A great little routine to start in the new year is to take your morning resting heart rate. Yes, it can be a bit annoying to reach out from under those warm blankets and put the cold plastic monitor to your chest, but the benefits to knowing what that number should be are worth it. [...]
As we get close to the new year, it’s the perfect time to start up a training journal of some sort. There are many online FREE training logs that allow you keep track of workouts, and plan ahead for new ones. If you prefer not to get online you could also set something up in [...]
Growing up as a young cyclist, one of the lines we always used jokingly was ‘Shammy time is training time’. Meaning that sitting around in your shammy after your ride was considered training time. Obviously not the case, but funny nonetheless.
This tip has to do with your shammy - relative to your saddle height on race [...]