Personalized Cycling Coaching for Masters Athletes
Train smarter. Race stronger. Keep improving.
At Simple Endurance Coaching, we help masters gravel and cyclocross cyclists improve their fitness, race performance, and confidence through personalized, science-based coaching.
Whether you’re competing for podiums, preparing for your first gravel race, or working toward a personal goal, your ambitions matter. We build training around your experience, goals, and available time so you can pursue those ambitions while balancing work, family, and life.
You’re Putting in the Work. Are You Getting the Results?
You’re riding consistently, doing intervals, building endurance, and trying to make time for strength training.
But maybe your fitness has plateaued, you’re struggling to recover between races, or your results aren’t reflecting the work you’re doing.
You might be wondering:
- Am I training enough—or too much?
- How should I balance endurance, intervals, and strength?
- Why am I not getting faster?
- How should my training change as I get older?
- Am I recovering enough to perform my best?
- How can I prepare for my goals with limited training time?
You don’t need more workouts or conflicting training advice.
You need a training approach that works for you—and a coach who helps you make the right decisions.
What Makes Simple Endurance Coaching Different?
Training Built Around You
Your goals, experience, fitness, and schedule determine your training. We identify your strengths, areas for improvement, and the workouts that will make the biggest difference. Whether you have six hours or twelve hours a week, we help you make your training time count.
A Coach Who Pays Attention
We review training files six days a week, provide feedback, and adjust your workouts when needed. You’ll understand what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and how your training is progressing. Coaching is an ongoing conversation, not simply a schedule of workouts.
Training That Adapts to Real Life
Work gets busy. Family responsibilities change. Recovery doesn’t always go as planned. We adjust your training rather than asking you to squeeze missed workouts into an already full schedule. Consistency matters more than perfection.
More Than Just Endurance Training
Your coaching includes individualized strength training, mobility, recovery guidance, and practical nutrition advice. We help you develop the fitness, strength, and durability to train consistently and perform when it matters.
Coaching for the Racing You Love
Masters Gravel Racing Coaching
Build the endurance and durability to finish strong.
Gravel racing requires sustained power, endurance, effective fueling, and the ability to keep performing after several hours on the bike.
We help you prepare through progressive endurance training, race-specific intervals, strength work, pacing strategies, and nutrition planning.
Whether you’re tackling your first long gravel race or chasing a championship result, your preparation matches your goals and the demands of your event.
Masters Cyclocross Coaching
Develop race-specific speed and keep improving all season.
Cyclocross requires repeated high-intensity efforts, technical skills, and the ability to recover between races.
We help you develop race-specific power, improve your skills, maintain strength, and balance training with weekend racing.
Whether you’re racing a local series or preparing for state or national championships, we’ll help you arrive ready to compete.
Additional Coaching Specialties
We also coach mountain bikers, trail runners, and junior cyclists. Our coaching team brings discipline-specific experience while sharing the same commitment to personalized training, athlete development, and consistent communication.
Keep Your Training Simple
Your physiology may be complicated. Your training doesn’t have to be.
Successful endurance training brings together six essential components:
- Endurance: Build the aerobic fitness to sustain performance.
- Intensity: Improve power, speed, and race-specific fitness.
- Strength: Develop muscular strength and durability.
- Nutrition: Fuel training, racing, and recovery.
- Recovery: Balance training stress with adaptation.
- Mobility: Maintain comfortable, effective movement.
The goal isn’t to do more of everything. It’s to find the right combination for your goals, your body, and your life.
What’s Included in Your Coaching?
Every athlete receives personalized support, not simply access to a training platform. Your coaching includes:
We want you to understand your training, feel confident in your preparation, and know someone is paying attention to your progress.
- Individualized training based on your goals and schedule
- Workout file reviews and regular feedback
- Training adjustments as your fitness and circumstances change
- Individualized strength and mobility programming
- Weekly online Recovery Yoga classes
- Nutrition and fueling guidance
- Race preparation, pacing, and strategy
- Goal setting and progress analysis
- Post-race reviews and feedback
- Regular one-on-one coaching conversations
- Email and messaging support
- Guidance through setbacks, fatigue, and changes in motivation
Choose the Coaching Option That Works for You
Two Coaching Options. The Same Personal Commitment.
Both TrainingPeaks and Athletica coaching include individualized support, regular communication, workout analysis, strength and mobility training, nutrition guidance, and race preparation. The difference is how your endurance training plan is created.
TrainingPeaks: Full-Custom Coaching. Your training plan is personally designed by your coach. We build and adjust your endurance training plan around your goals, fitness, training history, available time, and upcoming events, with ongoing feedback as your fitness and circumstances change. Ideal for athletes who want a fully coach-designed program.
Athletica: Adaptive Training With Personal Coaching. Athletica creates your endurance training plan using an adaptive, science-based platform. We oversee your training, review workouts, make adjustments, and provide individualized strength, mobility, nutrition, and race preparation, with the same personal attention as our TrainingPeaks athletes. Ideal for athletes who want adaptive training technology combined with experienced, one-on-one coaching.
