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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
Petersen is one of the fastest female cyclists on the ITU circuit. Photo: Triathlon.org

Rule No. 8: Don’t be afraid to get in some brick workouts

Petersen will sometimes bring her trainer to the pool deck and do a hard 500M followed by 3 minutes hard on her bike. (She’ll do this three or four times in a row.) Or, she’ll do a bike-to-run workout where she’ll ride eight-to-10 minutes hard and then run a hard 1K off the bike, repeating this three to four times.

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Courtney Baird

Courtney Baird

Courtney Baird is the editor-in-chief of Inside Triathlon magazine.