“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”
George E. P. Box
I’ve spent over 200 hours testing IronOS in my own training, using it with clients, and prompting AI to write code and iterate on every pixel in the app.
I’ve been using some variation of training software since my first Polar heart rate monitor in 1999. As I went through college and transitioned into my coaching career, I’ve tried most of the mainstream apps and wearable platforms over the past 20 years.
For the past two years, I was racing my bike full-time until last October, when I made a big transition in my life. I got into nursing school (starting in September 2026), and I began working part-time at a local Trek dealer.
Most athletes know that consistency is the king of training fundamentals. No AI model or experienced coach is more valuable than not missing workouts.
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Disclosure: I write all my articles without the use of generative AI. I don’t know if that matters to you, but it does to me.
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I’ve had two liver transplants. The first was from a living donor in 2013; the second from a cadaveric donor in 2025. Getting an organ transplant is profoundly humbling—but receiving two? I consider myself one of the luckiest men on earth.
I wrote my first post in 2011. For close to 15 years, I’ve tried to answer all types of training questions—ranging from the effectiveness of beet juice to how to boost your VO₂ max.
Life is complicated enough as it is, and trying to add competitive cycling into the mix can be difficult. I’ve grown up with cycling in my life, and it’s an ongoing battle to maintain a balance between cycling and the rest of life.
I started writing about sports nutrition on the blog about 10 years ago, when research on carbohydrate timing was still relatively new.
Towards the end of April, I was finishing up a big racing block, ending with a great result at BWR. I was starting to fire up my training for one of the biggest gravel races in the world: Unbound. I had been thinking about the race since I was selected for the lottery last year.
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