Tag Archives: La Ruta
2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores Video Recap
Chris Carmichael and a crew of CTS Coaches and Athletes traveled to Costa Rica to race the 2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores. The race is billed as the world's hardest mountain bike stage race, and with 39k feet of … Continue reading
La Ruta Journal: Stage 4 – Truly an Adventure Race, with SRM File
By Adam Pulford, CTS Senior Coach (Click here to view Adam's previous post from La Ruta) The last stage of La Ruta has the least amount of climbing as we head to the flat coast of the Caribbean, but don’t … Continue reading
La Ruta Journal: Stage 3 – Climb all the way up. Climb all the way down.
By Adam Pulford, CTS Senior Coach Every day of La Ruta starts with climbing: steep climbing. Stage 3 was no exception, but what was different today was that instead of steep descending after steep climbing, there’s more climbing… yeah, awesome, … Continue reading
La Ruta Journal: Stage 2 – Shorter Doesn’t Mean Easier, with SRM File
By Adam Pulford, CTS Senior Coach (Click her for Adam's previous entry from La Ruta) During our La Ruta Recon Camp, the race director Roman Kilun brought us on the new proposed route of day 2 and promised there would … Continue reading
La Ruta Journal: Stage 1 – Make or Break Day, with SRM File
Stage 1: Make or Break Day By Adam Pulford, CTS Senior Coach (Click here for Adam's previous entry from La Ruta) Whether you make it or not, I think there’s still some breaking for everyone. Breaking of chains, rims, … Continue reading
