About Me #
I’m Andrew — a middle-aged guy with a job, a house, a couple of kids, and all of life’s distractions.
Like a lot of people, I spent years slowly becoming more sedentary than I wanted to be. Work got busy, life got busy, and fitness wasn’t a priority. Eventually, I hit the point where I knew I needed to make a change — not because I wanted to become an elite athlete, but because I wanted to feel healthier, stronger, more capable, and more energetic in everyday life.
Cycling ended up becoming the thing that clicked for me.
What started as a slightly intimidating five-mile bike commute turned into a genuine hobby, then a serious fitness journey, and eventually a full-on obsession with training, endurance, gear, nutrition, and data. In my first year of cycling, I lost a substantial amount of weight, built more fitness than I honestly thought I was capable of at this stage of life, and discovered that endurance sports can be both deeply rewarding and ridiculously fun.
Along the way, I also discovered that I really enjoy the “systems” side of training.
I’m a nerd at heart. I like graphs, metrics, workflows, experiments, and optimization. I enjoy understanding how things work and figuring out how to make steady, sustainable progress over long periods of time. That started with AI tools like ChatGPT and then led toward tools like Apple Health and Intervals.icu for capturing data, and eventually Zwift and a power meter for structured intervals and pacing,
One of the things that surprised me most during this process was how powerful modern tools can be when you combine them thoughtfully. Not in a “replace human expertise” kind of way, but in a “help ordinary people train more intentionally” kind of way. AI has been incredibly useful for helping me think through training plans, adapt to schedule changes, analyze rides, understand fitness concepts, organize ideas, and generally stay engaged with the process.
About this Blog #
This blog is an attempt to share what I’ve learned while navigating all of that. Data-Driven Endurance.
You’ll find posts about cycling training, fitness data, endurance riding, AI-assisted coaching, Intervals.icu workflows, nutrition experiments, bike gear, long-ride preparation, and the small practical systems that make consistency easier. Some posts will be technical. Some will be experimental. Some will probably just be me overthinking bicycles on the internet.
To be very clear: I’m not a coach, nutritionist, physiologist, or doctor. I don’t have secret expertise or miracle methods. I’m just a curious guy who likes riding bikes, enjoys learning, and wants to document the process honestly — including the mistakes, adjustments, dead ends, and lessons learned along the way.
Most of all, I hope this site is useful for people who feel like they started “late,” people balancing fitness with careers and families, or people who enjoy combining technology and training in thoughtful ways. You absolutely do not need to be a professional athlete to improve your health, build meaningful fitness, or do hard and rewarding things.
Sometimes you just need a bike, some consistency, and enough curiosity to keep going.