Each year Bruce Rychlik
sets as one of his "A" Goals: to feel stronger, climb better and just
be able to outperform his previous years European Cycling Vacation Tour (maybe
win a few KOM attempts against his fellow tour riders!). These are no
ordinary cycling vacations as they always involve very Long Days of Alps
climbing! This year the trip included an unplanned 4 km hike through
knee-deep snow carrying the bikes to get over the Grand St. Bernard just to add
to the challenge. Bruce crushed (won) many of the climbs and felt great
throughout. Post Tour, his coach, Karen Mackin prescribed a little
recovery, then came the testing. On June 15th, 2013 he posted an all
time Peak 20' Power (10 Watts higher than the previous PR) and the day after
that an incredible all time record 1' Peak Power (Bruce affectionately
referring to that 1' Peak as "Alps Induced"). Congratulations
Bruce!
PCG
Coach: Karen Mackin
