Hey there, everybody. Welcome back or welcome to King of the Ride if you're a first time listener.

Ted King here in the driver's seat, your host on King of the Ride.

Our guest today is someone I've known for a long time, Dirk Friel.

The Friel name Long lives in haowed Conversation of Endurance Sports.

Dirk's father, Joe, literally wrote the Bible in the form of the cyclist training Bible.

He also wrote the triathlet training Bible.

So once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in a land far, far away, or the next state

over in New Hampshire, that is how I first got a handle on training plans, on specific workouts, on seeing how this whole puzzle of fitness fits together.

It makes for a really fun anecdote today, the origin story of Dirk and his training.

A little bit further on, Dirk and I actually work together.

In my early world tour days, or pro tour days, as it was called then,

Dirk was my coach.

His insight helped me make the leap to Europe,

which is something that he also accomplished in his cycling career.

Another fun nugget today.

And as I mentioned, one of my favorite things to do in this podcast

is to talk in the style of how I built this.

That is, the podcast that dissect how movers and shakers and entrepreneurs started their business.

So along the way, Dirk began training peaks, which at this point has to be the most used bit of training software on the planet.

Every single tour to France team,

every world tour team, every pro-rider or aspiring professional uses training peaks. The analysis

is great because it really meets you where you are. It can be simple and easy to digest or you can

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