Recommended Road Cycling Reading

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Books

Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Upcoming sequel to the bestselling It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.

Lance Armstrong bio book cover

It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

The Lance Armstrong Performance Program : The Training, Strengthening, and Eating Plan Behind the World's Greatest Cycling Victory by Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael

Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills : Your Guide to Riding Faster, Stronger, Longer, and Safer edited by Ed Pavelka

Serious Cycling by Ed Burke

 

Articles

New Yorker profile of Lance Armstrong (sorry, the link works now!)

Simple formula for losing weight: The Little Green Book

How many calories do you burn a day? A basal metabolic rate (BMR) calculator

What does George Hincapie of the USPS team eat before races? A lot!!!

Lots of good articles on training by Edmund Burke, noted bike training guru

Workout Descriptions by Chris Carmichael (Lance Armstrong's coach) at Trainright.com
and the downloadable Palm Pilot workouts which explain the various training ride acronyms.

"The Ten Commandments of the Pros" by John Foster, at Bike.com

"Riding in the Rain" at Bike.com
More than a little appropriate for those of us in Seattle

"A Case for Base" at Bike.com
Why you should focus on aerobic training early in the biking season