Leadville 100 Power Analysis – A Solo Self-supported Time Trial

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If you didn’t get a chance to check out the first two installments of tackling the Leadville 100 as a self-supported Time Trial, I suggest you backpedal and do so for the Part 1: Why and the Part 2: The Play by Play because this is about to get nerdy and laden with stats for… Keep Rollin

Turning Losses into Wins!

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MTB National Championships – Winter Park, Colorado  Final lap, final rooty climb, bang out >500 watt effort while enduring cramps to pass a podium rider in the age group that started ahead of me.  Breathe. Drop in the last rocky chute fast and composed.  Breathe. Carve from trail onto the start/finish stretch. Finish line in… Keep Rollin

Unleashing the Potential Power through Transitions

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This topic made me think back to the days of Physics with the concept of Potential Energy.  It’s stored and just waiting to be released.  Think of being at the top of a hill on a bike just waiting for speed.  And with some intent, we can turn that potential into kinetic (energy of motion)… Keep Rollin

Pop Your Bubble of Discomfort

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Segueing from the previous article on complacency and contentment, this is a similar concept that can serve valuable in competition both amongst others and sometimes internally. We only experience from our first-person perspective, so it only makes sense that this is where your mind resorts to a place of adversity.  Think about a tough workout… Keep Rollin

Don’t be Contained by Complacency

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How often do you challenge what you believe you’re capable of? How often do you exceed what you’re capable of? How often do you go with the flow based on external feedback that where you are is where you belong? Complacency, in this case, is one’s uncritical satisfaction and content with their current achievements. Unexpectedly… Keep Rollin