Monthly Archives: February 2017

Interval training works. Bicycle racers have been doing interval training for decades, and hard training benefits long distance riders, too. Penseyres did a lot of interval training in 1986, when he set the solo RAAM speed record and again in '95 when he set the RAAM 50+ Team record. by Pete Penseyres Pete Penseyres won the Race Across America twice (1984 and 1986), holds the RAAM men's average speed record of 15.40 mph (1986), with Lon Haldeman holds the tandem transcontinental record (1987, 7d 14h 55m), was a member of Team Lightning that won HPV RAAM (1989, 5d 1h 8m), [...]

Training methods employed by accomplished RAAM racers by Bernie Comeau Bernie Comeau, a veteran of RAAM and Furnace Creek, edits "From the Field" - a series of articles on what accomplished RAAM racers (the elite of the ultra community) do and use in order to be successful. Introduction As ultra cyclists, we are all faced with the question of how much training is enough to perform well at the distances we choose to ride. We need to make sure that we have trained enough so that our bodies are comfortable riding at desired speeds for particular distances. But one of [...]

How to train for a season of 12 and 24 hour bicycle races by Merry Vander Linden Merry Vander Linden is one of the most experienced ultra time trial racers in the country. In 2000 she took second in her age division at the WUCA 24 Hour race and she finished P-B-P in 1999. See also part 1 Introduction Welcome back first year long distance racers. By now you have nearly completed the first two phases of our four part training plan for a three race season. The first or base phase employed a weekly formula of two moderately paced [...]

How to train for a season of 12 and 24 hour bicycle races by Merry Vander Linden Merry Vander Linden is one of the most experienced ultra time trial racers in the country. In 2000 she took second in her age division at the WUCA 24 Hour race and she finished P-B-P in 1999. See also part 2 Introduction So you've decided this is the year to try your hand at 12 and 24 hour ultra racing. Good for you! It's a marvelous sport, guaranteed to put some spice in the cycling season, and you will meet some strange and [...]

"Competition, ambition and experience kept me in the race throughout the day and night. And staying on the bike and in the race is the only way to do well in an ultra cycling race." by Lisa Marie Dougherty Lisa Marie Dougherty has been a serious bicycle racer since 1994. She is a licensed USCF racer (Women's Category 2). As a ultra marathon cycling racer, she qualified for the Race Across America in 1996 after completing the Bicycle Across Missouri race in under 50 hours. She has won the World UltraCycling Association's 24 Hour Championship race three times. She is [...]