Blog: The Coaching Chronicles

Athlete Key Workout: Patrick Bos

Patrick Bos wins crits. How a rider wins crits is key in what workouts to give them. We have to work out our weaknesses but at the end of the day we win with our strengths. Patrick is a versatile rider but lately we have been seeing success in working his strengths, a hard effort…

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John Wentling takes the win at Salt City Criterium Classics, Men's Master 60+

John Wentling took the win recently at Salt City Criterium Classics with a patient and timely attack to take the win in the Men’s Masters 60+ race! He’s spent his season collecting quite a number of podiums, here’s the story of his latest: Brief event/course description: Fast and flat course, right in the middle of…

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Rider Highlight: Melody White

Melody White is often found cheerily pushing watts at the training center at 5am, balancing her career  as a self-proclaimed Certified Professional Water Girl & Poopologist (i.e. drinking water and wastewater specialist) with her love of triathlon, running, and all things active. Her personality is infectious and we’re happy to provide tools to help her reach…

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Athlete Key Workout: Nick Torraca of Elevate- KHS Pro Cycling

Nick Torraca has been on the go and on the road since the week after he finished up classes at the University of Texas at Austin.  In order, he’s seen action at: Superior  Morgul Classic in Colorado, Memorial Day criteriums in Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City Pro AM Classic, Tulsa Tough, North Star Grand Prix and…

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SE Coach Zack Allison's 5 Take-Aways from BWR & Unbound Gravel

This year was SE Coach Zack Allison’s first time doing the Belgian Waffle Ride and DK200 (now Unbound Gravel), much less both in the same year. We asked him to share his top 5 takeaways from his own experience: Hydration – Yea we know, hydration is key, I’m not one to make vague articles. Know…

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SE Coach Zack Allison shares his first BWR & Unbound experience

SE coach Zack Allison recently competed in his first Belgian Waffle Ride and Unbound Gravel (previously DK200) He primarily races criteriums with Clif Bar Racing so competing in both these events in the middle of his season required some focused and tailored training. At Unbound Gravel he rode with the support of Niner Bikes, which called…

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Athlete Key Workout: Homayoon Farsi’s TT practice.

Here’s a quick time trial bike workout SE athlete Homayoon Farsi completed several times in his preparation for the Arizona State TT Championships. Homayoon can be found on podiums across the state, and is a staple in the Arizona master’s racing community. Everyone wants to be a better time trialist, but many riders leave out…

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Athlete Key Workout: Team Grip-N-Rip

The end of the month marks a pretty big race in the local Kansas City scene, with the Tour of Kansas City. A few of the Grip-N-Rip riders will be focusing on practicing the Time Trial that finishes up a steep hill. Scouting missions never hurt chances of success and this time trial is no…

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Rider Highlight: Andrew Ennis takes the win at the prestigious UK Tour Series- Aberdeen

Name: Andrew Ennis Event & Category: UK Tour Series – Aberdeen – Amateur Support Race – CAT 3/4 Brief event/course description:   City Centre Criterium, with cobbled sections How’d the race go down for you? Here’s the report, A half sweeping, half twisty cobbled circuit. 50 riders, 40mins+3laps. I am feeling nervous at the start,…

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Athlete Key Workout: Brady Reed

Brady Reed’s 60-90 minutes, Easy Endurance Ride. With a string of criterium racing weekends coming up, Brady has systematically prepared himself for the repeated high intensity efforts they’ll demand over consecutive days. This preparation started months ago, and we don’t want to let the training load go to waste for later road racing, so Brady…

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