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Prefer RSS? Subscribe to the feedSeptember 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Remco Evenepoel Will Climb the Same Hill Twelve Times Sunday. Tigst Assefa Is Trying Never to Surge at All.
Same Sunday, two elite efforts with nothing physiologically in common. A punishing circuit race and a marathon world-record bid, and what each trains.
Training LoadRace PrepEveryday Decisions
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September 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Agnes Ngetich Has Beaten Her Closest Rival Nine Straight Times. This Week, She's Doing Less, Not More.
Two World Championships open this month. The favorites in both are training less right now, on purpose, and that's the part worth paying attention to.
Race PrepTraining LoadEveryday Decisions
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September 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Julie Derron Was Nine Minutes Down at T2. She Almost Caught the Winner Anyway.
Nine minutes down off the bike at IRONMAN 70.3 Worlds, Julie Derron ran the fastest run split of the day. The pace, not the comeback, is the real story.
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September 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Enric Mas Only Has to Defend 97 Seconds. Roglič Has to Manufacture Them.
With two mountain stages left in the Vuelta, the leader and the chaser need genuinely different fitness. Most of us train for the wrong one.
Training LoadRace PrepCycling
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September 8, 2026 · 6 min read
The UTMB Winner Fell Twice on the Final Descent. Her Margin Held Anyway.
Blandine L'Hirondel led by 36 seconds at kilometer 23 and won UTMB by 21 minutes after two falls near the finish. What she'd actually built in between.
RunningRace PrepTraining Load
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September 3, 2026 · 6 min read
The Peloton Pulled Over in a Hailstorm, and Nobody Called It Weak
The Vuelta a España stopped a stage rather than ride through dangerous hail. What that says about the weather calls the rest of us talk ourselves out of.
Everyday DecisionsTraining LoadCycling
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August 31, 2026 · 6 min read
Seven Men Broke a Marathon Record on the Same Sunday
At the Sydney Marathon, seven men beat the old course record in one race. What that says about reading your own best day correctly.
RunningRace PrepData & Devices
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August 25, 2026 · 7 min read
The Fastest Rider in the Race Didn't Win It
Wiebes won four of five stages at the Tour of Britain Women. Le Court-Pienaar won the overall. What the gap between them says about training specificity.
Race PrepFTP & PowerCycling
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