Longer endurance cycling events, including gravel races, ultraendurance or marathon mountain bike races, and gran fondos are the most popular forms of competitive cycling in the United States. There are still plenty of criteriums, road races, and cross-country mountain bike races out there, but the riders who do those are also jumping into longer endurance events – for fun, training, or competition – as well. This is reflected in the distribution of goal events cited by CTS Athletes, and after many years of preparing athletes for, and supporting athletes at, events like Unbound Gravel, SBT GRVL, the Leadville 100, La Ruta de los Conquistadores, and sportives including the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, we’ve learned a lot of lessons about how to keep athletes in the game and get them to the finish line.
Obviously, there are a lot of things you do need to do in order to be successful … More
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS