Training

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 [...]