This weekend’s awesome ride starts from Leesburg and tackles woodburn rd and harmony church rd, just outside Leesburg. From there we have a very scenic route up to Lovettsville. Return is through the the Taylorstown rd and Stumptown climb… These are sure to challenge everyone, but the reward is waiting for us at Fireworks pizza in Leesburg !!!! It’s going to be a great ride.

See the ride map and cue sheet below:

Download the Garmin Training Center File(.tcx)
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Beautiful scenic ride. Starts in The Plains, Stuart street by the rail tracks, heads north on halfway road, then swings right on Landmark school road.
If you never done Landmark School road, you’ll love it, as this peaceful road is beautiful and filled with climbs and descents through rural roads.
After hitting Middleburg, we’ll go into Foxcroft road, another favorite road around this area. We’ll continue heading north on Snickersville turnpike, very well known for it’s short and steep climbs, perfect for short high intensity interval efforts, all the way up …

Hello All,
Today, we have a special article by Andrea Milano, our intrepid and fearless ride leader !!!

Andrea leads bike rides  in the Haymarket and Warrenton area, with several rides during the week, and a longer ride on the weekend. For more details, and to join rides, please join the ‘Fauquier/Haymarket Cycling’ google group.
to get you ready for our rides…
 
 
 
What to bring on a Ride
· Bike – I guess this part is obvious.  A road bike is preferred for the distances we’ll be riding.  It’ll be more comfortable and significantly faster …

The Skymass ride !!!
This ride starts at Front Royal, foes to Skyline, for the Cat 2 climb from the gate, then heads to 211, for a fast descent to Luray. From there, we tackle Massanutten moutain for our second Cat 2 climb of the day. From there… easy riding back to Front Royal… If your legs are still alive that is

Garmin Training Center (.tcx)
Best format for turn by turn directions on Garmin Edge 500 Cycling GPS Will provide true turn by turn navigation on Garmin Edge 800 GPS Cycling …

Fast and flat ride from Vint Hill. This ride uses very flat and very flat roads around Vint Hill all the way down to Quantico and back.
With only 1,410ft of climbing for 45 miles, this is ideal terrain for getting pacelines and get average speed in excess of 20 mph.

Garmin Training Center (.tcx)
Best format for turn by turn directions on Edge 500. Will provide true turn by turn navigation on Edge 800 including custom cue entries.
GPX Route (.gpx)
Only the cuesheet entries, not the entire track. Useful for the Garmin Edge …

This haymarket home loop starts on Gossum ct, heading to Haymarket along the very fast Antioch rd, then heading to The Plains along Rt 55. Once in The Plains, heads North to the Atoka loop.
The Atoka loop is a nice 17 mile loop that will test your ability to go fast. Once done with the loop, we tackle the fast ‘dead bear loop’ on Harrisson rd. After that… time to go back home through Hopewelll rd.

Garmin Training Center (.tcx)
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This Friday was time for another training ride.
A ride from Harmarket Bycicles parking lot, for a fast route on route 55 to The plains then heading northwest, with the famous loop around Frog Town – Rectortown – Atoke – 50 – Zulla.
This an awesome 17 mile loop with extensive flat sections that allows a very fast loop for sustained Z4 training:

 
The complete ride was 46 miles long looks very funny on the map, but it’s a great training circuit with a mix of long fast sections with some long, but …

Hello everyone,
After spending last Sunday doing the hardest 50 miles on Skyline, starting from the gate, all the way up to Big Meadows, I started wondering how does this ride compare to all the other rides we’ve done over the last few years.
In doing so, I’ve created the all-new R3Q factor. What is the R3Q, you ask? It’s the Rodrigo Ride Rating factor !!!
The purpose of creating and using this factor is that it allows me to compare any two rides and evaluate how hard (or easy) the ride will …

Critical for any cyclist, or in general any endurance athlete is determining the training zones. The most common way of measuring and identifying training zones is by power output and heart rate.
Power output is very specific to cycling and requires a bicycle equipped with a power meter. Heart rate is simpler and more generic, as it applies to cyclist as well as any other type of endurance athlete, so it’s ideal for tri-athletes, as it can be used both on the bike as well as on the run (even in …

TAGS: 35 miles, 7 mile loops, training, TT
The beautiful Prince William Forest Park (click here for details on the park) is home to a scenic 7-mile loop that allows riders to have an almost car-free cycling ride.

This 7-mile contains can be done in two directions, depending on how you want to take your climbs…
Both directions will contain two short climbs… If you take clockwise, they will be very short and very hard, the short direction not so short, but not as steep .
Option #1, short and steep climbs, long fast …

I’ve been watching and evaluating rollers for a very long time, but never pulled the trigger on any of them. I have a Kettler Ergoracer GT spinning bike
   
as well as the Computrainer for my bike.

Both provide great entertainment and fitness for indoor riding, but… I don’t use them much. In spite of the fact that both allow me to do virtual racing, I still get bored and never find enough motivation to use them at home.
Rollers are said to be more road-like, and provide …