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953 articles across 20 pagesTOUR OF THE BATTENKILL TRAINING GUIDE: AMERICA'S DIRT ROAD CLASSIC
160km of rolling tarmac and loose dirt climbs through Washington County, where spring weather decides the race as much as fitness does. The Tour of the Battenkill is America's answer to the northern classics — and the riders who get the tyre choice wrong never see the finish they trained for.
TOUR OF WESSEX TRAINING GUIDE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Tour of Wessex is 320km and 5,500m of climbing across three consecutive days through the steepest lanes in southwest England. The daily distances look manageable. The cumulative fatigue of doing it three days running on 15-25 percent gradients is what breaks riders.
HOW TO USE TRAINING LOAD WITHOUT OVERTHINKING IT
The Performance Management Chart is a tool, not a coach. Here is how to use training load numbers without letting them use you.
TSS EXPLAINED: HOW TO USE TRAINING STRESS SCORE
Training Stress Score distils an entire ride into a single number — but that number is only useful if you know what it actually measures, where its blind spots sit, and how to build a training week around it. This is the full picture: the formula, the benchmarks, the budgets, and the mistakes that cost cyclists weeks of wasted work.
TRAINING WHILE TRAVELLING: HOW TO MAINTAIN CYCLING FITNESS ON THE ROAD
You have spent months building fitness. Now a work trip or holiday is about to take you away from the bike for a week or two, and the anxiety is already running. The good news: the research says you keep far more than you lose, and a handful of smart sessions on the road can shrink even that small gap to almost nothing.
VÄTTERNRUNDAN TRAINING GUIDE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Vätternrundan is 315km around Lake Vättern in Sweden — one of the longest single-day sportives in the world. It starts in the evening, runs through the Swedish midsummer night, and finishes the following morning. The challenge is not climbing. It is managing your body, your fuel, and your head across 12 to 18 hours in the saddle.
VO2MAX FOR CYCLISTS: WHAT YOUR NUMBER MEANS
VO2max is the most-cited number in endurance sport and the least understood. Here's what it actually measures, how estimation methods compare to the lab, and why the number on its own tells you less about race day than you think.
WHEN YOUR FTP TEST LIES — AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
The test gives you a number. Your training tells you whether it's honest. Here is how to spot a lying FTP and what to do about it.
WIND CHILL AND COLD WEATHER CYCLING — WHAT THE TEMPERATURE ON YOUR SCREEN DOESN'T TELL YOU
The weather app says 5°C. You're riding at 30 km/h into a 15 km/h headwind. Your skin is experiencing -4°C. That gap between forecast and reality is where most cold-weather mistakes happen — and where most riders under-dress, bonk early, or lose feeling in their hands by kilometre 40.
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HOW TO TRAIN FOR THE CAPE TOWN CYCLE TOUR: WIND, HEAT, AND 109KM OF SPECTACULAR RIDING
35,000 riders. 109km around the Cape Peninsula. The wind will test you more than the climbs. This is how you prepare for the world's largest timed cycle race.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO CLIMB THAT COL? THE MATHS BEHIND CYCLING CLIMBING TIME
Every cyclist staring at a col profile asks the same question — how long will it take me? The maths is simpler than you think, and getting it right changes how you pace the whole climb.
CYCLING GEARING EXPLAINED — CHAINRINGS, CASSETTES, AND GEAR RATIOS
Gearing is one of the cheapest performance changes you can make to a bike. Most riders get it wrong because nobody explains the trade-offs.
EVERY FTP TEST PROTOCOL COMPARED — WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU USE?
Four protocols, four conversion factors, and one question every cyclist with a power meter eventually asks: which FTP test should I actually use?
HOW CYCLING COACHES BUILD RACE-SPECIFIC PLANS — WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR
A generic 12-week plan and a race-specific training programme look identical in a spreadsheet. The difference is in the thinking underneath. This is how good coaches reverse-engineer a target event, why TrainingPeaks and WKO5 are tools rather than the coaching itself, and an honest take on when paying for a coach adds real value versus when you are better off on your own.
HOW MANY CALORIES DOES CYCLING ACTUALLY BURN?
Your head unit says you burned 2,400 calories. You probably burned 1,600. The difference matters if you are fuelling around that number.
HOW TO STRUCTURE A TRAINING BLOCK — THE FRAMEWORK PRO COACHES ACTUALLY USE
Most training plans fall apart because the structure underneath them was wrong from the start. This is the mesocycle framework that World Tour coaches like Dan Lorang use to sequence training blocks — adapted for riders who have jobs, families, and eight to ten hours a week.
HOW TO TRAIN FOR LA MARMOTTE: A PRACTICAL 16-WEEK GUIDE
La Marmotte is not a sportive you can bluff. Four Alpine cols, 5,180m of climbing, and a finish up Alpe d'Huez. This is how you prepare properly.
POLARISED VS SWEET SPOT — WHICH TRAINING MODEL FITS YOUR LIFE
The polarised-versus-sweet-spot debate has generated more online arguments than almost any other topic in cycling. Most of the arguing misses the point. This is what each model actually means, what the research says, why your available training hours matter more than which camp you pick, and what practical weeks look like under both approaches.
