Train the system, not the screen.
From base to build, we train your physiology to meet the demands of your events and align with your goals. Aerobic base, fatigue resistance, and metabolic efficiency guide every workout decision.
Endurance coaching · Traverse City, MI
Train smarter.
Go further.
Science-backed endurance coaching for cyclists across all levels. Individualized programming for gravel, mountain bike, cyclocross, and road.
A note on endurance
Endurance sports have a way of taking us to interesting places — not just on the map, but within ourselves.
They teach patience, consistency, resilience, and curiosity. They connect us with new people, new experiences, and a deeper understanding of what we're capable of.
At Northbound Endurance, coaching is about more than preparing for a single race. It's about building lasting fitness, pursuing meaningful goals, and finding adventure in the process.
Coaching philosophy
Performance, with the long game in mind.
Four principles shape every plan we build. They're the lens we use when reading your data, adjusting your week, and planning the next phase.
One athlete, one plan.
Your plan is built around your physiology, your race calendar, and the hours you actually have — tailored to your life on and off the bike. What works for you may not work for someone else, and we're here to build the plan that does.
Built to last the season.
Peak weeks aren't impressive if April never makes it to November. We build athletes who hold their fitness, recover faster, and finish the year stronger than they started.
Consistency over perfection.
Some weeks you crush it. Some weeks life crushes you. Sustainable progress is built week in, week out — with the necessary modifications to fit your schedule.
Underneath all four is a simple discipline: train at a level that ensures continued development. More is not always better. Many athletes experience fatigue and burnout from overtraining, which results in setbacks and stalled progress. A holistic view of your fitness, lifestyle, and goals is what keeps training healthy and progress consistent.
Coaching Services
Whether you're looking for a fully individualized coaching relationship or a structured training plan that you can use on your own, every plan is built around the same principles: purposeful training, long-term development as a rider, and sustainable progress.
Coaching Options
Ongoing coaching partnerships delivered through TrainingPeaks — with communication, workout feedback, and individualized adjustments built around the way your week actually unfolds.
1:1 Custom Coaching
Individualized training plans built around your physiology, goals, and lifestyle. We'll develop a long-range plan, adapt it as needed, and work together on training, recovery, fueling, and race execution.
- Individualized weekly programming
- Periodized training blocks
- Field testing protocol to establish power zones
- Weekly feedback and data review
- Fueling and recovery guidance
- Race preparation advice
- Integration of strength, mobility, and recovery protocols when relevant
$150per 4-week block
Premium Custom Coaching
A high-touch coaching experience for athletes seeking deeper collaboration, faster feedback, and comprehensive support. Ideal for athletes pursuing ambitious goals, key events, or a more hands-on coaching relationship.
- Everything included in 1:1 Custom Coaching
- Ongoing workout feedback and data review
- Ongoing communication — reasonable text and email access, plus TrainingPeaks dialogue
- Unlimited plan adjustments as needed
- Monthly coaching call
- Advanced race preparation and execution
$225per 4-week block
What coaching includes
The ongoing work behind a Northbound coaching partnership — every athlete on the roster gets the same care, the same data lens, and the same dialogue, adjusted to your volume, your intensity, and the realities of your life.
Individualized programming
Weekly schedules built around your physiology, history, equipment, and race targets — not a template.
TrainingPeaks integration
All workouts, metrics, and analysis live in TrainingPeaks Premium, included with 1:1 coaching.
Post-workout feedback
Review of your data when you want it — heart rate, power, RPE, sleep, and how the body's actually responding.
Race planning
Course-specific pacing, fueling, equipment, and race-week strategy. Built well before the gun goes off.
Fueling guidance
Carbohydrate targets, training-day nutrition, and race-day fueling protocols grounded in current sport-nutrition science.
Recovery strategy
Sleep, nervous-system regulation, deload structure, and the small daily inputs that keep durability climbing.
Physiology interpretation
Reading the numbers in plain language — what your decoupling, durability, and intensity distribution actually mean.
Long-term periodization
An eight-to-eighteen-month arc that points every training block at the goals that matter to you.
Training Plans
Structured plans for self-directed athletes who prefer to execute training independently.
Semi-Custom Coaching — 12-Week Block
For self-motivated athletes who want expert structure and direction without a full coaching relationship. A 12-week block designed to give you the framework and let you run with it.
- Intelligently structured base, build, and race-specific blocks
- Light personalization at onboarding — FTP, availability, goals, discipline
- Delivered through TrainingPeaks
- Initial walkthrough of your training plan, with detailed block descriptions in TrainingPeaks
- Occasional check-ins for calibration and questions
Best for athletes who want a tailored program, not the day-to-day coaching relationship. Not included: weekly file analysis, ongoing plan adjustments, or direct coach communication.
$225per 12-week block
Pre-Built Training Plans
Structured training plans designed for specific events, goals, and athlete profiles. A template-based approach that allows you to download, sync with TrainingPeaks, and get started immediately.
