunity to join The Clif Bar Team for their annual training camp in Napa Valley, California. In between training sessions we sat down with some of the best criterium racers in...
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How to Break Away and Make it Stick
Although not every race is won by a solo breakaway, multiple breakaways or breakaway attempts always form the outcome of a race. To make sure you’re at the pointy end of the race in the final...
View ArticleIs My FTP Too Low? 3 Signs to Know If You’ve Tested Accurately
Power-based training is without a doubt the best way to structure training for cycling. However, if your FTP isn’t accurate you could be missing out on the benefits of training with power.Training with...
View ArticleIntroducing a New Resource for Cyclists Who Want to Get Fast
We started Ask a Cycling Coach with one goal in mind: to give cyclists — TrainerRoad users or not — the information they need to make the most of their training and achieve their goals. More than...
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Cycling’s Power Couple: How Fatty and The Hammer Train Together
There’s a good chance you already know who this cycling power couple is. Elden, aka Fatty, is the guy behind the Fat Cyclist; and Lisa is Elden’s wife who he lovingly refers to as The Hammer on his...
View ArticleLittle-Known Pre-Workout Test for Cyclists to Measure Recovery
A properly recovered athlete is a fast athlete. If cyclists can determine whether they’re properly recovered or not before they start training, they’ll be able to adjust their training so they’ll...
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