By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A new study from France shows that night-time fasting after intense workouts on alternate days helps athletes exercise longer and faster (Med Sci Sports Exerc, April 2016;48(4):663-72). This is an impeccable study in which 21 trained competitive endurance athletes were randomly divided into two groups and all followed the same training program. They […]

I did the 53 mile round trip to Clingmans Dome with a couple of 20 minute tempo efforts on the way up at around 290. Kind of cool at the top (45) but back up to 65 at the chalet. The ride up has about 5000′ of elevation gain. I wish I had kept track over

Other than it being too cold (48-52), I feel good about this effort. Average power for the entire 10 miles was 362, cadence at 87, max watts 815, 4.7 watts/kg avg. The first half was 354/89 and the second half was 369/87. I really think that once things warm up that I’ll be holding some

I rode an easy 30 minutes when I got up and then did these at lunch between meetings. I ramped up the rpm’s and shifted up through the power range until I was above 600 and then hit the INT. Power was 664, 656, 613, 675, 648, 632, 640, 651, 624, 621. I took about

from todays USAC RaceClean email Last month, you cited anonymous survey data as one of the reasons you believe doping is a problem in amateur cycling – could you provide more information?  First off, survey data is just one portion of the evidence that led us to believe doping is a problem in amateur cycling. 

Started the day with my 8am spin followed by the 9am circuit and then hit the road bike for 4×10 steady states over an hour ride. Not my best power on those (310 +/-) but I was pretty cooked by then. Those plyometric exercises i the circuit class really take that spark out your legs.

Looking at my schedule tomorrow I decided to do these today. I used the crit course. The 6 high cadence were 122, 120, 124, 122, 122, 123, on the flat to downhill section. The 6 power intervals were 511, 539, 540, 508, 508 and 511. Super winded after each of those, but felt good to

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I did the 4×6 steady state today, outside and on my Cervelo P2 tt bike. Held the following power/cadence: 349/85, 357/86, 348/80 and 350/84. The first two were with some tail wind and the second two into the wind. Very gusty, like 20-40 mph. Made handling the tt bike interesting. Felt good about the power

I left the house at 5:30am and did;t retain until about 4:00 pm. Given the traffic on a Friday I didn’t want to go to my ideal road for the 4×6 steady state so I did the 6×4 on the hill close by (Heekin Avenue). Power was 405, 374, 373, 366, 366 and 363. Well