Focus Mares CX2 Winner!
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Race Report: Baystate Cyclocross & Stanley Portland Cup
Hi everyone! It’s hard to believe the Cyclocross Season is almost over! This Sunday I will be lining up against the best in the nation to compete in the US Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, OR. There will be live coverage provided by our friends at Cyclingdirt. You can watch …
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Race Report: USGP Rounds 5 & 6: New Belgium Cup- Fort Collins, CO
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We took last weekend off of racing and we still have to catch you up on our trip to Fort Collins two weeks ago. Tomorrow we are off to Sterling, MA for back-to-back days of racing… possibly our last races in New England for 2010! Then, it’s …
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Race Report: 20th Annual Cycle-Smart International 11.10.10
This weekend we got to stay home and race “locally” in Northampton, Ma. The Cycle-Smart International was celebrating its 20th year in the running with some slight changes to its classically fast, flat and challenging race. I was looking forward to racing and hoping my legs were feeling good after …
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Training Tips: Shouldering the Bike and Traction
Shouldering the bike: I promise that your pedals will jab you in the sacrum at some point in time, but it’s good to practice lifting the bike from the down tube onto your shoulder, placing your right arm around the front of the head tube and your hand gripping the …
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24-Hour Race Day Eating Schedule — What to eat the night before, morning of, when to stop eating or keep drinking, etc.
Again, the article above explains planning your food intake up to 24 hrs before a race from the voice of a professional dietician/nutritionist and includes what types of food to eat and the timing of eating before racing and training for optimal digestion and performance.
From my personal experience, my …
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Training Tips: Barriers and Dismounts
Some ways to improve skills and fitness include talking with other local riders to see if there is an organized weekly skills practice or practice race. Coaching is also a great way to get more one on one experience. Ask around for a coaching referral to find someone qualified that …
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Finding a Good Practice Spot
I personally had a coach 5 years ago for one season and although I was not ready to continue with a structured coaching plan in the years that followed, I took the knowledge and experience from that time and was able to guide myself for the next several seasons. I …
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Delicious Whole Grain Recipes for the Middle of the Week and How to stay on your nutrition schedule between races
I believe that the more you practice anything, the easier it will become. That goes for nutrition as well. My diet of plant-based foods, whole grains, fresh veggies, no preservatives, minimally processed foods and little sugars isn’t a diet in the way we have some to think of “diets”. We …
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Race Report: Colorado Cross Classic & Boulder Cup: Nov 5-6, 2010
We landed home on Monday from the weekend in Louisville and managed to collapse into a two-hour nap before Matt headed to the lab and I made my way to yoga class. As Tuesday and Wednesday rolled around I still hadn’t unpacked and done the laundry but I was already …
