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Ride Fast: Get Up to Speed on Your Bike in 10 Weeks or Less [Paperback]

Eric Harr (Author)
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March 7, 2006
With its highly motivational speed-level approach to cycling, this outstanding guide will soon have even novice riders pedaling their way to fabulous fitness and more passion-filled workouts

"Eric Harr has an astounding ability to motivate practically anyone," wrote Shape magazine editor Alexa Joy Sherman about Harr's Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week. In his newest book Harr demonstrates his exceptional gift for inspiring even the most sedentary couch potato to want to get into shape. By following Harr's easy-to-implement 10-week program, cyclists will build their speed level by level, until they reach the goal of 25 miles per hour. And along the way they will recapture their passion for bike riding. Here cyclists will find:
• 25 action-oriented strategies to get moving
• directions to help climb, descend, and corner better
• advice on what to eat before and after workouts
• tips for riding "smart and safe"
• a list of the 7 best foods for longevity

The book shows readers how to reach their goal in just three key workouts each week--the long ride, the tempo ride, and the interval session--and it will soon have them riding faster, with more fluid grace, and with more enjoyment than ever before.


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About the Author

ERIC HARR, CBS's Weekend Early Edition fitness expert, professional triathlete, and former Los Angeles Times nationally syndicated columnist, is the author of Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week and The Portable Personal Trainer. He lives in Fairfax, California, with his wife Alexandra and their young daughter, Vivienne--a future Tour de France rider.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (March 7, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594860580
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594860584
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Cycling Training Manual for Working Professionals, March 20, 2006
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If you're attempting to balance your work, family and a desire to "ride fast" for the first time or just simply to ride fast again, then this is the book for you! It's affordable and provides meaningful tips you can share / enjoy with local club rides. Harr has intelligently written a quick-read that's filled with realistic suggestions and guidance to reach athletic conditioning needed to 'ride fast.'
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3.0 out of 5 stars riding faster, August 27, 2010
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AS a former criterium racer who hasn't biked in over 20 years I was disappointed with the training program advocated in the book. The author's thesis is it only takes 10 hours of week of riding including anaerobic sessions to raise your fitness level to be able to ride at 25mph. If your in excellent shape already the program will probably work for you but if you're a casual rider the training level wont get you fit enough to do it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for a starter, February 19, 2008
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This is a great way to start
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tempo portion, strength session, key workouts, cycling workouts, pedaling technique, endurance session, interval session, pedal stroke, cycling program, easy cycling, cycling performance, average heart rate
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Tour de France, Gathering Momentum, Lance Armstrong, Other Side, Plan Overview, Gaining Speed, Opening Up the Throttle, Low-Cost Option, Objective Effort Level
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