By Kevin Kolodziejski In the novel I’m reading, a woman rises from her chair and tells the detective that her bad back doesn’t allow her to sit for long anymore. That the “most essential hour” of her day is the one she spends in the yoga studio. The detective tells her that a friend of his…
We shouldn’t feel excessive admiration for pro racers who log 600-mile weeks. They have plenty of time to ride and recover—that’s their job. The real heroes are people like you, who find time to ride while still having a life away from the bike. Full-time work, family commitments and cycling can be efficiently interwoven into…
By Kevin Kolodziejski Want to know if you’re truly the real deal? An authentic-as-they-come, dyed-in-merino-wool cyclist? Then take the following test. It will not measure functional threshold power, power-to-weight ratio, maximal oxygen capacity, maximal heart rate, or even rate of perceived exertion, however. Just the limits of your imagination. To begin the test, you need to imagine this.
Question: Most of my riding consists of short rides of between 15 and 25 miles. I never eat anything while riding. I notice that sometimes I’m particularly tired after the longer rides. I am 66 years old, and I’d like to be able to increase my riding distance. I’m wondering at what point it becomes…
By Kevin Kolodziejski If you think I’m a fool for asking that question, I understand. Until last October, I could’ve never imagined asking it to RBR readers — let alone use it as a title. But then again, I could’ve never imagined the statistic that I read at that time to be true either. But…
