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I have been really fortunate to ride outside over the last ten days. Today I had to hit the rollers. I am starting to bump the intensity a little as I wrap up my second phase of base training. Today’s workout included 2-20 minute intervals at LT. These intervals are incredibly effective and well worth …

I am wrapping up week 7 of my base training. I have been steadily building volume over the past few weeks thanks in part to the snow drought that has befallen the extreme North East. Dry conditions and tolerable temperatures have made it possible for me to log in some significant training time outdoors. I …

Today is Tuesday. It is February. I love to state the obvious. I was determined to go for a ride outside today. I just needed the mercury to read 20 degrees and the winds to be less than 10 mph. The conditions were close enough so out I went. I decided to ride the Tuesday …

I am in the first week of the second phase of base training. I am supposed to take the volume up. This means more time on the rollers and/or doing whatever aerobic exercise I can stand to get the time in. I developed one sizable saddle sore this week so I had to look for …

More on the bike buying process from Ian Buchanan of Fit Werx in Waitsfield, VT.