I love riding to Clingmans Dome. From our chalet in Gatlinburg its about 26 miles each way. Other than the initial mile and a half into town and the mile descent before the final ascent a few miles from the top, its all uphill starting 1400′ and ending at 6300′. My best time from the […]

During the summer of 2009, we had only four days above 90, and two of those were on consecutive days in early September. During the month of July in 2009, we never even met the average daily high for any day. The summer of 2010 has actually been closer to an average summer for our

You do have to wonder why we keep going back to this event. I think they could do a watts/kg test on everyone and just hand out the medals. They charge us $85 plus an extra $20 for day-off race number pick-up so we’re over $100 to kill ourselves on a course that usually seems

So we’ve had 7 time trials at Cleves and the state championship already this season. Oddly enough I rode my best time at Cleves so far this year on the second week when I snuck into the 21’s at 21:58. My two slowest have been the last two weeks at 22:38. The second week was

So does all of your winter training, all of those tempo efforts, steady states, and power intervals hammered in the basement while watching “Shawshank Redemption” for the tenth time, come down to your results in the first race of the season? Thankfully, no. Its a long season and the first event should be used as

I like to update my training every year not only to keep it interesting but also to take my time trial performance to new levels, hopefully. Here are a few things I’m doing for 2010: 1. Visit a Sports Psychologist: Dr. Barbara Walker at the Center for Human Performance is one of our QCW team

This article was in Hyde Park Living, January and February and also on BikeWorldNews.

The VeloNews 2010 Buyers Guide had a great article on where your money is best spent when it comes to gaining speed in time trials. Here’s a breakdonw in the seconds saved for a 40k time trail:road jersey and bibs to a skinsuit 134 secondsupright on regular bars to normal aero bar position 122 secondsroad

Here are some numbers from the last three years at Cleves:2007 average speed for all rides, 26.92; best three rides, 27.27 mph2008 average speed for all rides, 27.04; best three rides, 27.54 mph2009 average speed for all rides, 27.66 mph; best three rides, 28.24 mph The average speed included no fewer than 18 rides. My

Along with my brother Tom and friend Dan Waite, I recently spent 5 days riding the Blue Ridge Parkway from its northern start in Waynesboro, VA to it terminus in Cherokee, NC. Starting on Monday, September 21 and ending on Friday September 25, we spent 30 hours and 39 minutes completing the 470 miles and