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DIY Heat Adaptation Training Tips

DIY Heat Adaptation Training Tips

We recently recorded a podcast episode with exercise physiologist Julia Casadio that went all over the place, but had a big chunk devoted to her specific field of study, heat adaptation and heat training. The pandemic forced her and the Olympic athletes she works with...

Racing

Cross-Training

Mindset

Learn to Love Your Pre-Race Mindsets + Quirks

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...

What Failure Taught Me About Goal-Setting

What Failure Taught Me About Goal-Setting

Most readers know by this point that my big scary goal that I’ve been talking about for years—a podium at the Leadville 100 trail race—didn’t happen this summer. It’s never about just the end goal. Hear me out. It sounds corny, but even before Leadville didn’t go my...

Nutrition

Small Habits to Try to Improve Digestion

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

How to Train When You’re on Vacation

How to Train When You’re on Vacation

So you're going on vacation, but you still want to train: How do you make time for training while you're sipping margaritas on the beach or herding your family through a waterpark? Plan ahead for vacation in your training schedule It's easy to forget to inform your...

Women Specific

Are You Buying Gear or Buying Time?

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...

Gear

What We’re Shopping on Prime Day

What We’re Shopping on Prime Day

Prime Day is here, which means we’re shopping for some deals. I find that for athletic equipment, Prime Day isn’t really much to write home about. It can be a great time to buy your new cycling computer or watch, but I do recommend that you don’t just jump to whatever...

Videos

How to Ride Down Steep Hills and Drop-offs

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...

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