Spring is nice, spring is fun, spring is a relief after a long, cold winter. But, for diehard skiers, spring is also the new season in which we begin imagining ourselves as next year’s skiers. The snow is barely gone, but already we’re imagining futures in which we glide through snowy meadows, double pole across the flats, charge confidently up homologated uphills, and V2 boldly across finish lines. Our heads are already in next season....
Reigning two-time U.S. national nordic-combined champion Bryan Fletcher shares a cycling workout (which can also be done skiing or running) that he recommends doing once a month. “It works on both your VO2 max zone and Threshold zone," he explains. "Or Level 3/4 zone depending on what system you use."
There are workouts where you finish battered and beaten, muscles packed with lactate. And then, there are days when you just go out and ride your bike. Unlike some of the more painful sessions one might do on foot or in the gym, former U.S. Ski Team member Tad Elliott calls this road ride a “free workout” — its psychological toll is minimal.
Matt Liebsch, like any pro skier, is all about hammering the rollerski training, but this year, he's taken a slightly different approach. "It is important to keep training fun and diverse at times," he writes. That means 2 1/2-mile swims once a week, indoor cycling training and more. Liebsch explains why it works.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) delivered a definitive indictment to the world on Wednesday morning with the release of its reasoned decision regarding seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. In the 1,000-plus page document sent to the International Cycling Union and the World Anti-Doping agency, USADA found Armstrong guilty of using of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career and of playing a central role in enforcing a systematic doping program on the U.S. Postal team....
A few notes about this data. The website that I scrape these results from isn’t, shall we say, the most consistent when it comes to the spelling of athlete names, or even their teams. That can make it difficult to slice the data along those dimensions, since it requires a fair bit of work adjusting [...] Related posts:
The final version of the 2012 Tour graph by team: Related posts:Tour de France – Stage 4 Tour de France: Stage 10 Tour de France: Stage 15 Related posts:
The final versions of the Tour de France graphs, first up the comparison to previous years: Related posts:Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14 More Tour de France Data Visualizations Tour de France – Stage 2 Related posts:
Heading into the final weekend of the Tour, here’s how the teams compare: I’ll try to do some wrap up posts with some different looks at the data next week once the Tour is over. Related posts:Tour de France – Stage 2 Tour de France – Stage 4 Tour de France: Stage 9 Related posts:
Heading into the final weekend of the Tour, here’s how the teams compare: I’ll try to do some wrap up posts with some different looks at the data next week once the Tour is over. Related posts:Tour de France Graphs Tour de France – Stage 2 Tour de France: Stage 9 Related posts:
Another conveniently placed rest day for another Tour update. Since this is a Tuesday, we’re comparing this year’s Tour to previous years, through stage 15: Related posts:Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14 Tour de France Bump Chart: Stage 16 Tour de France Graphs Related posts:
It’s Thursday, so that means this graph is broken down by team, just for the 2012 Tour: Related posts:Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14 Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Tour de France – Stage 2 Related posts:
Another Tour update, conveniently coinciding with a rest day: Related posts:Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14 Tour de France Bump Chart: Stage 16 Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Related posts:
This time we’ll look at the Tour results so far by team (click for larger version): Related posts:Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14 Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Tour de France Graphs Related posts:
Another bout of cycling fandom will keep us busy for a bit this July. Obviously, as of last night we’ve only had a handful of stages, but unlike with the Giro I have a bit more historical data to compare it do. I’m only going to do a handful of types of graphs for the [...] Related posts:
On final note about the Giro. It’s only three years worth, but I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how Canadians have fared in the Giro (again, only since 2010): Related posts:2010 Giro d’Italia GC Plot Giro d’Italia: Those Who Didn’t Make It Giro d’Italia: Stage 21 Related posts:
One last set of graphs for this year’s Giro, first comparing it to the previous two years: And another comparing each team from this year’s Giro: Related posts:Giro d’Italia: Those Who Didn’t Make It Giro d’Italia: Rest Day 2 Giro d’Italia: Stage 21 Related posts:
Here’s the state of things, team-by-team after yesterday’s Stage 18: One thing to note (that you can’t quite see in this graph) is that this year’s course has caused slightly more of a spread in the field than the previous two. Related posts:Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Giro d’Italia – After Stage 8 Giro [...] Related posts:
Here’s the state of things, team-by-team after yesterday’s Stage 18: One thing to note (that you can’t quite see in this graph) is that this year’s course has caused slightly more of a spread in the field than the previous two. Related posts:Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Giro d’Italia – After Stage 8 Giro [...] Related posts:
Another overall comparison of the GC standings to the previous two years: Related posts:Giro d’Italia: Stage 21 Giro d’Italia – After Stage 8 Giro d’Italia: After Stage 10 Related posts: