By USAC Level 1 ALP Coach Jennifer Sharp  At the end of July, Alison and I attended the TrainingPeaks Endurance Coaching Summit held at Colorado University, Boulder.The Summit brought together over 150 coaches, physiologists, psychologists, business and thought leaders based in the field of endurance sports. During the break out sessions, attendees could choose between different… Continue reading Digging into the Pain Cave- Part 2

By USAC Level 1 ALP Coach Jennifer Sharp  Last month, Alison and I attended the TrainingPeaks Endurance Coaching Summit held at Colorado University in Boulder. The Summit brought together over 150 coaches, physiologists, psychologists, business and thought leaders based in the field of endurance sports. During the break out sessions, attendees could choose between different lectures,… Continue reading Digging into the Pain Cave- Part 1

Join us for this fun (and challenging) 4 day event. Climb as much as possible in 4 days, but you much do it in a timely manner. Just like with cycling fitness and bike racing, the goal is speed. This means you not only have to climb a lot, you must do it within time… Continue reading ALP Cycles Coaching Inaugural Climbing Challenge

One week ago, the very first Women’s Pro Challenge started in Breckenridge, Colorado. We were happy to be part of it. In addition to ALP Coaches Patricia (Team TIBCO) and Jennifer (CWCP p/b Sparks Cycling) racing in the Pro Challenge, ALP Cycles Coaching supported and sponsored the Colorado Women’s Cycling Project p/b Spark Cycling Team.… Continue reading USA Pro Challenge

Bike handling skills are an often neglected part of a training plan. Watts, cadence, speed, heart rate, are all important parts of training and racing. But, if you can’t handle your bike and have a big tool box of bike handling skills, you will never see what your are truly capable of while riding your… Continue reading August ALP Ride- Bike Handling Skills

By Swiss Miss, TrainingPeaks Certified, and ALP Coach Patricia Schwager  There is no better feeling than flying down a descent on your bike. At least for me- I just love going fast and the feeling of (high) speed on my bike. Good descending skills are an advantage; races can be lost or won on descents.… Continue reading Descending- How To

Here at ALP Cycles Coaching, our goal is to continually try to make our athletes better, faster, and stronger. We give them training plans, we teach them, we analyze their ride data and post ride comments. We want to make our athletes better. On the flip side, as coaches, we must also want to make… Continue reading Continuing Education

By USAC Level 2 and TrainingPeaks Level 1 certified ALP Cycles Coach and Owner Alison Powers It’s finally summer time.  The weather is nice and the days are long. However, for many bike racers, July and August are tough months, motivation wise.  Early season races have come and gone, goals have either been met or not… Continue reading How to stay Motivated for Racing in the Summer Months

By USAC Level 1 ALP Coach Jennifer Sharp  Do you know why you do what you do? Do you know why you like to ride your bike, do intervals, work where you work, and live where you live? Can you really get to the root of why? What if you could get in touch with the… Continue reading Getting in Touch with Why

By Swiss Miss, TrainingPeaks Certified, and ALP Coach Patricia Schwager My July blogpost is about how to deal with an injury. I chose this topic because I’m just getting back from an injury and that’s why I’d like to write about it. Being inured was a hard time for me and I learned a lot… Continue reading How to deal with an injury