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Choosing Your Values – And Applying Them to Training + Racing
As we head into the new year and goal setting season, we’ve been reflecting a lot on our values, and then using that lens to figure out our race schedule and work/life goals for this coming year. One of our favorite podcast guests, Dr. Josie Perry, shared a few...
December Can Be a Challenge for the Type A Athlete
Personally, I find December to be one of the trickiest months. Often, I feel like I'm being pulled in three distinct directions—which is par for the course, but in December, the feeling is extremely exacerbated. The holiday season makes me want to lean into holiday...
Should You Do the Festive 500 and What is Zone 2 for a Masters Cyclist?
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter Glassford and Molly Hurford discuss a listener questiona about what Zone 2 is for a masters aged cyclist who wants to keep it simple. The other question discussed is about the Festive 500 challenge. We...
Training
3 Ways to Build for a MTB Race
Getting ready to head into prep for an early season MTB challenge? We've got a plan for that. Check out these three plans to build up to MTB Endurance Events: MTB Marathon Endurance Plan (3+ hour-long race) MTB Racing Plan (for shorter races under 3 hours)...
3 Months of RPE-Based Training
Tired of dealing with data, or don't own a heart rate monitor/power meter yet? You might want to try out this RPE (perceived exertion)-based plan. This plan is made to be SIMPLE to execute. Descriptions are short and leave you lots of room to interpret the terrain and...
Scheduling Your Training… As Part of Your Work + Life
I'm betting if you struggle to get your training done on a daily basis, part of it can be blamed on one simple fact: Your work and life calendar likely sits in Google, while your training schedule is sitting in Training Peaks or is written down on a piece of paper...
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Mindset
How To Be Outside Speaker Series in Collingwood Today!
I'm so excited that Collingwood Today featured the How to Be Outside Speaker Series on their site! I talked to the awesome author, Maddie Johnson, last week about my hopes for the upcoming event (Get your tickets now!) and I'm so thrilled about how much buzz around...
Meditation, Essential Oils for Athletes – Laura Wilson
Laura Wilson talks to Molly about using essential oils and how to get started with meditation. DOWNLOAD THIS CONSUMMATE ATHLETE EPISODE iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/consummate-athlete-podcast/ RSS/Play...
I Got to Interview Wonder Woman!
If you know me, you know that I'm a huge comic book nerd and that I am firmly in the DC universe camp. So naturally, when I got asked if I was interested in interviewing Gal Gadot, AKA Wonder Woman, about her healthy lifestyle, I absolutely jumped at the chance. Not...
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Gear
Hiking in Fall: My Best Cold-Weather Camping and Backpacking Tips for Newbies
On our very last-minute fall hiking trip last weekend, I knew 2 things: I was going to be cold, and we did not necessarily have all the right gear. But I made do! I'll talk all about the exact trip—74 kilometers of the Western Uplands Trail in Algonquin Provincial...
Organizing Your Cyclocross Gear for Less Mess (and Mud)
READER QUESTION: Can you maybe do something on how to organize your gear for cyclocross? I feel like my vehicle is a disaster and disorganized putting me into a panic before races to find stuff. Small storage bins, bags? Any hacks would be awesome. Thanks! As everyone...
Megan Roche – Training Happy, Injury, Failure and Dogs
Doctor, Coach and Elite Trail runner Meghan Roche joins us to talk about being a happy runner, dealing with failure, injury, balancing work+training, body image and ... dogs. DOWNLOAD THIS CONSUMMATE ATHLETE EPISODE Social and Links Get Megan Roche's book "The Happy...
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