Cycling Pros vs Joes
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:11AM
Ever watched a race and wondered to yourself, "how the hell do those guys climb so fast?" Here at TP, we conducted a little experiment to find out makes a "joe" different from a "pro."
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:11AM
Ever watched a race and wondered to yourself, "how the hell do those guys climb so fast?" Here at TP, we conducted a little experiment to find out makes a "joe" different from a "pro."
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 2:45PM 
Last week, the TrainingPeaks team spent their days following the USA Pro Cycling Challenge across Colorado, through some of the most beautiful parts of the state. This was the first year for the USAPCC and we're excited to have partnered with the event to bring a world-class cycling race to our home state. In addition to being its inagural year, the USAPCC is the only race in American cycling history to have the entire TdF podium present and racing.
To say it was a memorable and exciting week is an understatement. We had a great time meeting lots of our current customers who came out to watch the race and had lots of opportunities to talk to new faces about what TrainingPeaks is and how it can work for them. We handed out thousands of cowbells, bottles of sunscreen, sunglasses, stickers, t-shirts, and other prizes. If you had a chance to stop by and say Hi, thank you! If we missed you, hopefully we'll get a chance to get together in the future.
And as usual, we were collecting and analyzing power files from top riders each and every day. If you missed any of the data (or some of our funny video blogs), here's a recap of the week.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 10:38PM 
In today’s Queen stage, we captured a lot of power meter data! This 133mile stage in which the riders traveled from Gunnison to Aspen, Colorado went over two MASSIVE mountain passes, each topping out at over 12,000 feet. The amazing cyclists that allowed us to capture their data had a different tactic in the stage and this made for some really interesting comparisons between their data.
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 1:26PM 
Are you planning to watch the USA Pro Cycling Challenge taking place in Colorado, August 22-28, 2011? Tour de France podium winner Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Frank Schleck along with many other Tour de France athletes are set to take on a challenging Colorado route - cresting over 12,000 feet twice in one day. And, never going below 6,000 feet. This is bound to be one of the best races to watch this year and TrainingPeaks is the “official race data analysis software” for the race.
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