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Endurance training, written honestly

Pacing, power, training load, and practical ways to use your data.

How to Choose the Best Cycling Head Unit for Training
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How to Choose the Best Cycling Head Unit for Training

The best cycling head unit for training is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that records clean data and helps you execute hard rides.

13 days agoRead
Cycling Climbing Metrics: W/kg, VAM and Pacing
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Cycling Climbing Metrics: W/kg, VAM and Pacing

Use W/kg, VAM, gradient, duration, power and heart rate together to understand climbing performance and build a better pacing strategy.

14 days agoRead
Group Ride Route Planning: Safer, Smoother Routes
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Group Ride Route Planning: Safer, Smoother Routes

Better group ride route planning starts with the riders, then works backward through pace, terrain, stops, safety, and clear pre-ride communication.

15 days agoRead
Indoor vs Outdoor Power: Smart Trainer vs Power Meter
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Indoor vs Outdoor Power: Smart Trainer vs Power Meter

Indoor and outdoor power rarely match perfectly. Here is how cooling, position, trainer mode, and device choice explain the gap.

16 days agoRead
How to Import Strava Data Without Losing Your Training History
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How to Import Strava Data Without Losing Your Training History

A practical guide to moving your cycling activity history while preserving routes, power files, sensor data, and the context that makes old rides useful.

17 days agoRead
Cycling Recovery Metrics: Read Sleep, HRV, and Fatigue
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Cycling Recovery Metrics: Read Sleep, HRV, and Fatigue

Recovery data helps only when it changes training decisions. Here is how cyclists should read sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, soreness, and fatigue.

18 days agoRead
How Ride Data Improves Cycling Descending Skills
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How Ride Data Improves Cycling Descending Skills

Descending speed is not just nerve. Use ride data to improve cycling descending skills, cornering, pacing, and control.

19 days agoRead
Time Trial Pacing: Build a Power Plan for Any Course
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Time Trial Pacing: Build a Power Plan for Any Course

A practical guide to time trial pacing, from setting target power to adjusting for climbs, descents, corners, wind, heart rate, and post-race review.

21 days agoRead
Heat Acclimation for Cyclists: Train and Race Smarter
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Heat Acclimation for Cyclists: Train and Race Smarter

Heat changes power, pacing, hydration, and decision-making. Here is how cyclists can adapt without turning every hot ride into a survival test.

21 days agoRead
Reading your power curve
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Reading your power curve

Your power curve is the most honest chart in cycling. Here is how to actually read it - and what it tells you about pacing, fitness, and where to train next.

1 months agoRead
FTP isn't a magic number
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FTP isn't a magic number

FTP is a useful reference, not a personality trait. Here is how to retest without losing your mind, and what to actually do with the number once you have it.

1 months agoRead
Training load explained: CTL, ATL, TSB
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Training load explained: CTL, ATL, TSB

CTL, ATL, and TSB are the three numbers that summarize whether your training is working. Here is the practical version - no academic asterisks.

1 months agoRead