Performance Archives - Escape Collective

Performance • Why I spent 18 months planning a 400km, 10,000m ride (and threw the plan away)

by Ronan Mc Laughlin • 03 Jan 2025

A view of power zone distribution

Performance • An introductory guide to power: What is power zone training?

by Alex Hunt • 11 Dec 2024

A combination of a rider on an indoor trainer and various power metrics with question marks around them

Performance • An introductory guide to power: Understanding the data

by Alex Hunt • 27 Nov 2024

Indoor training power test

Tech • An introductory guide to power: Baseline power testing

by Alex Hunt • 12 Nov 2024

Kasia Niewiadoma in the yellow jersey leads white jersey wearer Puck Pieterse and French rider Évita Muzic on the final climb of stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Performance • Male-focused heat adaptation research may be hot air for women cyclists

by Suvi Loponen • 06 Nov 2024

A data screen on a Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt

Performance • How to build and maintain a healthy relationship with your cycling data

by Alex Hunt • 28 Oct 2024

UCI Gravel World Champion Mathieu Van der Poel and Lifetime GP winner Keegan Swenson

Performance • How might top US riders have fared at Gravel Worlds?

by Alex Hunt • 11 Oct 2024

Performance • Did a strong tailwind help Ronan Mc Laughlin set his Everesting world record?

by Matt de Neef • 11 Oct 2024

Performance • Why do cramps happen? The answer is far from simple

by Alan McCubbin • 08 Oct 2024

Mathieu van der Poel puts in an attack at the 2024 UCI World Gravel Championships. He's accelerating up a rise in a forested section of dirt track and Connor Swift, just behind, fights to stay on the wheel as several fans lean in and cheer.

Performance • Power Analysis: Gravel Worlds never let up

by Alex Hunt • 07 Oct 2024

Garmin watch displaying HRV insights

Performance • Understanding heart rate variability (HRV) can improve your riding

by Alex Hunt • 03 Oct 2024

Tadej Pogačar attacks up the Zurichbergstrasse. He's out of the saddle in his bright green Slovenian national team kit. Behind, American Quinn Simmons struggles to get back on the wheel as other racers look on in shock.

Performance • 7.4 W/kg for nearly nine minutes and still dropped by Pogačar

by Alex Hunt • 01 Oct 2024