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How to Support Someone Who Has a Bad Race
Last week, we shared a post about how to support your partner and it had a ton of practical tips. This week, after pulling out of my 100-miler at 100 kilometers in, I have to say that Peter not only managed to be an incredibly supportive partner in the sense of...
Dealing with DNF, Sulphur Springs
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly discuss Molly's race and DNF at Sulphur Sprin 3 things to consider before a big race like Unbound 200 mile gravel coming up this weekend Brief preview around Unbound week and weather Listener mailbag/...
How to Support a Partner in a Big Adventure
In 2021, I did my first 100-kilometer trail run—and in doing so, I saw just how incredibly helpful Peter was throughout the day and in the day after. I saw it again during my 100 miler a year later. Most summers, we each have big events that include a fair amount of...
Training
Organize Your Gear So It Sparks Joy—And Speeds You Out the Door
In our book, Becoming A Consummate Athlete, I wrote a lot about the importance of editing (paring down) and organizing your gear. This isn't just so it looks tidy, this is to save you serious time getting ready to ride or run. If you think about how much time you...
Training for UnBound? We’ve Got Your Training Plan Right Here
The UNBOUND Gravel training plan has been tested over many years as different clients have taken on this grueling event and it is designed to give you experiences that will prepare you for race day. As Consummate Athletes, we look beyond just fitness and power to...
What is Consummate Training? Our Approach
New here? Training to be a Consummate Athlete is about using Cross-training to foster Consistency, Confidence and Community (the 4 Cs !) We also encourage athletes to think about things other than physical training by being prepared, taking care of their equipment,...
Racing
Homegrown Gravel Adventure Intel
We headed down to Georgia in February for the Homegrown Gravel Adventure Event. It is based about an hour outside of Atlanta in the town of Franklin. The vibes and the race itself were great—we highly recommend putting it on your list for gravel races that are worth...
5 Ways to Improve Your Race at Paris to Ancaster
Ontario's Perennial spring classic, Paris to Ancaster, always has excitement extremely high in Ontario and beyond as one of the biggest early season gravel races around. The demands of the race are tricky: It has a few highly technical bits, some potential for serious...
So You Signed Up for a Bike Race… Now What?
If you recently signed up for a bike race, whether it’s your first gravel grinder, a local mountain bike series, a new-to-you enduro or a MTB stage race, you may be feeling a little panicked. The race is a few months away, so what the heck are you supposed to do? You...
Cross-Training
Year-Round Intensity + Starting Strength in 60’s
Today Molly and Peter discuss a listener question about doing intensity and races year-round. They look at an interesting study about a person in their 60s starting to strength train and the benefits in muscle mass and strength they saw into their 70s! They also...
Shaking Things Up in Your Training Routine… Without Breaking It
I'm an incredibly routine person. If you've been reading this blog or listening to the podcast for a while now, you probably know that. I have a strict yoga/core morning routine, we eat the exact same breakfast most days, my workday and training are pretty routinized...
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...
Mindset
It’s OK to Spend Time Working Out Exactly What You Want from Your Athletic Life
Sometimes, I'm at a loss for what to write about endurance sport that we haven't written before. But fortunately, there's always something new to look at, and often, it comes up in unexpected ways! We're working on a website revamp for this site right now, which has...
Organize Your Gear So It Sparks Joy—And Speeds You Out the Door
In our book, Becoming A Consummate Athlete, I wrote a lot about the importance of editing (paring down) and organizing your gear. This isn't just so it looks tidy, this is to save you serious time getting ready to ride or run. If you think about how much time you...
How to Get Through NYR Quitters Day & Hang On to That Resolution!!
If you're the kind of person who loves a good New Year's Resolution (you know Molly is!), then you've also probably experienced the late-January slump that goes with some of your resolutions. According to Strava, January 17 is “Quitters’ Day,” or the day that...
Nutrition
Fueling Enough is a Work in Progress
As I work through the edits of the book, Power Up, that I’m cowriting with registered dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith, I’ve been thinking a lot about fueling. (Pssst… Preorders for Power Up are open now!) Specifically, as we dig into fueling for young women and urging them...
Fueling Athletic Dreams & Busy Lives – Alex Larson, RD
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter interviews Alex Larson R.D. about fueling big endurance challenges like gravel races and Gran Fondos. Be sure to check out Alex's new podcast 'Endurance Eats'. How and R.D. can help with your fueling for...
Hydration + Heat – Lauren Adams
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Lauren Adams a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and experienced marathoner with T1D talk to Molly about: Hydration Training and Racing in Hot Conditions Considerations for athletes with type...
Lifestyle
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...
I Moved My Phone Charger and It Changed Everything
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how moving gave us a chance to reset some less-than-helpful habits, but the truth is, there was one habit that was really wrecking my mindset, productivity, and—frankly—my mornings overall, and I had already started to change it prior...
Moving as Your Chance to Habit Reset
We just moved a couple of weeks ago—not a major move, literally down the road—and it’s been a serious eye-opener in terms of what changing houses can do for your habits. Moving into the new place, there was some degree of ‘immediately putting things back to the way we...
Women Specific
Our Gift Guide for Athletic Women in Your Life
Shopping for your crew of athletic women in your life, or trying to find the perfect present for your runner / cyclist partner? We've got you covered with the gifts we're giving to the athletic women we know... and what Molly has on her own wish list! From $10 to...
Entrepreneurship, Ironman and Women’s Performance – Sara Gross
Sara Gross is the CEO of Feisty Media she was a professional triathlete before pursuing several businesses in endurance sport. Live Feisty Media is a progressive media outlet aimed at empowering new perspective in triathlon and beyond. Download or find links in your...
Pelvic Health + Common Cycling Injuries for Women – New Video!
For Ontario Cycling's women's cycling week, I spoke with two amazing women, Dr. Roz Lougheed Simpson of the Cleveland Clinic Canada and Laura Powers, a physio who focuses on pelvic floor health in Collingwood at Higher Function Women's Health. In this session, we...
Gear
Fix a Heart Rate Strap That is Not Working
If you your Heart Rate Strap (HRM) is not reading accurately, this post contains numerous troubleshooting ideas to help you out! These ideas contained in our 7 ways Video and the written out steps below, have brought many old straps back to life! Watch our Heart Rate...
Organize Your Gear So It Sparks Joy—And Speeds You Out the Door
In our book, Becoming A Consummate Athlete, I wrote a lot about the importance of editing (paring down) and organizing your gear. This isn't just so it looks tidy, this is to save you serious time getting ready to ride or run. If you think about how much time you...
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...
Videos
Setting Up a Charging Station for Athletes
One of my favorite things to talk about is, obviously, keeping your gear organized as an athlete. And the number one time-waster we hear about from coaching clients and people who follow along with the podcast is Stuff Not Being Charged. And it happens! With so many...
Consummate Athlete Morning Yoga — Full 30-Minute Video Session!
If you're looking for a 30-minute yoga session aimed at getting a bit more cyclist-style mobility that's a gentle wakeup with just a bit of core work, give this video a try... and if the idea of having community like this is appealing to you and you've been...
How to Hop Logs in 5 Steps
Do you want to learn how to bunny hop your bike? This post outlines the 5-step system that I use in Smart Athlete bike-skills sessions around North America. We use this system for cyclocross racers learning to barrier hop, roadies wanting to hop curbs and potholes...