By Coach John Hughes I recently watched a flat stage of the Tour de France. 40C (104F) and the tarmac was softening. As if racing in the heat weren’t enough, the sticky tarmac makes the racing harder. The highs have been around 100F in the Denver area. We start our rides at 7 a.m. when…
by Stan Purdum Many cyclists set 100 miles a week as a cycling goal but accomplishing that requires some training, scheduling and gumption. For people who ride frequently, the effort of pedaling 100 miles spread over seven days is not in itself that difficult. But for those who are just beginning 100 miles in a…
By Kevin Kolodziejski What do I remember about the 1992 Summer Olympic Games? The Dream Team. It was, without a doubt, the greatest assemblage of basketball talent ever. And who can forget how they utterly annihilated their competition? Four minutes into the opening game against Angola, they scored 31 consecutive points and then coasted to…
By Coach John Hughes When I started racing ultra-distance in the 1980s riders were just starting to use heart rate monitors. Now they’re ubiquitous. Healthline just published a review The 10 Best Heart Rate Monitor Watches of 2022. Some of the fancier so-called smart watches give you training zones based on your maximum heart rate….
By Coach John Hughes Riding like the pros means climbing better you did than last year. Or increasing your cruising speed. It doesn’t mean averaging over 40 km/h (25 mph) for a multi-hour ride. Or having a killer sprint. Although most of us don’t race and don’t use power meters, we can learn from the…
