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Monday, Sept 29th, the adventure began. Although I have been planning and training for this for over a year so maybe it’s a 365-day adventure. All about the process and if you don’t love the process, the final results can’t justify the time invested. I plan to dig into the details of my 2 weeks in […]
Read More Day One which became two. The beginning of all the details of the 2025 adventureBack to talking about and doing velodrome track racing Summer of 2025, potentially the last season for me to compete in Velodrome, aka track bike racing. If you have viewed or read this blog you know that recently I was in Colorado Springs participating in what I posted as my last National Championships, hosted this […]
Read More World Masters Track Championships, Roubiax France 20256 years, well almost 6 years give or take a few months. That’s quite a break between my last track/velodrome race week, late fall of 2019 in Manchester, UK and Colorado Springs August of 2025. Whew! I still have the same coach and similar ride and training program as I did back then when MN still had […]
Read More 6 years is a long timeGreat Question. In its simplest form, cycling could be, should be, might be just a fun experience to get outside, maybe inside during winter cold snowy days in MN, enjoy a ride, get some fresh air and allow our bodies and brains to relax and rebuild. Time to let go of some of the days stress. […]
Read More What’s with all the Numbers? Why should I care?My go to training platform is and has been Training Peaks In total transparency, I do not sell Training Peaks, I am not paid by Training Peaks, although there is a way as a coach to generate income from Training Peaks. I do not get any special deals available only to me nor do I […]
Read More Training Peaks, my choiceDo I really need one? The answer is yes, no and maybe! Ok, that was not helpful so let’s talk. What is the goal you hope to achieve? Is it a casual, not significant, not a lifetime goal, a just for fun experiment? If the answer to those questions is yes, then a dedicated App to track metrics and […]
Read More Apps for Tracking DataHopefully you have at least glanced at the last blog post and found the Athlete Interview doc. Maybe you are just not quite there about hiring a coach. Maybe a coach relationship is in the past. I understand, life changes, so much these days as we all know. Maybe you just don’t think you need […]
Read More Decision Time?When you decide to get more heavily invested in training and sport, you may want to engage with some sort of coach. There are lots of options from web-based platforms, virtual coaching from all the apps that are looking for subscribers, personal coaches, amalgams of choices, you may even want to just coach and train […]
Read More Success in my biggest Event this year, how do I get there?I thought we were going to investigate Training Metrics. And the answer is yes, metrics discussions will come soon. Bear with me as I transgress. And to continue with this thought process you need to click here or go to MENU, top right of Home page and look under The Informed Athlete.
Read More Mental TenacityThe Informed Athlete (TIA) As a preface to this, not all of us involved in “Sport” are interested in competing in some sport event, and that is ok. What I have seen while being involved in mostly the sport of Cycling, is that most want to perform better, longer or with more enjoyment and satisfaction as […]
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