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8 Things to Do in the Offseason
If you're in your offseason or about to be, here's your checklist of things you should do while training volume is low, the season is fresh in your mind, and you have a bit of time to reflect and prepare! Take an off-season We cannot stress this enough. It doesn't...
For Young Readers + Riders: The Shred Girls Book Club is Open Now!
This December, read along and then join author Molly Hurford and special guests including two-time World Champion racer Kate Courtney of She Sends for a Zoom session in late December to talk all about the book and what winning really means to you—and to the...
Packs or Bottles, Vomit Intervals & Power for Tech Sessions
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions on: Whether to use hydration vest (packs) or bottles in a 3-4 hr race? Whether max intervals like wingates are relevant for endurance racers & masters Does a power meter...
Training
What is RPE and How to Use It in Training
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 to the athlete. There are no wrong answers but it is important that athletes and...
Annual BT 700 Bikepacking Newsletter 2024
With his permission, we are reposting Matthew Kadey's great update on all things Ontario bikepacking again this year. Thanks to Matt for all his work organizing these events and developing these routes! See Matt's 2023 bike packing update here: See our past Podcasts...
The Importance of Time Outside (Even During Trainer Season)
We've been lucky enough to be in a sunny, warm spot to work and train for this past week, living out of our van and spending all but our sleeping hours outside, and the difference in mood, overall health, digestion, skin—you name it!—has been pretty astonishing. It...
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Mindset
Your Home Gym Setup for Off-Season Strength
The off-season is coming for many of us, but regardless of the time of year, having a spot in your house to do some strength and mobility work is a big part of being an efficient, healthy athlete. Here, we're talking about the few pieces of gear that we love for all...
5 Things Your Coach (Probably) Wishes You’d Do
When it comes to working with a coach, you probably want to get the most out of your training. A good coach can help push you to great results, but it takes constant communication with your coach to make the relationship really flourish. Last week, we talked about the...
How To Get Over Your Fear Of Open-Water Swimming
A topic that I come back to year after year, no matter how many triathlons I do, or how many years of *not* doing triathlon I take, is that I really want to enjoy open water swimming. But every time I get out in a lake or bay or ocean, I get a bit of panic tightening...
Nutrition
Race weight, Pantry Staples, Perfect Meals – Lori Nedescu
Lori Nedescu a Nutritionist returns to chat with Molly Hurford about race weight, stocking your pantry for successful eating and putting together a great meal. Follow Lori at https://www.instagram.com/hungryforresults/ If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting...
Your Guide to DIY Fermentation
I love a good DIY, but I am NOT a patient person, so for me, getting into fermentation has been a bit of a challenge—but such a delicious one! I've been messing around with sauerkraut, kombucha, picked radishes and even sourdough bread in recent months and it's been a...
Simple, Healthy Vegan Recipes for Athletes
As some of you may know, I started my 'athletic career' as a vegan... and admittedly, a VERY unhealthy one. (I mean, I was driving to Brooklyn to get vegan fast food several times a week. From New Jersey. Also, Oreos and Mountain Dew = totally vegan. I'm not proud of...
Lifestyle
How To: Be A Good Athlete Host (Without Spending Money or Expending Tons of Energy)
Over the years, I've both stayed at a lot of host houses and been a host of athletes myself. And over those years, I compiled a bit of a mental dos/don't list for both sides, admittedly mostly on the side of 'what an athlete being housed should do.' But I remember the...
My Mobile Office Must-Haves for Writers, Journalists & Podcasting Digital Nomads
I've been on the road for most of the last 10 years, and I've been a professional writer/journalist/now podcaster for that stretch of time as well. I've written all of my books (most recently, Shred Girls) from a wide array of AirBNBs, hotels, and host houses in...
My Travel Advice from the Start of My Nomadic Life — That’s Still True Now!
I was cleaning out the pages on this site when I stumbled on one that was buried deep—travel tips that I had written back in 2012. Naturally, I clicked through to it to mock my younger, new-to-traveling self. But as I read through, I just kept nodding. Turns out, my...
Women Specific
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Gear
Gift Guide: Very Last Minute Presents for Athletes
Ran out of time to shop and heading out in a matter of hours to a holiday shindig where you're expected to have a gift for your athletic friend? Spouse surprised you with a bonus gift and you want to quickly one-up them? Gift got stuck in the mail and you don't want...
The Hard-to-Shop for Athlete Gift Guide
Athletes are notoriously hard to shop for, especially if they're the type of athlete who loves gear and always has the latest and greatest. And they're also usually pretty darn particular. This isn't an insult, by any means, because we're firm believers that everyone...
Gift Guide: Budget Gifts + Stocking Stuffers for Athletes
We know that not every athlete requires a full set of athletic Christmas presents, or maybe you have a lot of friends in your run group to buy for this year and you only budgeted for some sub-$10 gifts for everyone. Don't panic: While plenty of athletic gear does come...
Videos
Getting clipped in and rolling on a Steep Descent
Often we will find ourselves needing to get rolling on a downhill . If we can't we risk injury or we run way longer then we need to (and risk injury while running down sketchy stuff that is way safer on a bike) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYjVIhSU-yU
Heart Rate Strap Care – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKo3QrZaT8 How to take care of your heart rate strap
Rear Wheel Lifting without Clipless Pedals – Ep98
Learning to rear wheel lift will help you get over logs. Learning to do it without clipless pedals makes you even better when you add clipless pedals back in. I like to think of this like using tools in swimming (ie. flutter board) , if we take out some of the...