Coaching for cyclists · built on sports science
Personalized training for cyclists who want to understand their body and take their level to new heights — not just follow another generic plan.
Best sellerA one-off deep dive into your current training — where it's working, where it's costing you.
Ongoing personalized programming, adjusted around your life and how your body responds.
Best starterA focused build toward a specific race, with a clear start and end point.
PremiumDaily message follow-up, highly personalized programming with the newest technology and session types, built entirely around your calendar and lifestyle.
61 → 85 ml/kg/min VO₂max
Came in with a strong aerobic base but a hard plateau. We moved to a strict polarized model — more Zone 2 volume, targeted VO₂ efforts replacing moderate tempo rides — and unlocked a 40% jump through careful periodization.
19% → 11% body fat, FTP up
Struggled to balance strength training and endurance riding. A concurrent training model separated heavy lifting days from key interval sessions; optimized nutrition and recovery dropped body fat while peak power and FTP actually increased.
−40% volume, intensity preserved
Used AI-trained agents to read years of his training files — sleep, nutrition, session timing, rolling load — to understand exactly what preceded his best historical performances. His taper cut volume by 40% while conserving intensity and muscle tension, built directly from what his own data showed worked before.
Every recommendation is grounded in exercise physiology research — proven principles of adaptation, periodization, and progressive overload, not trends.
No cookie-cutter plans. Your physiology, goals, schedule, and life context are unique, so every plan is built around them specifically.
Training without a target is just riding. Plans are structured around your key events to maximize fitness gains while minimizing burnout.
Power files, heart rate trends, and subjective feedback all inform the plan, adjusted in response to real-time data — not guesswork.
I'm Sondre Runningshaugen. I lined up for my first race at 13, and I've been chasing the same question ever since: what actually makes a cyclist faster?
That question took me from racing on the road to a sports science degree in Lillehammer — the Olympic city — specializing in exercise physiology, and years in performance labs running VO₂max tests, lactate threshold profiles, and metabolic efficiency analyses. Racing taught me the other half: what a plan feels like from inside a hard season — the bad training blocks, the perfectly nailed tapers, and everything between.
My philosophy is simple: train smarter, not just harder. There's no generic plan behind any of my athletes — your physiology, your schedule, and your goals set the structure, and your data drives the adjustments. Performance is bigger than any single number.
Today I coach riders across Europe, the UAE, and the USA — road racers, gravel riders, and ultra-endurance athletes, from amateurs with 4 hours a week to professionals preparing for stage races. When I'm not coaching or riding, I'm reading the latest research on training adaptations, heat acclimatization, and altitude protocols. Science evolves, and so does my coaching.
— Sondre Runningshaugen
A training review is a one-time analysis of your current plan with recommendations — a snapshot. Monthly coaching includes a custom plan, weekly updates, ongoing support, and adjustments based on your progress — continuous guidance.
Monthly coaching plans are delivered via Intervals.icu and TrainingPeaks (preferred), or as structured workouts you can import into Zwift, Garmin, or Wahoo — happy to adapt to your preferred platform.
Programs are built around your existing schedule and lifestyle, whether that's 4 hours a week or a full professional training load — the plan adapts to you, not the other way around.
The more data you can share, the more precisely we can understand how your training and lifestyle affect your results — but you don't need much to start. Even a simple heart rate monitor gives real insight. Power meters, smart trainers, and sleep/HRV trackers all add depth, but aren't required to begin.
Pick the program that fits where you are right now.
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