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Summer Reading: The New Shred Girls Book is Out Today!
Got a middle grade or YA reader who loves to bike, or a girl who could use a nudge to get excited about outdoor adventure (or is nervous about summer camp)? Enter: Shred Girls: Lindsay and The Curse of Gemini Lakes. The fourth Shred Girls book by Molly is here and...
Can You Stop in a Training Ride + How to train on A Mountain Bike
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions about making stops during training rides and a question about whether it is possible to train off-road for cycling (rather than on the indoor trainer): How to do Intervals on...
5 Things to Do as an Athlete Before Summer Really Hits
It's almost summertime, which means HOORAY, you can get outside for your training... but as an athlete, there are a few things you might want to check before the summer heat (and your race season, if you're a runner, cyclist or triathlete) really kicks into high gear....
Training
TSS what is it good for?
We discuss what Training Stress Score (TSS ) and the associated metrics, numbers and system can be used for and several of the limitations, common errors and common questions . TLDR = when in doubt have fun and think about what you are trying to get better at rather...
How (And Why) To Do a Proper Pull-Up VIDEO
Pull-ups have always been my measure of my current state of fitness. So, it makes sense that we regularly re-post this article! We've had a few clients who've made mastering the pull-up a new challenge as they try to get through the last of the winter doldrums and...
Training for Leadville, Altitude, Pacing – Eric Orton
Eric Orton is a running coach. Find him under the handle 'Born to Run Coach' on Instagram! He and Chris McDougall were on the show a few months ago discussing their book 'Born to Run 2' , and he returns to talk training for altitude, endurance, and training for the...
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Mindset
Free 4-Part Women’s Webinar Series with the OCA This Month!
I'm super stoked to be partnering with the Ontario Cycling Association to bring four women-focused webinars to everyone in the next two weeks! From RED-S to how to make a career in cycling, we're going ALL over the place (while staying home). If you are a member of...
How to Pick a Challenge that Makes You Better
Challenges have been a hot topic over the last year: Without races many athletes have used all types of hard, if not epic, 'Do-It-Yourself-Events' to push their limits, to motivate training or to put their training to use. We love a good challenge for athletes,...
New to Cycling? ‘Saddle, Sore’ is On Sale on Kindle for $3.99 This Week!
From March 14 to March 21, you can get the Kindle version of Molly's book "Saddle, Sore: Ride Comfortable, Ride Happy" for only $3.99—so if you've ever wondered about saddle or short choice, saddle sores, or any other awkward questions, now's your chance to learn all...
Nutrition
Gluten-Free, Ultra-Easy Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Cookies
I'm not gluten-free, I'll start by saying. However, I am surrounded by people who are, and usually when it comes to cooking for our crew of friends, it's easiest to plan to bake sans gluten when possible. These cookies, I came up with while prepping for a "family...
Stomach Issues and the Bike: Best Tips
You write what you know, right? Well, I know biking. But, between us, my first published piece wasn’t about the joys of riding, or the best new bikes for the year. Actually, I wrote about poop. But in a bike-related way. Or at least, a triathlete-related way. I wrote...
Living Without Coffee—Quitting Caffeine
Those of you who know me, know that I'm kind of a bit of a coffee addict. I love my full French Press in the morning. I love crappy diner coffee. I love coffee at 11 p.m. in whatever "media center" we've set up. I love coffee mid-afternoon, I love bike rides to...
Lifestyle
Real Talk: The Stages of Self-Care on a Road Trip
We just got back from a road trip across the country—41 hours of driving in 70 hours, to be exact—and it wasn't the normal uber-cool #VanLife trip you read about. This was an all-business get-home trip because we were done with work in California and both of us needed...
Travel on a Budget: Travel Space Savers & Organizational Lifesavers
When you're traveling for more than a couple days, packing and dealing with life in general can get freaking crazy—and annoying. I hate when my stuff explodes everywhere in our rental/hotel/van, and Peter hates it even more. So, I've started to get (a little) better...
What You Don’t Need to Pack When Setting Up for Months of Adventure
10 Things I Brought for 5 Months of Travel ... That I Have Yet to Use So, I've already confessed to being an overpacker, but I wanted to get super honest and share some of the (looking back on it) ridiculous stuff I packed for this long (January til mid-April) trip. I...
Women Specific
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Gear
How Do We Help Get More Girls On Bikes?
“How do we get more girls on bikes?” Molly gets emails, DMs and Facebook messages like this all the time from parents and coaches, and it’s an excellent question... but a hard one to answer. It’s something that we ponder all the time–it’s actually the question that...
Instant Gear Upgrade: Fold, Contain and Sort
Everyone knows that I (Molly) love to write about organizing gear, because I genuinely believe that if your gear is organized well, you get out the door for your workout faster, which means more time on the bike or on the run. So, it's not a shock that I'm also always...
“Walking Well” Teaches You Some Surprising Tactics for Walking + Excelling at Movement
“Walking Well” sounds kind of obvious, but let's be honest: how many of us (yep, including Peter + I!) are walking with a bit of hip tightness, a bit of weirdness in a knee, a little bit of a hunch from one too many hours at the computer? Walking Well is a new program...
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