- 8–24 week structured plans
- Gravel, MTB, CX, and road disciplines
- Goal-specific plans for durability, endurance, and race preparation
- TrainingPeaks compatible
- Developed using proven coaching principles and real-world athlete experience
Individual pricingper training plan
Meet the coaches
Athletes who coach, coaches who race — thinking about performance every day, right alongside the athletes they work with.
Founder + coach
Mike McCall
Mike McCall is a cycling coach, lifelong endurance athlete, and founder of Northbound Endurance. His passion for human performance took root while earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Indiana University with a pre-med and exercise science focus. That academic foundation, combined with years of training, racing, and coaching, has shaped a coaching philosophy that blends evidence-based training principles with practical experience, helping athletes build lasting fitness, perform at their best, and balance training with the demands of everyday life.
For Mike, effective coaching starts with understanding the individual. Every athlete has unique goals, strengths, challenges, and responsibilities off the bike, and no two respond to training the same way. He believes the athlete-coach relationship is the foundation of long-term success, working closely with each athlete to build training around their physiology, lifestyle, and goals.
Based in Traverse City, Michigan, Mike enjoys exploring Northern Michigan's endless network of trails and adventure routes. He regularly competes in many of the region's premier mountain bike and gravel events and enjoys training and racing alongside many of the athletes he coaches.
Mike believes endurance sports are about far more than fitness and results. They're an opportunity for adventure, personal growth, and connection with a larger community. He founded Northbound Endurance to help athletes pursue meaningful goals, embrace the process, and discover what they're truly capable of along the way.
- EducationB.S. Biology, Indiana University
- DisciplinesGravel · MTB · CX · Road
- BasedTraverse City, Michigan
- Built withKyan Olshove
Coach + pro athlete
Kyan Olshove
Kyan Olshove is a professional cyclist from Traverse City, Michigan. He came up on Northern Michigan's trails through Norte, the local youth cycling development program, and won the junior division of the Iceman Cometh Challenge in 2019 before turning his focus to elite racing.
Since then, Kyan has raced with the USA Development Cycling Team and the Bear National Team, the nation's top U23 development squad. His accomplishments include a podium finish at the 2023 Iceman Cometh Challenge and a fourth-place finish at the 2024 U23 National Championships. In his first season competing at Lifetime Grand Prix qualifying events, Kyan finished second overall in the Men's Pro field at Chequamegon and added top-10 finishes at both Big Sugar and Little Sugar. His consistent performances earned him a full-season spot in the 2026 Lifetime Grand Prix.
Kyan's coaching is shaped by experience at the highest levels of cycling, but it's designed for athletes of all abilities. Having worked with some of the sport's top coaches and put their methods into practice through elite competition, he combines firsthand racing experience with proven training principles to create practical, individualized training plans. He works with a diverse group of athletes, from youth riders he mentors at events like Marquette Trails Fest to competitive master's athletes across the country. Despite a busy 2026 race schedule, Kyan continues to coach athletes who want to learn from someone actively competing at the highest level of the sport.
- Highlights2026 Lifetime Grand Prix · Chequamegon podium · Iceman podium · top-10s at Big Sugar & Little Sugar · UCI World Cups · Bear National Team
- BasedTraverse City, Michigan
- DisciplinesGravel · MTB · CX · Road
Athlete testimonials
Here's what our athletes are saying.
A diverse group of athletes from different backgrounds — all chasing the next chapter of their riding to meet their individual goals.
Training finally feels like it fits the rest of my life. I'm stronger, more consistent, and enjoying the process more than ever.
I've followed plenty of training plans over the years, but this is the first time I've truly understood why I'm doing each workout. The coaching, feedback, and communication have been just as valuable as the training itself.
Instead of just getting harder workouts, I got a coach who understands how to balance training with work, family, and recovery. The progress has been steady, sustainable, and far beyond what I expected.
Every training plan feels like it was built specifically for me. My strengths are developing, my weaknesses are improving, and I show up to races with far more confidence.
Northbound Endurance has changed the way I think about training. I'm riding stronger than ever, but more importantly, I'm enjoying the journey instead of just chasing the next result.
Training Camps
Coming soon.
Inaugural Northern Michigan dates announcing soonNorthbound camps put you on the gravel, singletrack, and rolling country roads we know by heart. A few days of structured riding paired with the conversations that move performance — alongside guest experts in areas like strength training, sports nutrition, and recovery.
Small group sizes. Real coaching, not a guided tour. You'll leave with sharper tools, better data on yourself, and a plan for how the rest of the season fits together.
- Coached riding on signature Northern Michigan courses
- Pacing, fueling, and race-execution clinics
- Guest sessions on strength training, sports nutrition, and more
- Small group sizes — finish more experienced than you arrived
Northern Michigan
Start the conversation
We look forward to meeting you.
Send us a note through the form and we'll follow up to schedule a free intro call — a conversation about your riding and where you want to take it.
Prefer email? Reach us at northboundendurance@gmail.com