RECOVERY BETWEEN HARD CYCLING SESSIONS: HOW LONG?
There is no single recovery clock for every cyclist or workout. Use 24, 48 or 72 hours as planning options, then decide from the cost of the previous session, the next session and the rider's actual recovery pattern.
HOW TO TRAIN FOR THE SELLA RONDA: THE COMPLETE DOLOMITES LOOP GUIDE
Four Dolomite passes. One loop around the Sella massif. On Bike Day, the roads are yours. This is how you prepare to ride it properly.
TRAINING LOAD EXPLAINED: CTL, ATL AND TSB FOR CYCLISTS
The Performance Management Chart runs on three numbers: your fitness, your fatigue and the gap between them. Coaches have used this framework for decades. Here is what CTL, ATL and TSB mean in practice — the model, the maths, the mistakes, and how to read the chart without letting it read you.
VAM EXPLAINED — WHAT YOUR CLIMBING SPEED SAYS ABOUT YOUR FITNESS
VAM measures how fast you go up. It was designed to compare climbing performances across different cols — and it still works.
WHAT TO WEAR CYCLING AT EVERY TEMPERATURE: THE COMPLETE KIT GUIDE
The wrong kit ruins rides. Too much and you overheat on the first climb. Too little and you're frozen on the descent. This is the temperature-by-temperature breakdown that actually works.
WHEN TO TEST FTP — AND WHEN TESTING DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD
Every six to eight weeks is the standard advice, but context changes everything. A badly timed FTP test can wreck the training stimulus you have been building for weeks. This is when testing actually helps, when it does more harm than good, and how to know your FTP has moved without pinning a number on it.
ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY — WHY CYCLING IS THE BEST CROSS-TRAINING OPTION
The Achilles heals slowly and punishes impatience more than almost any other tendon. Here's why cycling is the one form of training that reliably stays out of its way, and how to come back from it properly.
THE RUNNER'S FIRST BIKE — WHAT TO ACTUALLY BUY WITHOUT OVERTHINKING IT
Runners approach their first bike purchase the way they approach a marathon build — six weeks of research, fourteen browser tabs, a spreadsheet. Meanwhile the fitness you wanted the bike for is sitting there waiting. Here's how to buy well in a weekend and get riding.
BIKE FIT FOR RUNNERS — WHY YOUR RUNNING BODY NEEDS A DIFFERENT SETUP
Ten years of running shapes your body in ways a bike immediately exposes. Tight hip flexors, strong hamstrings, a pelvis that wants to tip forward — none of it matters on the road until you clip in. Here is how to set up a bike for the body running gave you.
THE BONE DENSITY PROBLEM — WHY CYCLISTS NEED RUNNING AND RUNNERS NEED TO KEEP RUNNING
84% of competitive cyclists meet criteria for osteopenia or osteoporosis. This is the full science of why cycling is so hard on bone, why running is the fix, and how much impact loading actually protects you.
BIKE-TO-RUN BRICK WORKOUTS FOR CYCLISTS AND DUATHLETES
Strong cycling fitness does not automatically prepare a rider for running impact. Build the run first, then use this eight-week transition progression.
COUCH TO 5K FOR CYCLISTS: WHY THE STANDARD PLAN FAILS YOU (AND THE 8-WEEK FIX)
You can hold 250 watts for an hour on the bike. You can't run 5K without your calves screaming. That's not a fitness problem — it's a tissue problem, and there's an 8-week fix.
IS CYCLING BETTER FOR YOUR KNEES THAN RUNNING? WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
Running builds the strongest aerobic engine in endurance sport. It also loads your knees at two to three times bodyweight, thousands of times per session. Cycling removes the impact but skips the bone-building. Here's what the evidence actually says about both — and why the smartest athletes over 35 refuse to choose.
CYCLING CADENCE FOR RUNNERS — WHAT RPM SHOULD YOU ACTUALLY PEDAL AT?
Runners already understand turnover — 180 steps a minute is gospel in running circles. Cycling has the same idea and most runners ignore it, grinding low gears like the pedals are a leg press. Here is the rpm that actually works, and why your legs will thank you for it.
BIKE COMMUTING AS TRAINING — HOW RUNNERS CAN TURN THE COMMUTE INTO CROSS-TRAINING
A runner with a 30-minute commute who switches to cycling gets 5 hours of aerobic cross-training a week at zero extra time cost. Here is how to structure it, what to buy, and how to survive the first wet Tuesday.
CYCLING FOR INJURED RUNNERS: KEEP YOUR FITNESS WHILE YOU HEAL
Your physio says "cross-train while you heal" and hands you nothing more specific. This is the missing detail — what cycling does for each of the five most common running injuries, what the research says about protecting your fitness, and the protocol for coming back without ending up on the same treatment table.
