Learn From A Pro: 10 Cycling Tips From An Olympic Hopeful
- By Courtney Baird
- Published Jul 1, 2011
- Updated Oct 24, 2012 at 4:20 PM UTC
Rule No. 10: Don’t be afraid to back off once your cycling is where you want it to be.
“I definitely do less riding than I used to,” Petersen said. “I think it’s because I got a couple of good years of a lot more riding.” Currently, she rides about five times a week, with two of the days being hard (one being a tempo workout and one being a VO2-max workout, generally on hills) and one of these days being long (usually about three hours.) The other two days are just easy 1.5-hour rides.
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Courtney Baird
Courtney Baird is the editor-in-chief of Inside Triathlon magazine.