I sound like a Broken Record

It's becoming a regular thing .. Kimani does it again !!
Another win in the Greenbelt road racing series in Virginia. This week Kimani opened the sprint from the front and put three bike lengths between himself and the field by the finish line. Well done once again.

Kimani is dominating his region in road and mtb races. He's a great example of someone whose hard work over an extended period of time is showing great results.
After joining the EnduroCoach stable in 2006 his performances have gone from strength to strength. While balancing a busy job,  two young children and a busy family life he still manages to fit in quality training and is being rewarded with some great results.

USA Cycling Recognition

Great news from USA Cycling today. I've once again been recognized as a 'coach with distinction' by our governing body. 
As a result of my continued commitment to furthering my coaching education and knowledge of the sport.


"Coaches who have achieved the *D designation have maintained their coaching license by achieving 4 (or more) continuing education credits over the previous 2 year period. These coaches have demonstrated a dedication to continuing their education and their professionalism by completing this requirement. The goal is to recognize those coaches who have maintain the coaching license with continuing education."


Thanks to all my clients for pushing me to help improve their performance. I wouldn't be doing this without your support.

Things I Noticed in Le Tour

Le Tour is over for another year and what a great tour it was. A fantastic battle between two equally matched riders.
It was interesting to see that pro's still make bad gear changes and drop their chain. Schleck admitted he made a mistake with chain cross-over and it may have cost him the tour. That and the fact that he rode like a club cyclist in the prologue.

I noticed a lot more riders running positive stems in the peloton this year. I think they may have finally started to figure out that looking pro can actually have a negative effect on your performance.
Also I saw a large number of traditional bend handlebars and compact bars being used. Comfort = Performance when all other things are equal.

And even though Alberto did win the tour in last time trail just imagine how much faster he could have gone is he wasn't flopping around like a fish in his TT position. Every four strokes he had to push himself back in the saddle. That would suggest to me that his position was a little too long.

Winner, Winner, Chicken diner

When you're on a roll, you're on a roll. He does it again!
Another great MTB win for Kimani. I feel an upgrade coming on.
Congratulations again on another great performance.
Kimani is proof that consistent work pays dividends.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Things are heating up in Virginia for Kimani. Hot on the heals of a off-road win during a MTB race he took his good form to the road in the Greenbelt Road race series. After taking the final prime with three laps to go he recovered well to win the line honors by over a bike length. Well done Kimani !

Kimani Wins!

After a solid build in his season Kimani has a break out win in the Hot Cycles MTB series.
Well done K.
Keep up the hard work

Ode to Liberace

Equipment failure is never a good thing. Especially when you're racing. It can put paid to months of training with a simple puncture or a gear cable breaking. These are things we don't want to happen but sometimes they do.
Having your seat post snap is a whole different thing. No one expects their seat post to just break off! especially not on a road bike.
So there I was on the back end of a 70 mile ride when I heard a noise and I felt my saddle move to one side. My first thought was that the carbon rail on my saddle had broken. In an effort to make saddles light they certainly are pushing the envelope on rail construction. So I reached under me as I kept riding to feel what had happened. That's when the whole saddle went sideways and came off in my hand. Luckily my skills are not too bad so I was able to pull to the side of the road and as I stepped off the bike I got a clearer picture of what had transpired.

As you can see the back of the post snapped clean through. Looks like pretty dodgy material and lucky for me it didn't happen miles from home. Riding 10km standing was bad enough. Now I'm not quite at racing weight but I don't think my 160 lbs should have enough leverage to snap this so cleanly. Also the roads around here are very smooth so we can't attribute it to that.

Basically I think I just got a lemon from Cervelo. Granted the bike is 5 years old but still it's less than ideal.

Moral of the story ... regularly inspect your components to ensure you're not moments away from a catastrophic failure.