This time trial position is my fastest yet. I’m comfortable enough to ride long time trials; I maintain more of my road bike power than ever before;  and my CdA is down to 0.208.  Win, win, win.  Yet if I looked at this position for the first time, I’d think there’s no way it’s […]Read More

I promised a report of my most recent trip to the A2 wind tunnel back in 2021.   While it took me a while to get to the write-up, I fortunately still have all the data and notes.  Even better, now that time has passed, I can draw better conclusions about this trip than I could […]Read More

Ride Throughout the World from Home With the time change and colder temperatures, trainer time is here for many of us.   While the CompuTrainer arguably started the smart trainer revolution decades ago, the current crop of options is like comparing a video game on the original Atari to a X Box Series X.   The courses […]Read More

Background and Old Position: Up until 2017, I spent many years testing and fine tuning my aero position.  I was pursuing record; records where set-up details matter a lot.  I documented a lot of this in prior posts.  However, I stopped riding the position I had put so much time into refining a few years […]Read More

I am admittedly late to the virtual riding/training experience.  This being said, I’ve used CompuTrainer products (the original “smart” trainer) at work for decades and I’ve worked with different smart trainers from TACX, Wahoo and Saris/Cycleops through the years.   However, until last winter, I did not ride a smart trainer consistently and had not experienced […]Read More

Cycling coach Hunter Allen will be speaking at Fit Werx² in Peabody, MA on Tuesday, March 19th at 6:30 p.m.!    Hunter will be discussing the new, 3rd-edition of the path-breaking Training and Racing with a Power Meter (TRWPM), which will be released this month. Autographed books will be available for purchase! Come learn from the guy that pioneered the power training principles and […]Read More

Wouldn’t it be nice if your coach could ride your Ironman with you and guide your pace all day? Well, in effect, they can. Perfect Ironman pacing is available with the latest power meters and software. Take your coach with you on race day through power meter pacing! Once you have us install a new […]Read More

You’ve done all the training, made all the sacrifices, all the work is done, it’s race morning, you’re nervous, you walked around the day before surrounded by 2000 other athletes who literally make you feel like you’re not prepared enough, the fittest looking age group athletes on the planet mixed in with body types that […]Read More

I’m into it now.  As week 3 starts I already see and feel my body adapting to the new stresses of IM training.  Coach Dean Phillips, Co-Owner of Fit Werx 2,  knows how busy my life is outside of training so he created a plan that works around the hecticness.   Typically I’m up at 4:45 a.m. […]Read More

On January 1, 2018 my Ironman Training officially began.  Once again I am working with Fit Werx 2 Co-Owner, and Head Coach, Dean Phillips, as I prep for my third Ironman, second Lake Placid. In 2015 Dean put together an incredible plan that allowed me to live my life relatively normal, while making strong gains.  […]Read More