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Home Cycling Events Minnesota Ironman Upcoming Events Training Plans Sample Training Plans Training Videos Group Training Nutrition Supplements Contact    MN Ironman Prep – Step 3 – Clothing » The time to build your aerobic base, your aerobic engine is now, in the spring.   There are a couple different ways to accomplish this goal.  Spend time in the saddle.  The long weekend rides at a “conversational” effort level are great for base building. Shorter rides at this easy level...Read Full Story

Lakeville, Minn.—A University of Minnesota School of Dentistry student combined his dedication to philanthropy with his enthusiasm for cycling in a Give Kids A Smile fundraiser and awareness campaign at the May 6 Minnesota Ironman Bike Ride.Read Full Story

Home Cycling Events 2011 Minnesota Ironman and MN Gran Fondo The Brute Challenge 2011– Training Ride Upcoming Events Training Videos Group Training Nutrition Supplements Contact    Which Bike Trainer Maximizes ‘Total Cycling Performance’? » Auto Draft We began what will hopefully be our final month of indoor training last evening.  The riders have been training all winter and are fit, strong and anxious to take their fitness outdoors. We’ve spent time this winter focusing on...Read Full Story

A Facebook page has been established to remember Mia Pusch, the brilliant, vivacious young German cyclist who tragically died too soon whilst on a cycling holiday in New Zealand. The page may be found here. Her mother Gesa has responded to the many heartfelt messages of support left on the wall and we'd like to add our own condolences to both Gesa and Marcus who must be utterly heartbroken. One message left by Leo Van Lin summed up the problem with cycling in New Zealand: "Coming from the...Read Full Story

Police have released the name of the 19 year old German touring cyclist (see our previous post ) who died in a road collision in Bulls Manawatu as Mia Susanne Pusch. According to a police statement Mia had been in NZ on a cycling holiday since late October and was travelling towards Wanganui when she was crushed by a truck heading in the same direction, Mia kept a public blog of her journey through New Zealand (translation) on the bike she'd called "pinkie". In it she spoke about being...Read Full Story

Applicants are invited to sign up for the Ironman Cozumel World Championship 2010. The event, held on the island on November 28th, will test the physical prowess and stamina of participants from all over the world. Have you got what it takes? The event is open to 2,300 triathletes, men and women, all competing for the $50,000 USD prize money and the Ironman Cozumel medal.Belgium's Rutger Beke was the male champion of Ironman Cozumel 2009.Yvonne Van Vlerken, from the Netherlands, was the...Read Full Story

5 Boro Bike Tour, NYC.. This Sunday, over 30,000 cyclists will bike a 40 mile, traffic-free route in America’s largest cycling event. We want in! we want in as well!Read Full Story

Epic San Diego - Great Western Loop, the newest in the epicRIDES virtual cycling video series has been released by epicPLANET.tv.San Diego’s Great Western Loop is a very popular training ride for many hard core and competitive cyclists in this Southern California cycling mecca.This 42 mile, over 3,000 foot of climbing route loops through the beautiful mountains and canyons east of the city. It contains two climbing and two interval segments for a very well rounded and challenging workout.This...Read Full Story

Some people are fast. Others are good at distance but they don’t do it quickly. To be fast on long rides you need to develop both endurance and power. If you are missing either you will slow or not make it to the finish. Here are 3 workouts that will help you be fast and let you go the distance. Extensive Threshold Repeats Threshold Repeats are used by cyclists of all levels to improve their Functional Threshold power(max 60 min power) but for endurance cyclists I throw in a twist. The...Read Full Story

This is a ride along what is effectively Day One of the Coast to Coast or C2C long distance bike trail that heads from Whitehaven on the Irish Sea Coast to Sunderland (or Newcastle upon Tyne) by the North Sea. Whitehaven to Keswick is an especially scenic stretch of 33 miles or 53km through West Cumbria into the heart of the Lake District and the superb views just get better as you progress – when you can see them that is. Leaving the pleasant harbour area of Whitehaven the route – which is...Read Full Story