Biking

Biking, Athlete Resources, testing, ★★★, Time Trialing

★★★ (ⓒⓟ) critical power, critical pace, critical heart rate (CHR♥), critical distance

Critical power and critical pace are the same as mean max for any given amount of time or distance. We use critical power and pace to benchmark and raise total levels of endurance in your training.

For this training session below learn how to find your peak curves for power, pace, heart rate or distance to execute your “CP” workouts.

Athlete Resources, Pacing, Racing, Biking

★★★ Simlpy faster: ridIng “draft legal”

TriStar Athletes, drafting and TRIATHLON is not legal! However, the concept of riding draft legal is not. On flatter courses and portions of flat parts of hilly courses; riding up to the draft zone and coasting can be an opportunity to save energy for not only the bike but also the run. In this coaches corner briefing our coaches teach you how to ride draft legal for max time savings on both the bike and run.

Biking, Pacing, Triathlon

★★★Cycling power, speed and race pacing

Tristar Athlete, you have done the training and have your race plan loaded and ready to go. When to ride hard vs ride easy is a science when racing. Wind sheer that greets you as your ride is exponential in nature, meaning it takes much more power to ride even one mile an hour faster and especially true the faster you go. In fact, eventually there is a terminal velocity that even the strongest of cyclists will face.

Biking

★★★ Watts Per Kilo and Cycling

Becoming a better cyclist and improving your speed potential as an athlete can be enhanced by working on your power to weight ratio or “watts per kilo”. In this coaches article we have published our watts per kilo calculator to see how weight and power impact your current ability and future bike racing potential.