5 Ways to Improve Your Race at Paris to Ancaster
Ontario’s Perennial spring classic, Paris to Ancaster, always has excitement extremely high in Ontario and beyond as one of the biggest early season gravel races around. The demands of the...
Should You Use Heart Rate or Power? (or RPE?)
Use Heart Rate to control/limit Aerobic or low-intensity focused intervals or sessions and Wattage (and feeling/RPE) to guide your Intensity. Having a session goal (low intensity or high-intensity day?) and...
Testing & Race Day Nerves
It is very common for athletes to struggle with race nerves AND test nerves . If you find training and intervals very fun and your numbers in those rides are...
Should You Diagnose, or Get to Changing?
Clients periodically come to me with a condition or something they feel is outside of themselves. This could be a health condition, bad ‘luck’ in races, low energy, injuries or poor...
16 Week Training Plan for Cyclocross
Can’t believe that #crossiscoming? Believe it: Cyclocross season is almost here, and it might be time for you to think about a cyclocross training plan. And to get you ready,...
Recovery After a Long Race or Adventure
As gravel races of 100+ miles have become the norm, we felt like it was time to repost this old article from way back in 2014, when doing a 4...
How to Hop Logs in 5 Steps
Have you been trying to get the log hop figured out? Do you want to learn how to bunny hop your bike? This post outlines the 5-step system that I...
How Are You Standing Up On Your Bike?
Have you thought about standing up on your bike? For offroad cyclists, the standing position is quite important for descending and to clear obstacles. There are generally two positions we...
Can You Prepare for The Goal You Have Set?
When you’re setting a goal, it’s incredibly important to not just set it, but to set it thoughtfully, considering both the finish line (point B) and where you are right...
How and What to Post to Training Peaks
This post outlines a few ways to use TrainingPeaks.com and HRV4Training to add more depth to your (likely) automatic training file uploads. One of the biggest sources of friction in...
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