I recently posted a ride I did on Strada, and this is one of the comments I received about the ride, "This is a change from the Hess routine." The ride I did consisted of riding my mountain bike out to Highland Recreation area, completing the A, B, C...

In the past I have written about manipulating my training weeks to alternate 1 on week with 1 off week, and repeating this cycle as I build my volume and fitness. That is a cycle I follow for the entire "off" season which for me is December ~ March....

I went into last night with a tough workout on the plate, and with legs that were questionable. Ideally I would have shifted the hard work to a day later, but my life schedule did not allow me that type of flexibility. So I knew that if I wanted...

I can not give an accurate citation on this reference, but I believe it was from Bicycling Magazine in the early 90's. It is a quote from Leonard "Harvey" Nitz, a multiple time National Champion, and Olympic gold medalist, on the track.  When asked what he did for his...

I recently had someone tell me I was crazy for ridding my "skinny tired" mountain bike in the snow.  The person was not being malicious, but more making a point on how uncomfortable they were with riding in the slippery conditions.  I informed him that I had actually rode...

I worked through the early afternoon on New Year's Eve, and then had to attend to some bike repairs to get my ride ready for the 5:30 departure.  As it got closer and closer to the 5:30 ride time, I lost more and more of my potential riding partners....