I’ve spent the past few days reflecting on my experience with Ride The Rockies, not only as a newbie, but as a female cyclist participant. The six biggest lessons I learned from this event is pushing yourself out of your comfort zone forces you to grow; strangers can be trusted and can be helpful; inclusivity…
This year I wanted to race the IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder. However, there are only so many weekends in summer to compete. The 70.3 in Boulder has been falling the day before Ride the Rockies for the last few years. I made the decision to go for Ride the Rockies this year instead, since both would be way…
What had started as an obsession with cycling has transformed into an obsession with triathlon. And while I’ve been running along time, it’s time to step up my game and increase not only distance, but speed. As a techno junkie, when I first heard about the Stryd power meter there was not question, I knew…
Indoor training sessions are boring, let’s be honest. Even with a high energy cycling video or loud music, you still don’t get anywhere. There is something about being outside, that makes the time fly on the bike, but indoors five minutes can seem like an eternity. Enter Zwift, the Ultimate Virtual Reality Cycling Training system….
Over the years I’ve used several different heart rate monitors. Most of them offer the same features, the biggest difference was connectivity. A heart rate monitor is useless unless you can actually see that data, so connectivity is a huge factor. My frist experience with a heart rate monitor was with a Nike + system….
This past weekend Jessica and I participated in the Elephant Rock, a century (100 mile) ride that started in Castle Rock, Colorado. We’ve spent months training for this event and wanted to make sure that we were able to recorded and collect data from the ride. Monitoring cycling data on a century ride isn’t an…
Social validation is the new foundation of any fitness regimen. Some might find it annoying, others might find it inspirational, but at the end of the day tracking your fitness makes it easy for you to see trends and measure your progress. Strava is the ultimate in social media for cycling, find how how this Strava cycling…
Wahoo Fitness makes a plethora of devices and sensors for fitness enthusiasts. From a selection of heart rate monitors, to speed and cadence sensors for serious cyclists, Wahoo Fitness has more to offer than just a catchy name. Using the a smartphone as the center of the Wahoo universe, the various Wahoo (and even several third party) devices…