Prepare for a Great Cyclocross Season With These 3 Tips and Key Workout
Cyclocross is a wonderful way for road cyclists and mountain bikers to extend their competitive seasons and get a head-start on training for next season. The intensity of cyclocross racing provides a training stimulus that’s very difficult to replicate with standard interval training during the fall and winter, especially as the temperatures fall and athletes …
What are we going to do about rider safety in pro cycling?
Earlier this week Jim Ochowicz, my old team director from 7-Eleven, upset some cycling fans by suggesting that the Tour de France should reduce the number of teams in future races in order to reduce the number of crashes. And while other people have made that suggestion in the past, Jim further ruffled feathers …
Business Booming at CTS Mexico City!
With a full schedule of indoor cycling classes and one-on-one coaching sessions, CTS Mexico City is growing steadily and providing cyclists and triathletes in the Santa Fe region of Mexico City with the best in professional coaching services. Led by Ricardo Probert and Carlos Ruesga, the newest CTS Training Center also has a thriving …
7 Keys to Take Your Group Ride from Good to Great
We’re in the home stretch of the 2015 Amgen Tour of California Race Experience and I am incredibly proud of the athletes and staff we have at this event. The course this year has been difficult. The first five stages were each quite long (100-125 miles) and featured lots of wind, and on Stage …
Workout and Tips for Better Pace Line Performance
A few days ago the US National Cycling Team women, including CTS Athlete Lauren Komanski, won the team time trial at the Tour of New Zealand! The team time trial has always been a special event in cycling, and it is increasing in popularity now that there is a professional World Championship event in …
Weekend Reading: Burn Away Winter Weight, and more from CTS
Since Chris is currently racing the Trans Andes Challenge mountain bike stage race in the Patagonia region of Chile, we commandeered his weekly blog and curated a selection of articles that are timely or among the most popular on trainright.com. And stay tuned next week for our 2014 Superbowl Trainer Workout, a workout basically modeled …
Triathlon Training: Mistakes, Wins and Lessons Learned at 2012 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii
By Lindsay Hyman Last weekend was the Kona Ironman, the big kahuna for thousands of triathletes around the world. On Monday, I asked several of the coaches who had triathletes competing in Hawaii what they learned from the pros and their athletes to see if there was any wisdom we could impart to those of …
Weekend Reading: How to win the Olympic Road Race.
The Olympics are here again! For cyclists, the excitement starts immediately because the Road Race is today! Pretty much everyone is trying to figure out how to beat the British Dream Team, but I would caution that racing against one specific team or rider is often a bad plan. You can’t go into a race …