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2025 Gift Guide for Athletes
It’s that time of year again: Our gift guides for every athlete in your life! This year, we’ve created one master list for cyclists, runners, and really, any athletic person in your life. Personally, we’re a travel-heavy runner/cyclist duo who do a very light version...
What’s Your Minimum Viable Training Dose?
I’ve always been a fan of the ‘do what you can with what you have’ mentality when it comes to training. Airport in the morning? Okay, my morning yoga might get truncated, or, in some situations, skipped altogether because it’s a 4AM wakeup. But I’ll be honest, my...
How Marley Blonsky is Getting All Bodies on Bikes
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Molly sat down with All Bodies on Bikes co-founder Marley Blonsky in Bentonville around Big Sugar to explore how cycling can become truly inclusive for riders of all sizes. They discuss building body-size-inclusive...
Training
How to Train for a Road Fondo or Charity Ride
Are you getting ready for a Fondo or Charity Ride? Many of our clients do these big fun rides (e.g. Fondos and Fundos!) What is your goal at the Charity Ride or Fondo? We often hear that athletes want to do these for fun BUT they also want to be fit enough to keep up...
How to Train 3 Months Before Your XC Mountain Bike Race
Are you gearing up for a major XCO or XC mountain bike race this summer? Maybe you're eyeing the USA or Canadian National championships in July? How to Prepare for a MTB RACE Let's look at how you can prepare over the next 3 months to thrive in your goal mountain bike...
Finish Leadville Faster
Success in endurance races like the Leadville 100-mile MTB race isn't just about logging endless training hours. The race's challenging terrain and high altitude demand a strategic approach beyond sheer fitness. Leadville Success Without Training More In this article,...
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Mindset
Harnessing that “Vacation Prep” Energy
I'm sitting here writing this on a Friday at 11AM, right before I head out for my lunch run. And I'm writing it because it's a third of the way through the month, but for the first time in I don't know how long, it's Friday and my decks are actually cleared. (Not my...
Let’s Talk About House-Cleaning (as Athletes)
House cleaning and home maintenance on an athletic blog? Sounds weird, but we've said it before and we'll say it again: the more time you can save in other less-fun areas of your life, the easier it is to spend more time on your training and athletic goals. We're big...
How to Know When It’s Time for a Big Scary Goal
THIS IS A REPOST: I wanted to bring this blog back to the top of our feed because it's the time of year when people are thinking towards next season's goals, and hearing what their friends/frenemies/teammates are planning. It's tempting to take on too much... so I...
Nutrition
What’s in Her Bag: Our Camp/Van Food Box
The 'What's in Her Bag' section is one of my favorite things to do each week. Each week, I'm featuring the everyday/gym/race day/sport-specific/food bag of an athlete that I love, or sharing what's in my own bag. We started with my everyday bag, pro cyclist and RD...
Cutting Back on Booze? Check These Easy Mocktail Recipes You Can Make at Home
Over on Outside Online, I talked to some athletes/bartenders with a passion for fun, funky mocktails—whether you're not drinking alcohol, at all or you're just looking to cut back, or you want an option to switch to after you've already had your alcohol-based...
5 Ways to Save Money on Backpacking Food—Plus a Bonus Tip!
Over on Outside's website, I just wrote an article all about top ways to Save Money on Backpacking Food. It was perfect timing, since we're heading back to Killarney for another hike/run of La Cloche in July and in September (eek!) and both times, we'll be at the park...
Lifestyle
What’s in Her (Training) Bag: Lori Nedescu, RD at Hungry for Results + Pro Road Cyclist
I LOVE Lori Nedescu, badass registered dietician at Hungry for Results + pro cyclist (and runner!). She's one of my favorite Consummate Athlete Podcast guests (we've had her on twice already and a third episode is coming soon!) and she's just a blast to hang out with....
Sea Otter Canada: Quick Highlights
For those of you in the cycling industry, Sea Otter in California is probably written with permanent marker on your calendar for April. But this year, Sea Otter came to Ontario for the first time—and right to our backyard in Collingwood! It was held at the Blue...
What’s In Her Bag: My Everyday Work + Errand Backpack
I am SO excited about this new feature I'm starting on TheOutdoorEdit: The 'What's in Her Bag' section. Each week, I'm going to feature the everyday/gym/race day/sport-specific/food bag of an athlete that I love. I've been obsessed with the 'what's in her bag'...
Women Specific
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Gear
Our Best Athletic Gear Organization Tools
Here at Consummate Athlete HQ, one of our major tenets of the Consummate Athlete lifestyle is to be able to ride, run, hike, climb, camp, whatever at a moment's notice. That means having our gear organized and easy to access. Not only does it make packing for trips a...
The Reasonably-Priced Inflatable SUP That Changed My Life
Back in April while I was out at Sea Otter, an Amazon package got delivered for me at home in Ontario. It was big. Peter sent me a photo of it, and I told him to mind his own business. It was the AquaPlus SUP, an 11-foot stand up paddle-board I'd finally ordered for...
Red-S and Women’s Performance – Traci Carson
Traci Carson PhD. is a researcher, scientist, professor and (still sometimes) athlete. She is passionate about helping active women fuel their bodies and optimize their menstrual cycles for health, performance, and fertility. This episode is brought to you by 3 Month...
Videos
Pre-Ride Check for Safety and to Avoid Mechanicals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LApgcxexVZU The pre-ride check is common sense but as with most things that are common sense many people do not adhere to the basics and will get into trouble eventually, if they have not already. These 3 min worth of little skills will...
Bike Check for early season races (gravel Grinders)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFl94pzQGlw Some ideas to make sure your bike is 100% ready to hold onto all that fitness you built this past winter indoors. What did I forget ? Any requests for the next Bike Skills project episode ?
Paris to Ancaster / Gravel Grinder Video: 1 Week Out Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EwKLaw5Yns My friends over at Paris to Ancaster wanted to know my thoughts about a week out from this big early season gravel grinder race.Don't Overdue it with training this weekend.Build confidence with some key experiences (hard...