Boost Your Gravel Racing Performance: A Guide to Interval Training
To have your best performance in a long gravel race, it’s important to do intervals throughout the season to maintain and build muscle strength as well as cardiovascular adaptations. Intervals, riding hard for short periods, followed by short periods of recovery, prepare your body – and your mind – for the challenges of gravel racing, […]
Maximizing Gravel Race Success: Building a Robust Base with Endurance, Strength, and Yoga
If you are preparing for a long gravel race this year, laying a solid foundation or “base” right now is crucial. This base is not just about logging miles but also about incorporating strength training and yoga to enhance strength and mobility. This is a general preparation phase where you build the capacity to train […]
Mastering Gravel Racing: Five Keys to Preparing for Your Next Event
Any long gravel race, especially 100 miles and longer, is a physical and mental challenge. But that’s why we do it! And there’s a difference between just surviving to finish a long gravel race and finishing one comfortably, maybe even racing it. Preparing your body with good training and good nutrition along with some mental […]
