Training Tips For Your First European Sportive

Short sleeves, sunglasses, swooping descents, sublime mountain landscapes, and sharp tan lines. This is summer. This is what we are training for. This is what keeps us turning the pedals through wet and wild of winter. Put the miles in the legs now, so you can conquer your big summer sportive or gran fondo. Invest well during winter and see a fruitful return in summer.

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Haute Route Tips

Although the Haute Route really begins many months before you cross the start line at the event, while you can’t cram in last minute training or stretching a week before the event, there are some final week preparation activities in combination with your tapering program that you can undertake to make transition into the event seamless.

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