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Planning Your Tour of the Battenkill Training (Podcast #2)

By |November 8th, 2012|Categories: Tailwind Coaching Podcast, Training discussion|Tags: , , , , |

If you're thinking about racing Tour of the Battenkill this coming season, you'll need to think about training soon (and registering soon: November 15th!) If you want to do more than just finish (or just suffer, as people overwhelmingly chose in a Facebook poll) then you'll need to train a few specific things. It won't be enough to go out and do 65 mile rides, you'll need to focus on things like core stability, muscular endurance, cadence range, cadence control and VO2 max repeatability. In this podcast, I discuss why you need those facets of fitness in order to survive this:

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Thoughts on Lance Armstrong and the Fallout of USADA/UCI (Podcast #1)

By |November 1st, 2012|Categories: Cycling news, Pro cycling discussion, Tailwind Coaching Podcast|Tags: , , , |

Since a written post on the Lance Armstrong fallout would be far too long to actually read, I've pulled together a podcast to discuss some of my personal thoughts on the fallout from the USADA and UCI reports. As always, comments and questions are welcome.

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UCI Confirms Lance Armstrong Ban

By |October 22nd, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |

As of 7:05 this morning, Lance Armstrong is officially done with cycling. According to Pat McQuaid: "We will not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and will recognise the sanction that USADA gave. The

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Coaching: The Myth of More Miles?

By |October 19th, 2012|Categories: Coaching discussion, HIT Workouts, Training discussion|Tags: , , |

While I can't fault people for counting their mileage, what I CAN fault them for is continuing to buy into the myth that "more miles equals more fitness." Another name for this would be "more hours equals more fitness." Eddy Merckx made it famous by saying "just ride." While there is some truth to this adage, especially for cyclists who are new to the sport, as we progress and our fitness builds, it becomes less and less truthful.

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