Cycling is a funny sport. It seems that everything has to be just right for success to come. For some this comes as a bay window for others it can be a small sliver of glass that opens for that brief moment, but when it does it makes all the work worth it. This proves to be even truer in Cyclocross. The season is short, the conditions are ever changing, and the elements can play such a large role in success and failure.

 
 Tune in each thursday for AIC training talk. We will cover various topics, so send us questions.  Happy Training! 
 

So I have completed my first week under the AIC training group. I have never really focused on core strength and condition as a major factor in my training regiment and I am excited to see my progression working with Jonathan and the AIC. So far other than being extremely sore, I think that my body has responded well to the training. I think that my favorite workouts are drfinitely 6 pack and the core series. The weather also played a major factor in this week's training. I spent a great amount of time indoors running on treadmills.

Today was a great workout. I have a feeling that Jonathan is taking it easy on me for now to ease me into the routine. Did the warm up followed by 4 miles. Once I got to the gym I stretched for a spell and followed up with the Tabata Core workout. It was great session. I really pushed myself and can feel it now. This afternoon I will close out my day with an 8 mile run.

  In this October's edition of Velonews, check out a featured article on Meredith Miller and her training with Athletic Improvement Center.  Meredith is in her second year with AIC, and opened her season at Cross Vegas with a 6th place finish against a very elite field.

This is the third year in a row I've done the Green Mtn Stage race in Vermont and it is truely one of the best stage races in America as noted by Velonews. The format is a 9km prologue that starts out with a climb then levels off, then a 72 mile circuit race with a long punchy climb. Sunday is the queen stage with a 70mile course that goes over 3 leg breaking climbs and finished on a mountain top with the last 500 meters being nearly 20% grade!