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Should You Do a Festive 500 Challenge?
Over on The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we get asked about challenges a lot. There are things like running every day, or streaks or even Peter's challenge to NOT ride indoors in November. One challenge that seems to have stuck around is the Festive 500. In this post...
Can You Have a Perfect Workout? (And What to Do When Things Go Sideways.)
Are your Workouts Perfect? It is sadly very common that cyclists get frustrated because they 'had' to quit a workout or couldn't follow their training plan 100% as laid out. The dirty secret is that the best athletes don't do 100% of their training, they adjust daily...
No Goal for 2025? Do These 5 Things
If you’re in the same boat as I am, you don’t yet have a clear goal for 2025. This can be a weird place to be as everyone seems to be dialing in their calendar for the upcoming season. Maybe you have a vague idea of what you want to do, maybe you have too many...
Training
Should You Do a Festive 500 Challenge?
Over on The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we get asked about challenges a lot. There are things like running every day, or streaks or even Peter's challenge to NOT ride indoors in November. One challenge that seems to have stuck around is the Festive 500. In this post...
Can You Have a Perfect Workout? (And What to Do When Things Go Sideways.)
Are your Workouts Perfect? It is sadly very common that cyclists get frustrated because they 'had' to quit a workout or couldn't follow their training plan 100% as laid out. The dirty secret is that the best athletes don't do 100% of their training, they adjust daily...
An Important Reminder as We Head into the Holidays
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is here, which means yet again, the holiday season truly is upon us. And while most fitness articles written around this time of year center around how to stay healthy at holiday parties and how to sneak exercise into your...
Racing
Category Upgrades & Should You Keep Racing as You Get Older?
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we tackle two important questions for masters cyclists about racing, category upgrades, and the evolution of athletic goals as we get older. Coach Peter Glassford and Author Molly Hurford dive into the nuances of...
Pacing For Endurance Mountain Bike Racing
Pacing for endurance events, such as Leadville 100, is a common stumbling block for many athletes. Get it right and you can maximize results you get for the fitness you have. However, if you get it wrong you can have a disastrous result that doesn't reflect your true...
Molly’s Leadville 100 Race Report—The A Goal That Wasn’t
This post includes the podcast we recorded as well as Molly's written race report below. The Leadville 100 Run Episodes and Adventure were presented by Payable! Use this Add-on to collect Payments in Your Google Forms! Check out Payable Apps in the Google Workspace...
Cross-Training
New 8-Minute Yoga for Anytime
Looking for a quick mid-day reset, an easy morning wakeup, or a post- or pre-ride flow to feel nice and limber? We’ve got you covered with this quick 8-minute yoga flow with Molly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBJyC6PfwU
A Training Plan Matters—Even If You’re Not Racing
I know the idea of having a training plan when you don't have a race on the calendar might seem a little weird—but as a cyclist (or any endurance athlete!) there are so many benefits to having structured training, and a specific-to-cycling training plan. Trust me, as...
Short Strength + Stretch Routine – Video
Since we were talking marginal gains on the podcast this week and mentioned my morning routine (still going strong after 9 years… longer than our marriage!), I wanted to make a new video walking you through a 10-minute version. You may need to modify it at first,...
Mindset
No Goal for 2025? Do These 5 Things
If you’re in the same boat as I am, you don’t yet have a clear goal for 2025. This can be a weird place to be as everyone seems to be dialing in their calendar for the upcoming season. Maybe you have a vague idea of what you want to do, maybe you have too many...
An Important Reminder as We Head into the Holidays
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is here, which means yet again, the holiday season truly is upon us. And while most fitness articles written around this time of year center around how to stay healthy at holiday parties and how to sneak exercise into your...
Learn to Love Your Pre-Race Mindsets + Quirks
I have learned something new about myself this week: I am a pre-race future-focusing list-making extraordinaire. This isn't a new trait, but it is new that I've realized it. I don't mean that I do this after every 5K or weekly race. But heading into a major event like...
Nutrition
The BS of Athlete Food Diaries – And What to Think About Instead
Thanks to social media, it's not just the top level athletes who are sharing their 'food diaries' or 'what I eat in a day' posts. Now, everyone is sharing them. And while some of them are impressively calorie-laden and actually fuel the work the athletes are doing,...
