Blog: The Coaching Chronicles
20 March 2025. Source Endurance, a leading provider of cycling coaching and performance services, and the Parks Law Firm Cycling Team, a prominent competitive cycling team, are pleased to announce their partnership for the 2025 season. This collaboration will see Source Endurance provide comprehensive coaching, performance analysis, and training support to the Parks Law Firm Cycling…
What began as a childhood hobby soon became a lifelong pursuit that would shape my career and personal growth. Over the past 12 years, I’ve raced in road cycling, cyclocross, and mountain biking, competing in dozens of states, several countries, and at multiple national championships. Through this journey, I’ve learned how to create a path…
Finding the Perfect Openers: What Science Says About Pre-Race Cycling Workouts If you’ve ever felt sluggish at the start of a race or struggled to hit your rhythm early on, you’re not alone. Many cyclists use openers-short, high-intensity efforts performed the day before or the morning of an event-to activate their muscles and prepare for…
Recover faster, build muscle, and support numerous bodily functions with protein. While most athletes understand protein to be an important nutrient, they may not know how much they need or if they’re getting the right amount per day. Timing is also an important aspect of optimizing protein for cycling. We know that the body can…
Written by: Coach Sofia Schugar Hire Coach Sofia to guide you towards your goals! If you’re not currently doing it then incorporating a regular stretching routine can significantly enhance your performance and overall cycling experience. This simple guide outlines a series of targeted stretches designed to improve flexibility, prevent injury, and promote faster recovery, helping…
Did you know that Source Endurance has partnered with San Diego State University to offer laboratory performance testing??? The SDSU lab offers VO2 max testing, along with lactate threshold testing and DEXA scans. This is a great time of year to get baseline data to help you tailor your training approach to meet your upcoming…
Book your performance testing Nutritional Planning with Kristen Performance testing doesn’t just help us optimize training and discover our capacity as athletes, these tests also provide key indicators for personalizing nutrition strategies ultimately leading to further optimized performance and health. In this article we talk about how to use lactate threshold testing and DEXA scans…
Young riders are the future of our sport. Whether or not a certain junior cyclist will go pro on the quick trajectory, or that rider will stop after college, take a break, come back as a Cat 3 and race through masters, every young rider entering the sport is someone that should be cultivated. With…
Learn how Source Endurance can help you Today we’re going to dive a bit deeper into the Kimberly Lucie (Instagram) case study to examine some measurable benefits of training consistency and compliance. Hopefully, this will give all of us the confidence and motivation to trust the process of fully committing to your goals and to…
Hire a Source Endurance Coach This past month, Team USA’s Elite UCI Gravel World’s roster came out for said race taking place on October 5-6th in Leuven, Belgium. On that roster, two Source Endurance athletes were selected to participate in the Elite Women’s race. This is quite a big deal, as our small coaching company…
