August 17, 2019

RAGBRAI Training: Extend Your RAGBRAI Fitness

by Coach David Ertl So RAGBRAI is over for this year.   Hopefully you are basking in the thrill of completing this ride and feel goo...

July 10, 2019

Worried About Going the Distance?

A RAGBRAI rider just mentioned to me that he felt a bit daunted by the distance needed to complete each RAGBRAI stage.  He hasn’t ri...

July 07, 2019

RAGBRAI Training: Baby It’s Hot Outside!

Just a few short weeks ago we were complaining how cold it was and asking if summer would ever come. Well, here we are in July in Iowa and it is hot and humid!

June 24, 2019

RAGBRAI Training: How to Recover Day to Day on RAGBRAI

The other day I received a question from a RAGBRAI rider wanting to know how to better recover after back to back long rides on RAGBRAI.

June 21, 2019

RAGBRAI Training: Tips for a Comfortable RAGBRAI

In previous blogs I’ve talked about training for RAGBRAI so that you can complete the ride and feel good and feel good about yoursel...

May 26, 2019

RAGBRAI Training: Quantity and Quality of Cycling Training: Go Farther and Get Faster

Coach Ertl is back with another training blog. This blog will be focused on things you can do in training to get faster at cycling.