Commentary

My Sure-Fire Growth Plan for USA Cycling:Scandalous Infidelity

Across the board, the sport of cycling saw a resurgent interest last year. Between the ‘Lance Effect’ and other contributing factors, interest in competition went up in almost all disciplines. The number of licenses issued by USA Cycling went up over 5% to an all-time high last year, and closer to my home, the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series (previously MNSCS) jumped 30% last year. However, Lance doesn’t have another comeback in him, even if...

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Making Cycling’s Point to the Masses

The cycling Twittersphere exploded earlier this week with Tony Kornheiser’s (or as Bobke puts it CornHowser…Bobke rules) inexplicable comments directed to the two-wheeled nation of “run ’em over.” Social media exploded and rightly railed against Kornheiser, demanding his firing, public castration or worse. Calls for a boycott of ESPN and a naval blockade around their Conneticut headquarters were thrown about. (Calls to blockade DC were...

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High-Ho, Valverde Must Go

Cycling continues to be plagued daily by doping , but in my estimation the worst affront to all of cycling has been the fact that Alejandro Valverde has been allowed to continue to race in spite of his CONI ban, which prevented him from racing on Italian soil. Valverde was able to continue to race due to delayed proceedings, stonewalling by the protectionist Spanish judicial system and legal maneuvering. Coming to eBay soon?I don’t believe I’m...

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Body and Soul

How to Train with Training Zones – Part 3 of 3

The last two articles focused on explaining training zones and ways to determine your own set of zones. This article will discuss ways to use different training zones in your training program. As you recall, I discussed six training zones. I will review each of these and describe when you use it and give an example of a workout in that zone. Zone 1 – Recovery: This should be done on rest days. By riding easily, you loosen your legs and help flush...

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Determining Training Zones Part II

In the last article, I discussed training zones and how they are used to train various physiological systems in the body. To use these training zones in your training, you need to determine what your zones are. This article will describe a method to determine what your specific heart rate or power zones are. In a future article, I will discuss how to use these zones in your training. Lactate Threshold (LT) or Anaerobic Threshold (AT) is the heart...

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Striving to be Euro

While calmly sipping on the sweet nectar that is the perfect espresso, a semi-friendly question was tossed my way. You know the kind of question – those that people ask to subtly expose an internal paradox or temporary lapse in your judgment. While they really aren’t mean spirited, it gives the questioner the chance to have an internal chuckle at your expense. “Why do you always have the stubble beard, but your legs are always clean-shaved?” My...

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