Back in December of 2007, now women’s individual time trial gold medalist, Kristin Armstrong took a trip to Beijing to do a test run on the time trial course.  She rode the 15 mile course while using her husbands GPS device (doesn’t say which one) to log the elevation profile of the ride.
When she got home to Boise, Idaho, she used Google Earth to trace the entire course with the GPS coordinates she logged in Beijing.  She was then able to design a training schedule locally that best matched the …

With winter quickly crawly up on us, it is time for us snow covered states to think about how we are going to stay in good biking shape over the winter. I know many die-hard Minnesotans will tough it out and throw on some hybrid tires to plow through the snow and slush, but that is not what I call fun.
I have owned a stand-up stationary bike for the last few years, but it just doesn’t have the same feel as being on my bike. Near the end …

Back in the early twentieth century, a scientist by the name of Otto Meyerhof made a breakthrough discovery that changed the face of sports training for years to follow. Meyerhof did a test where he cut a frog in half, and placed its rear section in a sealed jar, away from oxygen. He then sent an electric shock through the legs and watched them twitch for a few seconds before slowly coming to a stop. Afterwords, Meyerhof found the legs to be saturated with lactic acid. From …