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Should You Do a Festive 500 Challenge?
Over on The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we get asked about challenges a lot. There are things like running every day, or streaks or even Peter's challenge to NOT ride indoors in November. One challenge that seems to have stuck around is the Festive 500. In this post...
Can You Have a Perfect Workout? (And What to Do When Things Go Sideways.)
Are your Workouts Perfect? It is sadly very common that cyclists get frustrated because they 'had' to quit a workout or couldn't follow their training plan 100% as laid out. The dirty secret is that the best athletes don't do 100% of their training, they adjust daily...
No Goal for 2025? Do These 5 Things
If you’re in the same boat as I am, you don’t yet have a clear goal for 2025. This can be a weird place to be as everyone seems to be dialing in their calendar for the upcoming season. Maybe you have a vague idea of what you want to do, maybe you have too many...
Training
New 30-Minute Yoga Video with Molly + RogersTV
Over on the Collingwood Rogers TV channel, you may spot a familiar face running you through a 30 minute yoga routine... that's right, I'm on public access TV (making all of my teenage Wayne's World fantasies come true). You can also catch this 30-minute yoga routine...
Why I Rarely Post on Strava
The Strava comparison trap is real. While I don't think that many people are constantly looking at my Strava feed and wondering why I don't post my training, it is something I get asked occasionally, and actually, something that Hilary Spires and I talked about in our...
Featured Training Plan: Cyclocross Summer Build
Cyclocross Summer Build Training Plan Available here This plan is ideally July/August/Sept or Aug/Sept/October depending on when your goal races are. The month in the plan has some racing but these are ideally less important races to help polish off your fitness...
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Mindset
What I’m Reading: “TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking”
"TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking" by Chris Anderson made its way onto my reading list a while ago and I finally made some time to dig into it in the last month. And OK, this isn't strictly athletic. In fact, it's more geared towards the fact that...
Boost Your Mental Game with Sam Hale
Today we talk to Sam Hale, of Launch Peak Performance, about how he coaches athletes on their mental game. DOWNLOAD THIS CONSUMMATE ATHLETE EPISODE iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/consummate-athlete-podcast/ RSS/Play...
November Check-In
Peter and I were talking the other day about how much we miss the old blog-o-sphere days. We both had our own racing blogs (his; mine) and we both followed a ton of other racers blogs. It was triathletes like Maija and Marni who inspired me to be the racer that I was,...
Nutrition
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Gear
What’s In Her Bag: My Everyday Work + Errand Backpack
I am SO excited about this new feature I'm starting on TheOutdoorEdit: The 'What's in Her Bag' section. Each week, I'm going to feature the everyday/gym/race day/sport-specific/food bag of an athlete that I love. I've been obsessed with the 'what's in her bag'...
Choosing the Right Gear for Your First Ultra-Run
Over on Gear Junkie, I wrote all about my first ultra-running experience (the Killington Under Armour Mountain Run last summer) and what I learned about gear—plus a few tips from seasoned veterans of ultra. There are so many things I learned since that first race—like...
Finding Your Inner Superhero: The Psychology of Performance Clothing for Athletes
Over on Women's Running, I've been writing a bit of fashion-related content lately... And one thing I wanted to start with was why and how it can actually matter to you as a runner. Sure, it doesn't *really* matter what color you're wearing if your clothes fit and...
Videos
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