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A Pro’s Guide to Racing Gravel & Ultra-Running with Heather Jackson
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Molly Hurford interviews professional gravel racer and ultrarunner (and former pro Ironman) Heather Jackson and they discuss: Transition from Triathlon to Gravel and Ultra-running Balancing two sports at a high level...
Preview of Bentonville OZ Bike Park
We spent the week between the 2025 Little Sugar MTB Race and the Big Sugar Gravel race in Bentonville. Apart from running and riding on the great trails and gravel roads and connecting with several of the athletes we coach we also got a sneak peak of the Bentonville...
How to Use Failure to Your Advantage
We’ve all had a bad race. Maybe it was a DNF, or maybe you finished just off the podium. Most of us have shed a tear or two in frustration in the car heading home from a big race. But then again, if every race went great, what would the point be? A few years ago, we...
Training
8 Weeks Out: How to Prepare Before Your Big MTB Race
The last 8 weeks or two months before a big mountain bike race are when you can take your base fitness and make it more specific to the demands of your race. You start to make the training look more like the race! Hard efforts in the Final Preparation for a Mountain...
Should You Sweat the Small Stuff? What to Do About Those Little Niggles
Minor knee pain, stiff hips, a sore shoulder… What’s an athlete to do? Small niggles: those little irritations and tiny pain points that crop up during the course of training/everyday life. They're pretty much unavoidable. A sore shoulder here, a twinge in your hip...
Reminder That Not Every Professional Has Your Best Interests at Heart
Health, wellness and fitness professionals aren’t always doing what’s best for you—or your wallet Whether you’re here because you’re maybe looking for a new coach or you’re a longtime reader, I wanted to touch on an important topic I’m noticing crop up more and more...
Racing
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Mindset
Dealing with Fear and Stress After a Bike Crash with Mindfulness
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 may remain, and it might make riding on the road/trail/wherever a lot scarier. The same is even more true...
On Doing Anything… But Not Everything
You can do anything, but you can't do everything. This is something we say time and time again on the podcast, to our coaching clients, and to each other. And one of these days, I'm going to take that advice and really follow it. I'm delighted/devastated to admit that...
Why the “Race-Simulation” Can Be Great for Training + Motivation
I often have a pretty sporadic race calendar, because to be honest, I prefer only having one or two big races on the calendar every year. That means I don't get a ton of race days in, which means in the last few years, I've had to do more 'race day simulations' within...
Nutrition
Sonya Looney’s Plant-Based Nutrition Tips for Athletes
As you all know, endurance mountain biker Sonya Looney is one of my favorite amazing humans—I love her badass attitude towards tackling some of the world's hardest MTB stage races, her entrepreneurial drive, her rad podcast, The Sonya Looney Show (where she's had me...
Why Carbs Are Good… And How to Use Them to Your Athletic Advantage
Hi, I'm here to give my weekly PSA on why carbohydrates are very important for athletes. I've said it a billion times on the Consummate Athlete Podcast and wrote about it in Fuel Your Ride, but any diet that suggests that as an athlete, you should cut out an entire...
Emil Johansson on Autoimmune Disease and His Diet
Emil Johansson isn't the typical athlete I'd feature on here, since normally I write more about women on this particular site, but when I interviewed him, his story of coming back from autoimmune disease (and back injuries) and how it impacted his eating was so...
Lifestyle
“The Art of Active Travel” is Now Available as an Ebook
After all of our time on the road and in the air traveling for work and training (and a couple of vacations), I've put all of my best tips into one place—and added a bunch of new content in the last couple of months! You can now download all of my tips and tricks for...
In Her Bag: My Race Day Running Kit and Bag
When it comes to life on the road, running is how I managed to stay sane and maintain fitness. Now, it's my primary form of racing and the ultrarunning scene has been awesome. If you missed it before, the 'What's in Her Bag' section is admittedly, my new favorite...
Some Advice for Killarney Provincial Park Camping and Hiking the La Cloche Silhouette Trail
We recently did another camping trip at Killarney Provincial Park Camping and hiked sections of the La Cloche Silhouette Trail. Normally, I do a TON of research about places we're going, but the info on this area is weirdly sparse, so I wanted to share a few of the...
Women Specific
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Gear
7 Pieces of (Cheap!) Cyclocross Gear You Need This Season
If there's one thing I know, it is cyclocross, and the gear that you need for it. I've raced on super grassroots teams and solo, traveled the country for races in every type of climate, literally written the book on the sport, managed one of the biggest teams in the...
Molly’s 10 Pieces of Outdoor Gear That Have Lasted 10+ Years
There are some pieces of gear that are great for a couple of seasons... and then, there are pieces of cycling kit, running apparel and outdoor gear that have stood up to over 10+ years of hard, hard use. We wanted to pay homage to a few of the pieces that we've used...
How to Feel Like a Pro at Your Next Race (Even If You’re Back-of-the-Pack)
Some readers may remember the article I posted a few years back titled, "Luck favors the prepared." Well, I still stand by it, and it's a huge piece of the 'how to look pro' puzzle. And when I say 'look pro,' I don't mean that you have the priciest gear or the biggest...
Videos
Exploration – A Bike Skill to Practice and Coach ?
I talk a lot about this idea of skills. I use skills for traditional 'bunny-hop' type skills and also more practical or theoretical tasks we must accomplish while on bike, such as drinking, eating, pacing. One skill I have been working on more and more with clients is...
Braking basics
Subscribe and/or watch the video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUw1LY5pr8&feature=share&list=UUgI4Bth1qen4yDO-rJlGNhg&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUw1LY5pr8?list=UUgI4Bth1qen4yDO-rJlGNhg Some basic drills on how to get better at...
First steps to Clearing Obstacles ( log hop , rock over etc.)
Want to watch on Youtube Channel ? Subscribe and check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4CLn0lgv-I Today we talk about riding over obstacles on the trail. This could be a log hop or over a pile of rocks/ logs. We use this skill constantly. The first step...