It has been a very busy couple of weeks at The Coached Cyclist. Several new articles and a guest blogger @PamelotH gave us another great article on time management. While all this has been going on I have been training, racing and taking the daughter to soccer. What is the most exciting aspect of the last couple of weeks is that I am almost prepared to open Positive Performance Coaching to the public.

Our logo and web site are almost complete, training services have been outlined and The Coached Cyclist content has been moved. Yep you read correctly The Coached Cyclist content has been moved. What this means is that once the Positive Performance Coaching site has been announced I will be writing all my articles on the new site. No worries The Coached Cyclist will remain for a bit longer but not likely to have any content updates until the announcement is made in the very near future.

Thanks everyone who has played a role both small and large in this new venture.

Rob

Well gang I am closing the poll earlier than this Friday as I am taking tomorrow off to get some much needed chores finished at the home stead. Thanks to everyone who took time to vote. Thank you very much!

The poll results indicate that I will be writing articles in the following order:

• Racing Tactics
• Training for Strength
• Nutrition
• Bike Upgrades
• Training for the Hills
• Training for Speed

I will write on one or more of these topics a week for the next few weeks. I will also be moving The Coached Cyclist over to its new home where I will be opening up shop as a coach. While my articles are full of pointers, tips and suggestions as a coach I can help you 1 on 1 dial in any of the above concerns.

Interested in coaching? Give me a shout at: (502) 509-7624

Rob Grissom

Positive Performance Coaching

An important mile stone has been reached, The Coached Cyclist is a year old today!

In a year I have made some amazing new friends on The Coached Cyclist, Twitter and Facebook. While most of my career has been spent as an IT/Web professional I have had some very exciting and interesting moments on this site that I have never had working Fortune 500 web sites.

In the time between Jun 16th 2009 and Jun 16th 2010 quite a bit has happened. I have written 75 posts covering the reviews of products that I was impressed with, written quite a few cycling tips and covered racing tactics that I have learned personally. I have also started writing race reports with simple lessons learned that I hope others can learn from.

In the year I have had 2000+ Unique visitors to the site from 64 countries! I have been surprised by where visitors come from and often wonder what cycling and living is like in their respective countries. I have also been surprised by how people find my site through search terms. Most find The Coached Cyclist through search terms like reviews and concerns over supplementation and doping. You would be shocked how many seem to thinks that creatine is a doping product. Below you will find lists containing the top 10 articles read and my top 5 favorite articles.

Top Ten Articles Read this Year:

• Review of the Fulcrum Racing 7 Wheelset
• Review: Fulcrum Racing 3s Wheelset
• Review of the Lezyne Alloy Floor Drive
• Debunking Fixed Gear Training Myths
• Squeezing more training out of your day
• A relaxed cyclist is a fast cyclist
• Recon missions for competitive cyclists
• Become a supported cyclist
• Weekend Race Report – Criterium, Road Race
• Drafting – AKA: Free Speed

My top 5 favorite articles

• Squeezing more training out of your day
• 4 part series on supplementing for cycling performance
• Tip: Work the junk out of your neck
• Join a team I dare you!
• Tactics: Break up with your climb

I have also taken on Coaching! I have been wanting to go back into business for myself for some time and have experimented with several tech start-ups in the last 5 years. Between my own experiences being coached and writing down my realizations and lessons learned as a competitive cyclist I decided to start down the path to becoming a USA Cycling Coach.

I recently ran a contest to select a name for the new coaching business and ran a poll to allow the readers and twitter followers to have the opportunity to select the name of the coaching company. We have a winner: The name Positive Performance Coaching was selected by a strong margin! The twitter friend who came up with the name is receiving a customized training plan at no cost for her efforts. Since the contest I have been very busy working on the new web site and logo. I have also been lining up new athletes and talking with teammates who want formal coaching. This has reinvigorated my love of the sport and life itself! Stay tuned for more on Positive Performance Coaching.

So what does the future hold for the Coached Cyclist?

The Coached Cyclist will go on as is but will be moved to a new server, will have updated software and be associated with Positive Performance Coaching. I am also thinking about selling training plans based on age and desired out comes along with some e-books on training. There will be even more articles on tips, training and even more bike gear reviews.

If I had a birthday wish it would be more readers, more comments/suggestions and more clients!

Thanks to:

My family who have been so supportive in this new endeavor

Everyone on twitter who have encouraged me as an athlete and as a coach

To my teammates who push me “HARD” on a regular basis

Ride safe, ride fast and just ride