Mike, troy and Geoff will be riding the Asheville BWR, aka "The Hell of The North", this year. In this podcast they discuss why they decided to do this amazing, but brutal event. How they prepare for the event looking at training plans, material, logistics, nutrition, and much more. What are their current numbers, weight, w/kg, FTP and what are they aiming for to be in tip top race shape?
Geoff and Gerry speak with Daniel Larson. Daniel works as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, Department of Health and Exercise Science. His primary field of expertise is Economic theory in sport; finance and policy for international professional sports; management of national governing bodies (like USAC); participant sport-event management; public finance for sports/exercise interventions; and sport coaching/instruction.
In addition to his work for the University of Oklahoma, Daniel has a wealth of experience as an elite cyclist both on the track and on the road, sports director for the Jittery Joe’s U23 team, Director of Athletics VMG Racing, Head Cycling Coach University of Florida, and event organizer/promotor.
Allison is a professional mountain-biker who started cycling fairly late after spending many years playing soccer and doing gymnastics. Encouraged by her parents and having joined the local West Chester Cycling Team, Allison started cycling more and more. In college, she picked up her first wins, racing collegiate road and mountain-bike. At that moment she started thinking about setting goals to become a pro-cyclist.
In this episode of the Lowlands cycling podcast Geoff and Gerry speak with Rebecca Larson. Rebecca had an an amazing career as a Professional Competitive Cyclist between 1999-2008, won 10 National Championship Titles (Junior, U23, College), won Over 100 individual race victories, World Road Cycling Championships competitor, raced Internationally as a member of the United States National Team in Belgium, Holland, Italy and Switzerland.
In this episode Geoff and Gerry interview Kim Geist. We discuss her long and extensive cycling career, how she got into coaching and how she deals with challenges like injury and currently events being postponed and cancelled.
We dive into strength training and talk a lot about the beauty of track cycling and her home turf The Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexeltown PA. If you are interested in track cycling orienting what it takes to start, or learn more about this discipline, makes sure to listen to the complete podcast!
In this episode Geoff & Gerry speak with Erik Hofman the owner of Dutch Diesel Coaching and founder of the Dutch Diesel community on Zwift. We discuss how Erik got into cycling and coaching and we dive into the principles of "Time Crunched Cyclist" and the importance of structured training. There's a good conversation about the importance of balancing your training with your social and work life so you don't over train or even burn-out.
We also discuss software like Zwift, TrainerRoad and Training peaks tools to support your structured training program.
