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Sea Otter 2025 Trends & Highlights
Molly and Peter discuss what they saw, what they liked and what they didn't like at the Sea Otter the Cycling Event 2025. The conversation includes the first round of the Lifetime Series and trends in bikes, gear and racing. This Episode is Brought to You By:...
Is Aspirational Clutter Slowing Down Your Training?
Whether we're talking about physical or mental aspirational clutter, you might be making your training harder—or at least, much more crowded—if you're not occasionally clearing out the gear or the goals that you've set for some idealized future version of yourself....
What to Do When You Can’t Follow Your Training Plan or Do Your Planned Workout
Modifying workouts is tricky business—so much so that a question around it comes up almost monthly on the podcast. Should you skip, swap, shift, substitute or shorten your workout? Or forget about the workout altogether and just do something? We chatted about this on...
Training
Daily Routine Training Versus “Optimal Training Environment” for Endurance Athletes
I wrote this article back in 2019 after coming home from yet another training camp. And re-reading it now in 2023, it serves as an important reminder that even if you aren't getting to an 'optimal training environment' (i.e going somewhere warm to train if you live in...
Did You Know Canada Changed Their Alcohol Guidelines?
Last week, the Canadian government announced a new set of guidelines around alcohol. TL;DR: No amount of alcohol is safe or healthy. There is a bit of nuance, but that's pretty much the update. The rollout of the new guidelines hasn't been overly publicized yet, but...
Basics of Testing for Cycling at Home
Molly and Peter discuss ways to test at home for cycling (a.k.a. field or performance testing). They touch on indoor, outdoor methods and how to test if you don't have a power meter. They also go into common issues with testing (E.g. what is not a test) and why...
Racing
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Mindset
Listen to Molly Talk Habits, 50Ks and Mountain Dew on the Trail Running Women Podcast
This week, Molly was on the Trail Running Women Podcast with host Hilary Spires (a past guest on our show!) talking all about our new book, Becoming A Consummate Athlete... But also about her background in sport as a wildly un-athletic (and Mountain Dew obsessed) kid....
How a Gratitude Journal Gets You Through Athletic Slumps (+ Best Practices)
We've talked a lot about gratitude and gratitude journalling both on the podcast and here on the website, but I wanted to put it into a super micro / daily level example of why getting into the gratitude journal habit can make a huge impact on your workouts. We know...
My Own Bad Workout Experience + Coming Back From It!
The irony of posting a 'why we need bad workouts' podcast episode was that today, I had what could have easily been a bad workout... But I turned it around. The situation: I had a 5K hard/race effort that I had to do on the treadmill (between snow and lockdowns). I...
Nutrition
Drinking as a Skill – Episode 125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQt4xw62GzU Peter comes to you live from Dufferin County Forest talking about the importance of training to drink / fuel both in technical terrain and intense intervals/race situations.
Lifestyle
March Q & A – Threshold, Sickness, Intervals
Threshold, Training when Sick, Intervals on Hills March Q & A - thanks for questions ! Submit questions for April at www.consummateathlete.com Don’t forget to check out www.wideanglepodium.com for show info, other podcasts and to see if becoming a donating member...
8 Tiny Hacks To Meet Your Health Goals This Year
I've been loving writing for Nylon—I've been a huge fan since I was a punk rock teen, and now I have the chance to write for them about all things health and fitnessy, which I'm loving. So... If you're looking to up your fitness regimen, whether you're training hard...
Remote Office Necessities for Digital Nomads
My New Year's Resolution, in one word, was to be COLLECTED. A big part of that, for me, was having my work stuff a lot more organized and together for the upcoming year. To me, that meant having traveling office supplies that both functioned beautifully and looked...
Women Specific
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Gear
How To Organize Bike Gear
A lot of the time, it's not that you need new gear, it's that your old gear is so poorly organized and mismanaged that you don't even remember what you do have! That's why over on Canadian Cycling Magazine's website, I'm talking all about how to "Kondo" your cycling...
Best Books to Give to the Athlete in Your Life This Holiday Season
You can't beat a book for a great gift for the athlete in your life—and let's be honest, it's the best option for when you've left shopping until the last minute. As a complete bookworm, I consider books to be the most thoughtful present while still being inexpensive...
Consummate Athlete Gift Guide 2020: Runner Edition
Shopping for runners is tough: Sure, it seems like a fun hobby to buy stuff for, but it's actually pretty tough to come up with presents that don't break the bank and that will actually get used. So, we're putting together our 2020 roundup of what we're gifting the...
Videos
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