We are going to miss Pete, but grateful for his example of love and support to his family.
Anaerobic training is important for many athletes, but does its high-sugar burning nature lower your FTP? Weāll dig into the science of anaerobic training, lactate threshold, glycolysis, meal timing and much more in Episode 326 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!
Trying to make it out to the Northampton and Falmouth MA UCI races, but before then Iāll be at Charm City! Fingers crossed I get to make it out to more stuff!
Iāll def be in Falmouth, so Iāll say hi if you do go! Would love to do northampton but I have an unofficial rule that I donāt drive more than 2hrs one way for races (mainly to not get grief from the family lol)
You sure do follow the lives of the presenters and staff of TrainerRoad if you listen to the podcast for long enough, so many personal situations have changed over the last few years for better and worse. Pete looked like he was almost choking up today.
Sorry to hear of your situation Pete and wishing you all the very best.
I for one want to put a request in already for a cameo appearance straight after Cape Epic.
Really, really enjoyed your contribution to the race analysis etc content. Even though I donāt have any desire to race Criterium, or even road races, I really found educational and entertainment value from those videos.
Really going to miss Pete. Love his warmth, humility, knowledge and invaluable insights on all manner of subjects. Thanks for everything Pete and good luck for the future.
Question for the gravel / gravel-aware riders in the US from an American living abroad:
@Jonathan commented in this episode his view that āgravel is just road riding on sub-par roadsā (1:06:19 of the video). I spend a lot of time on my gravel bike on trails. I have not (yet) done a US gravel event and only done a couple here in Europe (I live in eastern Switzerland), but Jonathanās comment makes me wonder about the severity of the terrain of the events heās referring to. Would others characterize the events that way?
Iām coming from a view that a fun (and proper) gravel route is one that is best with wider tires with lumpy, technical elements, steep climbs that require extra traction and careful body position, yet fast flats or downhills or smooth climbs, and moments that cause a rider to think āA front shock would be good right about nowā & āIām glad I have 47s for traction.ā Maybe this fits with what Jonathan labeled as a āGrinduroā course?
I think Jon is going to get a lot of gravel hate email.
The thing with gravel is that it is vastly different depending on where you are in the country. Some places like Colorado have very āsmoothā gravel roads. They spray the roads with something that makes them almost like pavement so it is closer to road racing.
I rode a lot in NM where the dirt gets ground into a fine powder. The fastest bikes were actually ones like a Salsa Cutthroat - a drop bar mountain bike with 70+mm tires. Trying riding through 3 inches of silt on a road bike.
I also rode in Spokane for a couple of years. Those trails were rooty and rocky or simply unpaved roads. Again, totally different.
It could be that if you live in Reno/Tahoe like the TR guys, that mountain biking is just way more fun than gravel riding which skews Jonās perspective. If you live in Kansas maybe mountain biking isnāt very interesting but you have access to a lot of gravel roads which is conducive to long endurance rides.
As noted, a lot depends on where you live and where you ride. Some areas in the country that is accurate. Others, it couldnāt be farther from reality.
Which is part of the appeal of gravel, IMOā¦there is always a new adventure to try.
