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ENDURANCE LIVE dates: April 27 - May 17, 2026
BONUS $50 OFF (each) when you ADD 1:1 Performance Feedback session and for Road Endurance Part 2. Get more results for while saving!
I can’t wait to see you ride faster, adventure farther and get your energy back so you can have a thriving 2026 cycling season!
SELECT this program if you plan to devote 5-8 hours per week. Otherwise select our 8-12 hours version.
Caution, Better endurance may lead to…
✅ riding farther on autopilot,
✅ stepping on race podiums regularly
✅ keep up with the group without problem
✅ feeling fresher and having more energy for rides but also LIFE
✅ riding back to back days with ease,
✅ FINALLY go on that cycling vacation,
✅ bikepacking with confidence
✅ crush your next metric or full century
Endurance Live includes:
✨ 6-weeks Endurance Training Plan with feedback from Marissa
✨ Pop Up Facebook Group for community and LIVE support with Marissa
✨ 2 live group coaching calls on Zoom
✨ Nutrition support with Marissa
Who This Is For (And Who It’s Not)
👉 Ambitious 40+ woman cyclist/triathletes who want to ride faster and farther without burnout and really enjoy your next race, trip or event.
👉 Hi-achieving women in midlife who don’t necessarily need more "rah-rah" motivation, but you want feedback and RESULTS.
👉 The mid-life athlete who is “balancing it all” and it feels like it’s teetering. Instead, let ME help you achieve your cycling dream goal while you manage your career, family, and life.
👉 The 40+ peri-menopausal athlete who’s ready to improve her performance and wants a science-based system that actually works. We’re not training on vibes.
🚫 This isn’t for total beginners.
🚫 This isn’t for women looking for a quick fix.
🚫 This isn’t about just “riding more”
Together, we’re leveling up and staying competitive, with a community that feels the same way
Real world results: Riders have done Cairo to Capetown; Fastest 50+ woman to ride around the world, Win Trans Rockies Gravel Royale stage race, Bike pack down the OR coast at 78 years young, RAGBRAI and the climbs felt EASY, Win Alabama State Senior Games, Win Transrockies Gravel Royale Stage Race, and more!
Don't take my word for it! Hear from some of our athletes👇
Before working with Marissa, Sarah Mullett was training for gravel bikepacking trips and local events—but didn’t have a clear structure to truly improve her performance.
After committing to the program, she started hitting consistent PRs, including a massive jump from 488w to 569w, while dramatically improving her climbing and recovery. Now, she’s training with purpose, confidence, and a plan that actually works.
“I followed my program to a T while steadily hitting new power PRs… my climbing ability continues to improve.” — Sarah Mullett - Cycling Success System
“Before joining the Cycling Success System, I wanted to get stronger on climbs and faster overall so I could complete a huge cross-country cycling trip. With Marissa’s coaching, everything came together, from fueling and strength training to building real endurance.
I completed back-to-back metric centuries and a weeks-long cross-country ride, all while getting stronger, faster, and more confident.
The tailored workouts fit my life, and I now know how to fuel properly so I don’t bonk. I’ve truly transformed into a stronger, more capable cyclist.”
— Robin Elliott, Cycling Success System
“Before working with Marissa, I wasn’t sure I was ready for a demanding multi-day gravel stage race in the Rockies.
Through Level Up 1:1 Coaching, I got so much stronger, I gained confidence, resilience, and belief in what my body could do.
I climbed faster, set new PRs, won my category at TransRockies Gravel Royale, and learned how critical fueling and recovery truly are. I felt supported every step of the way, and I now know I can ride through just about anything.
— Donna Reid, Level Up 1:1 Cycling Coaching
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✨ENDURANCE - LIVE✨ - Get Stronger to Go Farther for 40+ women
WHO WE ARE
Hi. I’m Marissa Axell, CEO and Founder of AXN Fitness and Coaching, LLC, a cycling coaching and personal training business who coaches her athletes 100% online.
I help 40+ women cyclists ride and climb faster, and adventure farther without feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, or spending all day on the bike or in the gym.
As a USECA certified cycling coach and ACE certified personal trainer, I have nearly two decades of experience turning riders into faster, stronger cyclists.
I've been featured in Self, Bicycling.com, and on the Hit Play Not Pause Podcast, Fuel Your Strength, Fiercely Fueled, and Seasoned Athlete podcast.
I’m not just a coach, I’m also a competitive cyclist, and racing at a top level since 2009.
Known for my inspirational and committed coaching style, I show athletes how to train, fuel, and taper for optimal cycling performance, especially as a woman over 40 who deals with an enormous amount of stress and fatigue.
Our athletes have won at TransRockies Gravel Royale, top 5 at the National Senior Games time trials and road race, ridden from Cairo to Capetown in the Tour d’Afrique, another cycled from Paris to Istanbul, and another rode 18,100miles around the world.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and love that I can easily ride my bike on world class roads of Marin, Napa, and Sonoma, as well as the dirt trails out my backdoor, and be on a velodrome inside of an hour.
When I'm not riding bikes with my husband and friends, I’m busy cooking my favorite meals, traveling somewhere new with my bikes, or just chilling at home with our rescued maine-coon cat, Jackson.
I believe that love is love, Black lives matter, trans-women are women and belong in sports, no human is illegal, the current administration should be in prison, and bikes are a form of therapy.
Follow Marissa for more 40+ women cycling tips on Instagram @marissa.axell and online axnfitnessandcoaching.com.
Here’s a bit more about me and my business.
Around age 39, I started experiencing extreme perimenopausal fatigue, the kind that left me feeling like I need to glue my eyelids open-- the fatigue was damaging my cycling training, my sleep, my career — basically my entire life.
I had heard of perimenopause because I read in “Roar” by Selene Yeager and Dr. Stacy Sims that women might experience deep fatigue and it’s associated with perimenopause and there was something I could do about it!
As a former lab researcher with a background in science and human anatomy, I started learning everything I could get my hands on to help 40+ women navigate our changing biology, applying it and figuring out what worked and what didn’t.
I've been a cycling coach for 15+ years, and all the things I'm talking about are also the same way I trained for my big, hairy, audacious cycling goals too.
It was directly responsible for bringing me a world championship medal in 2023, a national champ in 2019, and multiple top 5 places at Masters Track and Road Cycling National Championships and World Championships from 2014 - 2025.
Since 2020 I’ve coached over 135 women cyclists in this way too, helping them achieve cycling dreams, and changed their lives and what’s possible for them along the way.
And I also believe that one of the biggest ways that I'm making this world a better place, is by helping every athlete become empowered, strong, defiant, and worthy women on and off the bike, for their family, their community, and in their career.
I say this because my athletes are out here changing the world.
They're out there inspiring people in some amazing ways.
I offer Level Up 1:1 Private Cycling Coaching. I also run the Cycling Success System, a group coaching program for 40+ women who want training, coaching, and community.