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Weekly Cycling
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Where masters cyclists and endurance athletes learn to train smarter, stay healthy, and improve performance to reach their goals.
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On The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we’re digging into how to be the best endurance athlete you can be. We talk to experts and athletes, and share our combined 40+ years of experience in the endurance sport world so that you can train efficiently and race smart.
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Podcast Episodes
Goals for Recreational Cyclists & Heart Rate Decoupling
Today we discuss two listener questions about how to set goals if you are a cyclist who does not compete and another one around the concept of Heart Rate Decoupling. This Episode is Brought to You By: The Payable Add-on for Google Forms – Try it out...
Training Through Stress & Starting Strength or Running This Fall
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we answer listener questions about training through stressful periods and offer tips for masters cyclists on starting strength training and running this fall. This Episode is Brought to You By: The Payable Add-on...
Rebecca Rusch on Concussions + the Real Toll They Take
Rebecca Rusch joins Peter and Molly for her third appearance on the Consummate Athlete Podcast to discuss her personal experience with a traumatic brain injury and her extended recovery from her crash. This journey inspired her to learn more about concussions and...
Category Upgrades & Should You Keep Racing as You Get Older?
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we tackle two important questions for masters cyclists about racing, category upgrades, and the evolution of athletic goals as we get older. Coach Peter Glassford and Author Molly Hurford dive into the nuances of...
End of Season Adventures: How, Why, and Why Not to Go Big This Fall
Join Peter and Molly as they dive into the appeal of taking on last-minute, end-of-season endurance adventures—whether it’s a big race, a challenging ride, or an epic endurance event. They share real-life examples from clients and explore how factors like sport,...
Fall Cycling Fitness: How to Train When You’re Between Races
Join Peter and Molly as they discuss cycling training strategies for the fall, off-season and/or Transition Periods—the time after your major "A" races when you may not have a specific goal on the horizon. They explore how your current motivation, injury, illness and...
Recovery between Races – Cyclocross, Masters-Athletes + Weeklys
Peter and Molly discuss a common question in the late summer and early fall about recovering between intervals, races and weekly practices or practice cyclocross races. They look at the importance of planning the season, month and week to include recovery and also how...
Molly’s Leadville 100 Race Report—The A Goal That Wasn’t
This post includes the podcast we recorded as well as Molly's written race report below. The Leadville 100 Run Episodes and Adventure were presented by Payable! Use this Add-on to collect Payments in Your Google Forms! Check out Payable Apps in the Google Workspace...
How and When to Modify or End a Workout
Join Peter and Molly as they tackle a common challenge faced by athletes: finding the time, energy, and focus to complete your workouts. A listener asks whether they should push through and stick to the plan or if they risk overtraining and if the fatigue they feel...