Organizing Your In-Ride Food and Hydration—Kitchen Cleanout
If you're anything like us, you probably have a random drawer or two or three that houses your in-run or in-ride food and hydration mix. Maybe it's scattered throughout your kitchen and garage and dresser with all your other cycling gear. Because being able to eat and...
Small Habits to Try to Improve Digestion
I recently wrote about dealing with gut distress during a race, and the ways to avoid that race day gut. But for most of us who deal with what I’ll call “gut issues” (of many different varieties), it’s not just a race day situation. We know that things like irritable...
Lifestyle
Apps to Organize Your Life as A Sponsored Athlete, Club Coordinator or Team Captain
In “The Athlete’s Guide to Sponsorship: An Athlete Entrepreneur’s Guide to Dreaming Big, Racing Smart & Creating a Reliable Brand for a Long, Successful Career,” I talk a lot about the importance of treating sponsorship like a job, and to me, a big part of that...
“Running As Fast As We Can” by Molly Hurford is Out Now!
High school is an uphill battle… especially if you run cross-country. And on Tuesday, September 17, this new YA novel from Molly Hurford hits the shelves! It’s Molly’s 11th book and her first foray into young adult literature—if your kiddo grew up with the Shred Girls...
Streamline Your Registration and Payments: How Sports Clubs and Coaches Can Benefit from the Payable Addon for Google Forms
In this post, we wanted to share this great software with our readers because it has been so helpful for us, in so many areas of our lives and business. The Payable Addon for Google Forms is a fantastic option to solve the common problem of collecting information and...
Women Specific
Are You Buying Gear or Buying Time?
I had to laugh a few months ago. I was riding with a time-strapped friend and we were chatting about the latest pair wheelset that promised to give you an extra 10 watts (or rather, save you 10 watts). She had a big race on the schedule in a few months, and she was...
Why You Need a Post-Race Ritual—Even 20 Minutes!
I wrote this thinking about the women in my life that I know. I've seen my friends cross the finish line, and before they've even caught their breath, they're back into real life, making sure the kids have snacks and are ready to get home, all while still...
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Dr. Stacy Sims – Weight Lifting, Protein, Menopause [Rebroadcast]
This is our most popular episode in 2023 so we are rebroadcasting this important interview with Dr. Stacy Sims. Her mission is to help women better understand their bodies and elevate them in research, science, sport, and ultimately, in life. The ideas that that...
Gear
The Best Black Friday Deals for Athletes
Let’s be honest, Black Friday is rarely about gift-giving, it’s often more about grabbing a few things that you need (that maybe a partner or parent can then gift to you). Whether you’re shopping for yourself or an athlete in your life, here are a few of the sales...
Athlete Stocking Stuffer Gift Ideas for the 2024 Holiday Season
As we’re prepping for the holidays, we’re stocking up on stocking stuffers for our athlete friends. Personally, I love a literal stuffed stocking where I get a pair of bike or running socks and put a few of my favorite bars and gels into it as the gift, but of course,...
Athlete Travel + VanLife Gift Guide for the 2024 Holiday Season
If you have a cyclist, runner or athlete in your life who travels a ton for work, racing or pleasure, or an athlete who’s trying out the whole #vanlife thing on a full or part-time basis, we have some excellent gift ideas. We’re a travel-heavy runner/cyclist duo who...
Videos
New 8-Minute Yoga for Anytime
Looking for a quick mid-day reset, an easy morning wakeup, or a post- or pre-ride flow to feel nice and limber? We’ve got you covered with this quick 8-minute yoga flow with Molly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBJyC6PfwU
Short Strength + Stretch Routine – Video
Since we were talking marginal gains on the podcast this week and mentioned my morning routine (still going strong after 9 years… longer than our marriage!), I wanted to make a new video walking you through a 10-minute version. You may need to modify it at first,...
How to Ride Down Steep Hills and Drop-offs
Peter did a series of mountain bike skills videos with Canadian Cycling Magazine. This video is on one of the most commonly coached skills, roll downs. Riding down rollins, steep rollable drops or down steps is a super important one for any mountain biker because it...
