Your Recipe for Success for Cyclocross Season

Let’s get right to the point. Cyclocross racing is just around the corner. If you haven’t started training specifically for cyclocross yet, you’re either late to the game or peaking for a late season race. Nonetheless, with the upcoming cyclocross season rapidly approaching, you’ll want to make sure your focus is where it needs to…

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Cyclocross: What you should be doing in July to prepare

With our last “what you should be doing to prepare for a successful CX season” teaser, we discussed getting back on the cyclocross bike.  That usually means cleaning it, replacing some worn parts or just buying a new one. Now it’s July.  Now it’s the meat of the pre-season.  Base season is in full swing…

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Cyclocross: What you should be doing now to prepare

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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Athlete Highlight: Skyler Mackey

Name: Skyler Mackey Event & Category: Cyntergy Hurtland UCI C2 Brief event/course description: The course was technical with lots of short and steep ups and downs.  There were also multiple creek crossings and a very technical off camber section. How’d the race go down for you?  For me the race was a constant battle with attacks being…

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Cyclocross tire treads & the practical use of each, Part 1

Let’s talk a little bit about cyclocross tires. First things first, we’re talking about tubular tires here. At the elite — truly elite, IE World Cup — level, there isn’t anyone running clinchers, or tubeless clinchers. There just isn’t. Will there be, in a few years? I don’t know. Tubeless technology has certainly advanced over the last few years,…

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Join us for the Source Endurance Coffee Ride at the UCI Jingle CX

When: Saturday, September 24. 9:30am, roll at 10am Where: Java House, 211E Washington St. Iowa City, IA Facebook Event: http://bit.ly/2cu0eQo Join Source Endurance coach Grant Harrison for a morning cup of coffee at the Java House in downtown Iowa City. From here, Grant will lead you on a self supported 75-90 minute ride in the Iowa City vicinity ending back…

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Starting with Coaching for Cyclocross

As a coach, the first thing I do when I get a new client – the very first thing – is ask to look at any data that they have collected over the last couple of seasons. If I get lucky – and I get lucky more often these days than I used to –…

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Spicer Ranch CX Clinic Sept 10 in Beatty, NV

Group coaching session

We are excited to be hosting/ instructing this CX Clinic.  It will be at the intended location of the future Nevada state cyclocross championship. Spicer Ranch Cyclocross Clinic presented by Clifbar Saturday Sep. 10, 4PM – 730ish PM (last light) Spicer Ranch and Trails #1 Boiling Pot Rd. Beatty, NV  89003 Featuring instruction by: Adam…

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Anaerobic Capacity's Role in Cyclocross Racing

When you are pedaling in a cyclocross race, how often are you thinking “man I’m barely anaerobic….this is sustainable…” Pretty much never. When deep in a cyclocross race you are going from coasting, to a near max effort, to coasting, to running anaerobically, to deeply anaerobic again. While we can name 10 things that will make…

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