by simpleendurance | Jul 14, 2021 | Cycling, Cyclocross, Endurance Training
Three Things to Know About Periodization Start with your target event and plan backward. Use a triangle approach of doing lots of base work months out, moderate intervals to build fitness, and peak with specific event workouts. Be patient with yourself while doing... 
by simpleendurance | Jul 3, 2021 | Cyclocross, Endurance Training
Three Things to Know When Planning Your Cross Season Build into the season with endurance, skills practice, and threshold work. Each week of the race season, do one endurance session and one short, hard interval session (which may be a race). Focus on recovery,... 
by simpleendurance | May 22, 2020 | Cycling, Cyclocross
How to Prepare for the 2020 cyclocross season by having fun and continuing your training Most racers are thinking about how to prepare for the 2020 cyclocross season. In just four months, cyclocross season will be here. And in seven months, Chicago will host for the... 
by simpleendurance | Oct 20, 2019 | Cycling, Cyclocross, Endurance Training, Women Athletes
Tough Udder the cyclocross race in Dousman, WI, is a no joke of a race for your first excursion into the world of cross. It’s on a farm with rough, rutted paths, steep inclines and declines, and a really muddy creek crossing. Both Amanda and James, the two... 
by simpleendurance | Oct 19, 2019 | Cycling, Cyclocross, Endurance Training, Women Athletes
I wrote a long note to the people in my Wisconsin Athletic Club cyclocross class the night before their first race, and so I thought I’d share it since it gets at what we’re all about. In the class, we’ve been working on skills and training for the... 
by simpleendurance | Oct 4, 2019 | Cycling, Cyclocross, Women Athletes
Katerina Nash, winner of the recent cyclocross World Cup at the Trek headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin, says having fun and keeping a balance in life is the key to staying successful in endurance sports over decades. Nash, 41, has won world-level races in... 