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Training Camps: Not Just For Pros And Big Teams

Why not get your racing season off to a flying start with an individual or team training camp? A week or even a long weekend of dedicated training time can take your fitness to that next level and help your team form the cohesive bonds that can make a big difference in any kind ofContinue reading “Training Camps: Not Just For Pros And Big Teams”

Giro Di Coppi Road Race

Delayed but not forgotten. The Giro road race is a great and selective course. There are enough tough rollers and hard little pitches to ensure a deserving winner. The thing about bike racing is that the strongest and fastest riders are not always the ones that win the races and on this course, the deservingContinue reading “Giro Di Coppi Road Race”

Church Creek Time Trial

Almost every coach will agree that we learn more from mistakes and failures than we do from success and winning. One event that this is the most true is the individual time trial and the best way to really look at a time trial effort is to study and dissect the power file. Many ridersContinue reading “Church Creek Time Trial”

Shopping For A Coach

It may seem a bit early to start thinking about next season already, but now is a great time to start looking into working with a personal cycling coach. So why look for a coach now, in the middle of the season? Though getting some help from a coach now may help you finish offContinue reading “Shopping For A Coach”

The Hunny Bop

This is a super easy course. That is good and bad. Good if you are not technically skilled and want to finish. Bad if you hope to reduce the size of the field with some hard riding. There is no hill and the corners are wide open and you can usually pedal through all ofContinue reading “The Hunny Bop”

Hagerstown Challenge Criterium

This is a great neighborhood course with fast front and back stretches and some challenging bits on the ends. The course starts easy enough with a drag race to the first left hand turn which leads into a bit of a rise. The flyer says a slight uphill, but this starts to feel more thanContinue reading “Hagerstown Challenge Criterium”

Reston Town Center Grand Prix

This is one of my favorite events of the calendar, even though I have never done well at this race. The course has always been the story with this race with the six corners and that killer fifth corner that has been the site of more than one crash every year. This year the courseContinue reading “Reston Town Center Grand Prix”