Strava Rolls Out Relative Effort Metric to Help Keep Training on Track
Finding the right amount of effort to stay on track with training can be tricky. Too much and you’re over-training and doing more harm than good. Not enough and you won’t make any gains. Strava has rolled out a new tool to help. Relative Effort is a new heart-rate based metric that offers a way to compare the intensity of your activities and see how they all add up from week to week.…
2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid Review
The Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid are well established as the nation’s best-selling midsize sedan. Traditionally, they are also well established as a pretty dull appliance-like car. The Camry, for much of its existence, has been aimed at people who care more about comfort, reliability and price than they do about looks and driving dynamics. The 2018 Camry, however, sheds its toaster-inspired skin…
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, often called La Doyenne (“The Old Lady”), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium. First run in 1892, it is the oldest major one-day race and it’s this Sunday, April 23rd. It’s also the final of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar and it’s a damn hard race. In fact, it is widely considered one of the most arduous one-day races in the…
The Fantastic Final Deadpool 2 Trailer
The last trailer for Deadpool 2 is here and Peter is now my favorite Superhero without superpowers. Deadpool 2 hits theaters May 18. Rare footage of TJ Miller being famous here too. I realize they probably didn’t have time to recast/remove TJ Miller. But with the rape allegations, getting himself fired from Silicon Valley for drug use, and landing himself in federal custody for phoning in a bomb…
Triple Bypass Returns, Adds 75 & 30-mile events
Colorado’s Triple Bypass Bicycle Ride was canceled last year due to forest fires. For 2018, the ride returns with two new routes: a 75- and 30-mile version. The shorter routes should attract riders intimidated by the traditional 120-mile route from Bergen Park to Vail. A route that covers three of the state’s most challenging mountain passes: Squaw Pass (11,140′), Loveland Pass (11,990′) and Vail…
How to Recover Your Ride File when Zwift Crashes
While Zwifting the other night my computer crashed. While there wasn’t a way to jump back into the action mid-workout once my computer was back up, it was at least possible to save the work I’d done. If your Zwifting is interrupted by a crash, power outage, computer reboot, or Internet connection problems there is a way to recover your effort and get it uploaded to Strava. Unfortunately, you…
New Garmin Goodies: Edge 130, Edge 520 Plus, and Varia Radar
Garmin took advantage of Sea Otter hype to launch some new offerings today, including the Edge 130, the Edge 520 plus, and an update to its Varia rear radar system. Edge 130 The Edge 130 is an all new unit. It’s got a small footprint (1.8-inch display), but still packs in a lot of features found in Garmin’s larger units. It uses GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo satellites to provide accurate…
Lessons from the Winners of the 2018 Boston Marathon
Weather can really throw a wrench in even the best made plans. The Boston Marathon was run yesterday under terribly rainy and windy conditions and most of the top competitors didn’t fare so well. As any competitor knows a shake up can make room for some unusual names at the top of the winners’ list. I used to love rain at the start of a road race, because it meant half of the competition was…
