A big congratulations to all the competitors who took on races in their specialist distances. Announcing the age group winners and overall champions in the WUCA 24 hour, 12 hour, 6 hour and 500 mile series...
The results have been compiled and standings calculated for the final time in 2016. Announcing the WUCA World Cup of Ultracycling Champions for 2016... Congratulations to everyone who competed across 4 continents, 60 events, distances from 100 to 3049 miles, in multiple age categories on standard, recumbent and tandem bikes and with hpvs. With thanks to the results team, who have spent many hours trawling online results for WUCA members, answering queries and correcting data! We're going to make some changes to the format for 2017 to encourage more competition, rewarding average performance across races rather than totalling points. We [...]
I had several aims for the Month Record attempt. First, the obvious aim of beating the current record of 6679.8 miles by Adze Briscoe Frieze. It was also a test run for another go at HAMR rolled into part of my training for another attempt. Since my HAMR ride of 2015, I have started using a power meter for training and wanted some data to work with for planning another HAMR. My head wasn't really in the right place for another go the HAMR before the month record and as well as test a few theories from training, collecting data [...]
Whether you're going for a P.R. or prefer to smell the roses, nutritional factors will be major determinants of how successfully you meet your goals for a century, brevet, or double century. by Susan I. Barr, PhD, RDN Susan Barr, is on the faculty of University of British Columbia in nutrition. She is a veteran of Paris-Brest-Paris, the Rocky Mountain 1200 and many PAC Tours and Pacific Crest Tours. Introduction Optimizing your performance from the nutrition perspective involves a three-pronged approach: 1) glycogen supercompensation (carbohydrate loading) the week before the event; 2) eating a meal the morning of the event; [...]
"Which bicycle would you like to be on for the last half of a double century?" by Lon Haldeman Lon Haldeman is a co-founder of both the WUCA and RAAM. He is co-owner of PAC Tour. He is the two-time winner of the Race Across America, holder of the men's tandem cross-country record (with Pete Penseyres) and the mixed tandem cross-country record (with Susan Notorangelo) Introduction "What kind of bike should I buy for long distance cycling?" I am often asked by riders preparing for our cross country PAC Tours. These riders are just as interested in good equipment as [...]
