John Howard

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. ~John Howard



I will have another great opportunity to spend some quality time with the legendary John Howard next week down in San Diego. Someone asked the other day about all of his accomplishments in the cycling world and I responded that one would be put to the test to find another who has succeeded at so many different facets of our sport. Here are but a few:

Won the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon (1981)
Set the bicycle speed record of 152.2 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. (1985)
Won the USA Cycling Elite level Road Championships four times (1968, 1972, 1973, 1975)
Spent 10 years on the US National Cycling Team
Ridden on the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Teams
Won America’s only gold at the Pan-Am Games Road Race (1971)
Won the Tour de L’Estra (1972)
Won a stage and finished 3rd overall at the Tour of Ireland (1973)
Won the Tour of Newfoundland (1975)
Won the first 1000-mile Tour of Baja (1975)
Finished 2nd in the Race Across America (1982) and co-founded the race
Set the world 24-hour cycling distance record of 593 miles (1987)
Set the world 24-hour canoeing record of 104.6 miles (2000)

John has also been a great ambassador for the sport of cycling and in the many ways that contribute to cycling success. Training, nutrition, physical therapy, testing.

Especially training. Especially indoor training. And especially with the CompuTrainer.
Perhaps more than anyone, John has used the CompuTrainer for his personal training, coaching, analysis, rehab and testing. He continues to do so today from his beautiful home in Encinitas, California at John Howard Sports.

Here is an interview with John that appeared in Slowtwitch.com and a link to his website, where a short promo video is embedded. When I was done watching the video the first time I hit the replay to make sure that I had absorbed all the wisdom that it contained. Here it is. You need to click on the "Watch Video Now" link to enable.

Thanks John. See ya next week.

Pix: Two screen captures from the John Howard FITTE system video showing the CT in use.