Will Gravel Fitness Help Your Cyclocross Season? Why You Don’t Have to Start Over
You’ve spent all spring and summer training for gravel. Now cyclocross season is only a few weeks away, and you’re wondering if you’ve been training for the wrong sport. Will all those long endurance rides make you too slow? Will the gravel races leave you tired before the first cyclocross race? Or do you need […]
How to Measure Your Gravel Cycling Training Progress
You have been training consistently. You are riding four or five days each week. You are doing your intervals. You are strength training. You are fueling better. And your FTP hasn’t changed. So, is your gravel cycling training actually working? This is one of the most common questions I hear from the everyday gravel athletes […]
Masters Athletes: The Break Your Body Craves (Even If You Hate Taking It)
I hated taking a break after a season. In fact, I rarely took an off-season, maybe a weekend off racing. But this year, I limped into the cross season after a long year of hard gravel racing. So I actually took a two-week break this year from racing and structured training. If you’re like many […]
How My Heart Problems Led to Renewed Focus on the Training Basics
This blog post will be a bit more personal than usual simply because I’m going through some challenges in my training and health, and my clients and fellow everyday athletes like you might relate. I had big plans for this cyclocross season, culminating in a trip to nationals in Louisville. But I’ve had to back […]
