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If you your Heart Rate (HR) Strap is not reading accurately, this post contains ideas that have helped bring many old straps back to life! If these troubleshoot ideas don’t […]
Recently, I had a reader email me to ask about recovering mentally from a crash. It’s a great question, and tricky. Long after road rash heals, the memory of it […]
Today Molly and Peter discuss a listener question about deciding how one should train for endurance sports. We also do a quick run-through of troubleshooting Heart Rate Straps. Please see […]
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Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), otherwise known as FEELING, is used to help athletes, including cyclists and runners, and their coaches understand how hard an effort OR a workout feels […]
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Embarrassingly, I expend a lot of emotional and mental energy being super pissed at my training equipment. Specifically, on new watch day/week. I recently bought a new running watch (the […]
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