USING THE BIKE TO BUILD A FASTER MARATHON — WITHOUT MORE MILES ON YOUR LEGS
Marathon training is an accumulation sport, and at some point your legs stop being able to absorb more running. Cycling lets you keep building the aerobic engine that actually determines your marathon time, while your legs get a break from the pounding. Here's how to do it properly.
GROUP RIDES FOR RUNNERS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR FIRST ONE
You can run in a group by turning up and running. A cycling group ride is a different animal — drafting, hand signals, holding your line, and a code of etiquette nobody writes down. Here is what a runner needs to know before the first one.
CYCLING METRICS EXPLAINED — TSS, IF, NP, CTL AND WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS
Your training platform shows you six or seven acronyms after every ride. Most riders understand maybe two of them properly. Here's what TSS, IF, NP, CTL, ATL and TSB actually measure, which ones deserve a daily look, and the misreadings that send riders chasing the wrong number.
CAN CYCLING REPLACE YOUR LONG RUN? WHAT MARATHON TRAINING ACTUALLY ALLOWS
Every marathon build reaches the week where your legs are wrecked, your calendar is full, or your calf is whispering threats — and the bike in the garage starts looking like a loophole. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it's a convenient way to skip the work your tissues actually need. The research draws the line more clearly than most runners think.
CYCLING VS RUNNING FOR WEIGHT LOSS — WHICH ACTUALLY BURNS MORE FAT?
Running burns more calories per minute. Cycling lets you train five days a week without your body falling apart. One of those facts matters for a single session. The other decides what you look like in twelve months.
YOUR FIRST DUATHLON — A RUNNER'S GUIDE TO RUN-BIKE-RUN RACING
Multisport has an obvious entry point for runners, and it isn't triathlon. It's duathlon — run, bike, run, no swimming, no wetsuit, no open-water nerves. If you can already run, here's exactly what standing between you and the start line of your first one actually requires.
FTP FOR RUNNERS: CYCLING POWER EXPLAINED IN A LANGUAGE YOU ALREADY SPEAK
You know exactly what 10K race effort feels like. You can hold half-marathon pace without looking at a watch. Then you get on a bike, someone asks your FTP, and suddenly you're a beginner again. You're not. You already understand everything power measures — you've just never seen it in watts.
FUELLING RUNNING VS CYCLING: WHY YOUR GUT SETS DIFFERENT RULES
On the bike you knock back a gel every twenty minutes and think nothing of it. Twenty minutes into a run, that same gel is sitting in your stomach like wet cement. The engine is the same — the fuel delivery system is not, and the gut is the reason.
GPS WATCHES FOR CYCLISTS WHO RUN: ONE ECOSYSTEM, TWO SPORTS
You already have a cycling computer that cost more than most people's watches. Do you need another screen on your wrist? Here is when the answer is yes, which watches make sense, and which running metrics actually matter.
HOW CYCLING ACTUALLY MAKES YOU A BETTER RUNNER — THE SCIENCE BEHIND CROSS-TRAINING
Runners are naturally sceptical of cross-training claims, and fair enough — most of them are vague. This one isn't. A 2026 systematic review examined the running-cycling cross-training relationship directly, and the cardiovascular science behind it explains exactly why a strong engine doesn't care which limbs are doing the work.
THE HYBRID ATHLETE OVER 40: HOW TO RUN, RIDE AND LIFT WITHOUT FALLING APART
Every gym influencer is selling you on becoming a hybrid athlete. None of them are over 40. Here is what the endurance-first version looks like when your recovery is not what it was at 25 — and why cyclists are better placed for it than any lifter.
INDOOR CYCLING FOR RUNNERS — WHY THE TURBO TRAINER MIGHT BE YOUR BEST CROSS-TRAINING TOOL
Most runners who try cycling as cross-training quit within a month — not because the bike didn't work, but because the logistics of outdoor riding ate the time they were trying to save. Indoor cycling removes every one of those barriers. This is how to get 80% of the bike's cross-training benefit without leaving your house.
PARKRUN AND CYCLING — HOW THE BIKE MAKES YOU A FASTER 5K RUNNER
Parkrun rewards a big aerobic engine more than it rewards running mileage, and the bike is the most efficient way to build one without the weekly impact bill. Here's how the Saturday-Sunday pattern actually works.
PLANTAR FASCIITIS AND CYCLING — CAN THE BIKE KEEP YOU TRAINING?
Plantar fasciitis has a habit of outlasting everyone's patience. Here's why the bike is one of the few things you can do without provoking it, how to structure the training, and what actually gets you back to running.
RECOVERY RIDES FOR RUNNERS — ACTIVE RECOVERY THAT DOESN'T TRASH YOUR LEGS
A "recovery run" is a bit of a contradiction — every stride still loads your legs with two to three times your bodyweight in impact force, easy pace or not. A recovery ride does the job a recovery run is trying to do, minus the part that keeps loading you. Here's how to do it properly.
CYCLING TO RUNNING CONVERSION: DISTANCE, TIME AND LIMITS
The familiar one-to-three ratio hides speed, terrain, impact and specificity. Use this evidence-bounded conversion chart before replacing a run or ride.