Blog: The Coaching Chronicles
A couple weekends ago in Colorado was the Wheels of Thunder Criterium. We saw Nate Taggatz or Rio Grande Elite Cycling Team make the break with Gage Hecht and Dan Holloway, lap the field, and then get in further moves to try and get away from the competition. Nate Taggatz ended up 3rd in a classic…
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Name: Trey Harrison Event Category: Masie’s Ride for Pride in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas Course description: 104 mile gravel race in the Flint Hills w/approximately 8000ft. of climbing. How’d the race go down for you? With a good sized field with quite a few fast racers, the pace went out pretty hard. The…
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Sometimes, you just have to do some hard riding. In this week’s workout highlight, we’ll take a look at a late build phase workout done by Pablo Cruz of Midwestern State University in preparation for the USA Cycling Collegiate National Championship. Prior to this workout, Pablo had already done some 200+ hours this year, in…
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Howdy folks, Holy cow, it’s mid-May already. Can you believe it? September in 4 short months. It might just be time to start thinking about cyclocross again. Ok, maybe more than just thinking about it. How about planning for it? Planning? You mean people actually plan for a cyclocross season? Yes. Hell yes. I’m not…
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In cycling everyone wants the edge. The next new thing that gets your 10 more watts or saves you 10 watts at 40k and hour. The magic bullet. Well, spoiler alert, there isn’t one. At Source Endurance, we measure things. If something is purposed to make a difference in your cycling, let’s check the science,…
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After finishing up his most successful cyclo-cross (CX) season yet, Skyler Mackey of KCCX has decided to push in all his chips for the 2017-18 CX season. Once he was able to make this commitment, we set about building a periodization model that will let Skyler hit the ground running in early September in preparation…
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We’re starting a short and sweet new series, Athlete Key Workout, highlighting a specific workout given to one of our athletes and why. First up: Eric Marcotte of Cylance Pro Cycling. We’ll look at the type of race openers Marcotte does leading into Redlands Bicycle Classic. (Thanks DMunson Photo for use of the photo above) With the…
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Anyone familiar with the road scene in the U.S. is well familiar with how brutal Tour of the Gila is. Thomas Wavrin had an excellent race despite coming from wintry Wisconsin and spending a lot of time on the trainer. It takes a lot of mental toughness to get through Gila in general, but Thomas stayed…
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Photo Credit above: DMunson Photo When a sprinter stands on the top podium step we all see the same thing: arms up in the air and that smile, rehearsed to show sincerity while trying to hide that extreme confidence bordering on a cockiness that could be unappealing to the fans and media. But behind the…
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Our Coaches can help you improve performance! Check out our Coaching Packages Click Here Training Plans HERE As a cyclist, I’m sure you have noticed a difference in people’s body shapes and how they look on the bike. Of all the things you notice of how other people fit on the bike, be it aesthetically…
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