Cycling and Endurance: A Perfect Pair
Quick Take: Endurance isn’t a heart-rate number—it’s a decision. Build it with consistent rides, smart hydration, flexible pacing, and the humility to adapt when heat, wind, or storms show up. You don’t have to be fast to be tough. Last Updated: September 10, 2025 Cycling and Endurance: A Perfect Pair If you ride long enough, you learn this the hard way: endurance isn’t just VO 2 max, quads, or what your cycling app says. It’s how you respond when your legs say, “We’re done,” and your mind answers, “Not yet.” Cycling and endurance feed each other—the more you ride, the more your capacity grows, in body and in head. Story #1 — The Day the “Easy Flats” Broke Bad (Kerrville → Hondo, 2020) I’d just crawled out of the brutal hills between Menard and Kerrville on my ride from the Oklahoma border down to South Padre Island in 2020—some of the meanest climbs I’ve faced. The next day should’ve been a victory lap. Flatter terrain, fewer rollers. Easier, right? Wr...
