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Race Review + Spring Race Preparation with Jenny Quilty
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, Molly interviews running coach Jenny Quilty about doing race reviews, preparing for spring races and fueling for endurance athletes. Check it out to gain insights to put into action ahead of your running and biking...
Who Do You Want to Be at the End of the Season?
We just had the incredible Erin Ayala of Skadi Sport Psychology on the podcast to chat about a range of topics including Self-Talk, process vs. performance, and of course, GOAL SETTING. My favorite moment? When she gave this prompt: Fast-forward to the end of your...
An Easy Way to Improve Your Sleep Quality
We've been on the road the last couple months, which means we're not in our normal sleep setup. Whether in the van or in an AirBNB or at a friend's place, there's no guarantee for cool, dark and quiet wherever we're sleeping. I didn't bring our little bedside white...
Training
2022 Cyclocross Q&A
We discuss listener questions about Cyclocross one of our favorite sports and one of the best disciplines to learn to love bikes! Get Your Free Bonus from Athletic Greens - athleticgreens.com/mollyh - to receive your bonus of a free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5...
“Do I Have a Saddle Sore?” — How to Know What You’re Dealing With as a Cyclist in Pain
I've been writing about saddle sores since 2013, when I realized that--back then--no one was talking about them, but everyone was dealing with them. I was racing cyclocross, which means a lot of on and off the bike, a lot of sweat, a lot of mud, and a lot of potential...
Intervals on Trail? And how easy is too easy for endurance?
We discuss two listener questions today. 1) Should you do intervals on the trail or on the road/track? Off-Road intervals for Offoad Athletes? 2) How easy is too easy for endurance and how to set endurance zones. Download or find links in your favorite Podcast App...
Racing
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Mindset
Your Athlete Body Image Right Now (And When You Can’t Train)
It's common for athletes to have issues with body image in general, and I feel like it's even more common right now when training and racing are kind of all over the place. I spoke to two amazing sports psychologists for a piece over on Map My Run diving into the...
What Athletic Reads We’re Loving: Summer 2020
If you're looking for books for athlete types who are trying to figure out how to navigate the current situation, stay motivated and maybe just learn some new stuff, you've come to the right place... Here's what's on our bookshelves right now! New Reads The Athlete's...
Where We’re At 3 Months Into Lockdown
I'm pretty excited writing this because here in Ontario, our lockdown is finally starting to ease up, with patios for restaurants now open and gatherings of 10 now allowed. But that *just* happened. So, what have we been up to and what have we learned? We decided to...
Nutrition
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Lifestyle
DIY or Buy: My Shopping Evolution, De-volution and Revolution
I used to be hella into DIY. And admittedly, not super-high quality DIY. Really easy stuff like taking XXXL band tshirts and making them ultra-tiny. Spray painting logos onto backpacks. Knitting. I had not one, but two zines. And then, in the past few years, that...
Active Travel for the Consummate Athlete
Travel Tips, Adventure, digital nomad, work-life, Molly and Peter talk travel. How to eat, how to work, how to train/exercise and how to take care of yourself on the road. Art of Active Travel Ebook http://ConsummateAthlete.com/shop/art-of-active-travel-ebook/ Don’t...
Interbike Survival 101: Healthy Habits
I love Interbike and Las Vegas, I have to admit. But still, it's a draining week, and in years past, it's taken me a few weeks to recover from. This year, we came straight from Madison and the Trek CXC race and go straight to Iowa for Jingle Cross on Thursday night....
Women Specific
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Gear
Favorite New Gear Picks: Spring 2020
Every season, we're going to be posting about some of the new finds we've made when it comes to the best gear for the Consummate Athlete lifestyle. It's a bit of a mashup, from bikes to running shoes to clothing to kitchen gadgets to other sport accessories for an...
Thinking of Quitting Strava?
Earlier this week, Strava announced a major change: To access features like full leaderboards or route makers, subscribers would have to start paying for the $5 month premium plan. Feelings were mixed: To some, this felt like an outrage and quitting Strava seemed like...
Our Best Running Gear Picks
Finding the best running gear is a challenge, and one we've been working on for... well, over a decade. Since we re-launched the Consummate Athlete site, we wanted to take this chance to talk about some of our absolute favorite gear for the adventures that we do. So...
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