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

A view of power zone distribution

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

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

An introductory guide to power: Understanding the data 

Indoor training power test

An introductory guide to power: Baseline power testing

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.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Male-focused heat adaptation research may be hot air for women cyclists

A data screen on a Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge How to build and maintain a healthy relationship with your cycling data

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

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge How might top US riders have fared at Gravel Worlds?

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Did a strong tailwind help Ronan Mc Laughlin set his Everesting world record?

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Why do cramps happen? The answer is far from simple

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.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Power Analysis: Gravel Worlds never let up

Garmin watch displaying HRV insights

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Understanding heart rate variability (HRV) can improve your riding

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.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge 7.4 W/kg for nearly nine minutes and still dropped by Pogačar