Three Ways to Ride Faster for Longer to Maximize Your Gravel Racing Performance

In gravel racing, generally the longer you can maintain riding close to your functional threshold power (FTP) , the faster you’ll be over the course.  So at a certain point in your training, you stop trying to increase your functional threshold power (FTP) and work to increase the time you can ride near or at […]

Improve Your Threshold Power to Improve Your Gravel cycling Speed and Comfort

Gravel racing on bicycles requires building as big an FTP, or functional threshold power, as possible in order to maintain your power during long races.  Most of the time, gravel races are between 30 and several hundred miles.  As an older guy, I stick with the 50 to 70-mile races at a maximum and let […]