By Coach Fred Matheny Cycling can be a solo sport. Long rambles through the spring countryside, hard rides in the hills, weekend tours to scenic areas – all can be enjoyed with only your own thoughts for company. In fact, many cyclists prefer to go it alone. Then they can choose their own route and are…
We’d like to share an enlightening e-mail about indoor training from ultramarathon cycling legend Lon Haldeman — followed by Coach Fred Matheny’s response. Lon won the first 2 Races Across America in the early 1980s and set numerous endurance records. Now he operates PAC Tour, which has given thousands of riders the chance to cross…
By Coach Fred Matheny Earlier in this series on Allen Lim, we presented some of his quirky (his word) training approaches. Lim is an expert in physiology, human performance and sports nutrition. He’s the founder of Skratch Labs. Here are a few more of Lim’s eclectic training dictums: All of coaching boils down to instructing riders to…
By Coach Fred Matheny I’ve covered some of the unique strategies that Allen Lim, Ph.D., uses to guide his riders. Lim is an expert in physiology, human performance and sports nutrition. He’s the founder of Skratch Labs. Here, along with my comments, are more of Lim’s guidelines: “You can always train harder than your competition as…
By Coach Fred Matheny Lim is an expert in power training, but his coaching approach is often refreshingly candid. Here is a list of his training priorities and the order in which he applies them through the season, along with my commentary: Volume: establish an endurance base. – Base miles are vital to any program. Cycling…
