The official start of the 2012 Cascade Cycling Classic was today, the 2.8 mile Tethrow Prologue. My day started just after 10 as I met the guys of Kenda Pro Cycling to do some course recon. A number of the other teams participating in the race this year were out there as well checking out … Read more
Here is the the second installment from Logan Owen as he races The Tour of l’Abitibi as a member of the US Junior National Team. 7/17 Stage 1: So the flagged dropped and we started today’s 118 km stage in a crosswind. Our team assembled at the front and guttered the race and eventually we were able to … Read more
I will be the guest director for the Kenda Pro Cycling Team this week at the 2012 Cascade Cycling Classic. I am really looking forward to this new challenge and know that I have some big shoes to fill after the great job that Frankie Andreau has done with Kenda the past few years. I … Read more
Tete de la Course Cycling Athlete Logan Owen is racing in the Tour of l’Abitibi this week with the US National Team. He will be blogging of his adventures in Canada all week. This is his first installment. 7/15 So today we woke up in our hotels after finally getting to sleep at 2 am … Read more
Start Time Category Distance Pre-Reg $ Day of $ Payout 1:15PM Cat 5 Men 30 mins $25 $30 3 places/ merchandise 1:50PM Cat 4 Women 30 mins $25 $30 3 places/ merchandise 2:25PM Cat 4 Men 40 mins $25 $30 $200/5 places 3:15PM KIDS RACE 3:30PM M 35+ (3,4) 40 mins $25 $30 $500/7 places 4:15PM … Read more
I am excited to say that after a 2 year hiatus I am back in the race promotion business. This year I will be handling the longest continually running race in America: the 72nd Annual Redmond Derby Days Criterium. When I put on a race I like to put on a show so rest assured … Read more
Numbers Are Good, It’s How You Use Them That Counts: An email exchange with one of my athletes prompted me to address the above statement from the Philosophy section in a little more depth. I had him do a power based test on the trainer to get some baseline numbers to work with to prescribe … Read more
The cycling bug bit me when I was a kid in the early eighties. My first ride of any note was during the summer of 1980. I was 12 years old and I rode a Schwinn Stingray Fastback complete with a banana seat, high rise handlebars and a 5 speed shifter on the top tube … Read more
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine … Read more
I’ve been having some discussions lately with a few of my more training savvy friends on the pros and cons of training with power versus training with a heart rate monitor (as some are going back to HR such as Quick Step) and I’ve come to the conclusion that the best device for training that … Read more
