About the Coaches

Coach Richard Wharton

The Cycling Center of Dallas is led by Coach Richard Wharton, a certified Level 1 Elite coach through USA Cycling. He brings over 17 years of experience, including pioneering the concept of indoor wattage-based group training. Coach Wharton has been published in magazines and scientific journals and has lectured as a proponent of wattage-based training since 1995. He has also consulted with multiple corporations globally on power meters and the application of wattage for cycling fitness.

Coach Scott Whitten

Triathlon coach Scott Whitten has been training athletes since 1997. Since joining the Cycling Center of Dallas in 2007, he has become the premier coach for triathlon training in north Texas by combining his own methodology of cardiovascular efficiency through the use of heart rate variability and lactate analysis with the CCD's wattage-based training philosophy.

Coach Steen Rose

Coach Steen Rose is the most recent addition to the staff at the Cycling Center of Dallas. He brings a wealth of knowledge from the world of track cycling, as well as road racing and triathlon. Steen has competed in Europe as an "Espoire" (under-23) and has been a state, regional, and national champion in different categories throughout his career to date. Steen is an elite-level coach under the tutelage of the "father" of cycling in the United States, Joe Friel.

Traffic Skills 101

• 07/25/2010 7:00am *** RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER DUE TO HEAT!***
• June 27, 2010 7:30am to 1pm Wharton, Spann, Lewis, Jackson, others

5 Hours

Cycling Performance

• Mon/Wed 6pm Wharton
• Tue/Thu 5:30am Wharton
• Tue/Thu 7:30am Wharton
• Tue/Thu 4pm Rose
• Tue 5pm Whitten
• Tue/Thu 6pm Wharton

(90-minute class)

SPIN

• Mon 5:45pm Wharton
• Wed 6am Wharton
• Wed 5:45pm Wharton
• Thu 5:45pm Wharton
• Fri 6am Wharton
• Fri 9:15am Wharton

(45-minute class)