What’s included with both coaching options:
- Regular workout analysis and feedback
- Ongoing communication with your coach
- Training adjustments based on your progress and schedule
- Individualized strength and mobility programming
- Weekly online Recovery Yoga
- Nutrition and fueling guidance
- Race preparation, pacing, and strategy
- Goal setting and progress reviews
- Support through setbacks, fatigue, and changes in motivation
Yearly
Monthly
Full Custom Coaching
Training Peaks
/month
/year
+1 month free
Training Peaks Juniors
/month
/year
+1 month free
Which Coaching Option Is Right for You?
Both approaches can help you become a stronger, faster, and more confident athlete. During your free Discovery Call, we’ll discuss your goals, training experience, and preferences to help you decide which approach makes the most sense.
Monthly and annual payment options are available.
"Coach Paul’s approach really worked for me because he understood my goal of taking racing more seriously, but also gave me the freedom to be spontaneous and have fun when I needed to. This balance allowed me to enjoy the journey while still making big improvements in my riding. The Athletica AI coaching combined with Coach Paul’s personal input turned into a killer plan for me! Having the plan laid out for me took all the guesswork out of training. I didn’t have to worry about what to do, I just did the work, and watched it pay off."
Angy, 47 — Iowa
Iowa state masters cyclocross champion, Big River Gravel overall champion, and multiple gravel and cyclocross podium finishes.
Angy credits the combination of Athletica’s training structure and personal coaching support with helping her improve while maintaining flexibility and enjoyment in her racing.
“As a busy emergency physician, I don’t often have the time to do long rides. Paul met me where I was at and guided me to peak fitness. Paul has relentless positivity and sparks internal motivation in his clients. He avoids shame and guilt, which has translated into other areas of my personal and professional life.”
Michael, 51 — Wisconsin
An emergency physician and parent of two teenagers, Michael needed training that fit an unpredictable schedule.
Through individualized coaching, he progressed in cyclocross, upgraded to Category 3, finished third in the 50+ category at the Wisconsin State Championship, and completed his first gravel race.
"I love racing bikes, but I’m not a natural athlete. After several years of riding, I wasn’t building fitness or getting faster. I wanted to ride again. I wanted to race again. But this time around, I wanted to achieve real results. I started working with Simple Endurance Coaching after committing to the idea of getting fitter and faster. Paul’s approach allowed me to learn the ropes of consistent, structured training using a format that worked well with my schedule. I was amazed by how quickly I started to see results. Within a few months, I found myself on the podium of the Gunni Grinder — an outcome that I always wanted but didn’t consider possible."
Sarah, 34 — Colorado
After struggling to improve through unstructured riding, Sarah began consistent, individualized training. Within months, she reached the podium at the Gunni Grinder—an outcome she had previously considered beyond her reach.
Your goals don’t have to be national championships or podium finishes. Your progress matters, whatever success looks like to you.
Getting Started Is Simple
1. We Talk
Schedule a free Discovery Call. We’ll discuss your goals, training experience, available time, and what’s keeping you from making the progress you want.
2. We Build Your Training Approach
We’ll review your fitness, event calendar, strengths, and areas for improvement. Together, we’ll choose the coaching platform and approach that fits you.
3. You Train. We Pay Attention.
You complete your workouts, share feedback, and communicate with your coach. We review your training, answer questions, and adjust the plan as needed.
4. We Keep Improving
As your fitness changes and your goals evolve, your training evolves with you. Coaching is an ongoing conversation, not simply a schedule of workouts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I Need to Race to Benefit From Coaching?
No. We work with athletes who want to improve their fitness, complete challenging events, ride stronger, or enjoy their sport more.
Am I Too Old to Improve My Cycling Performance?
No. Masters athletes can continue improving endurance, strength, and performance. Training should reflect your experience, recovery needs, health, and goals rather than assumptions about age.
How Much Time Do I Need to Train?
Many of our athletes train approximately six to twelve hours per week, although coaching can accommodate different schedules.
The goal is to make the time you have as effective as possible.
What’s the Difference Between Coaching and a Training Plan?
A training plan provides workouts. Coaching provides interpretation, feedback, adjustments, accountability, and support when circumstances change.
Is Athletica Coaching Less Personalized?
No. You receive personal coaching with either platform. The difference is that Athletica generates the endurance plan, while your coach designs it directly with TrainingPeaks.
How Good Can You Still Become?
You’ve already invested time and energy into your training. Now let’s make sure that effort is helping you reach your goals.
Whether you’re preparing for your next gravel race, planning a cyclocross season, or trying to improve after years of riding, we’re here to help you train with confidence.
You don’t necessarily need someone to make you train. You need someone to help make your training count.
Let’s talk about what you’re working toward and whether Simple Endurance Coaching is the right fit.
Your Training
Practical, science-based training advice for everyday cyclists and trail runners who want to get faster, stay healthy, and make the most of the time they have to train.
