Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, Endurance Nation hosts #ENTriChat on Twitter. The chat is a chance for athletes around the world to learn new information, share their opinions and of course, possibly win some swag along the way. This week we discussed “Better Racing through Planning” Inside Endurance Nation, we have…
read moreIn Part I we discussed the considerations for training the bike and run in hills. Let’s now turn our attention to racing a hilly course properly. The Bike Ride Steady and Conserve Matches Think of your legs as books of matches. The number of matches in your legs is finite, you only have so many…
read moreDay Four Recap: Easy (44) Like Sunday Morning, Except for the Up Part After three days of approximately 27,000 ft of gain, our minds and legs and lungs were calling out for something more “normal” — it took me several hours and much map-searching, but I was able to dial in this ride. After some…
read moreDay 3: Mast Gap Annex, Beech Mountain, Shulls Mill and even a Jagaround! After riding Mount Mitchell, it’s hard to find something that folks will still find epic. The answer? Shorten the ride to the suffering but work even harder! Beech Mountain is a three mile climb that averages around 9%. It so happened that…
read moreDay Two: Linville Falls to Mt Mitchell [aka 11,000+ ft Climing Day!] At the start of Day Two, I promised NO GRAVEL. However I said nothing about climbs, wind, flying icicles, sleet or 11,000 feet of suffering. All were had on this epic day of cycling. This is about as close to West Coast riding…
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