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What I Learned About Training Efficiency from an Internet Outage
If you're living in Canada, you likely heard or experienced the internet and cell outage that Rogers had last week. While we didn't lost cell...
A Quick Look at 4 Steps of My Morning Routine
I recently did a piece for Bicycling magazine about how doing yoga every single morning—just a short yoga/core routine—for the last 6 years has made...
“Chatter” by Ethan Kross – Athletic Bookworms March Pick
I love a good sports psych book, but when I heard Ethan Kross on a podcast recently, I realized that his book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why...
What Is ERG Mode on the Trainer (and How to Use It)
This post will help you understand ERG mode, a common feature on Smart Trainer Software, Apps, and older Head Units (e.g. Computrainer). What is ERG...
Recap + Review: “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals”
This month's Athletic Bookworms felt appropriate for heading into the new year: "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" by Oliver...
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...
“Where There’s a Will” by Emily Chappell: Athletic Bookworms Discussion
For the first Athletic Bookworms pick, we read Where there's a Will by endurance cyclist Emily Chappell. It's fantastically written and just a great...
Get Started or Return to Cyclocross
This week we discuss cyclocross racing a combination of road and mountain bikes that require riders to dismount and run several times over a short...
Struggling to Make Time to Train? 5 Tips from a Productivity Expert
We talk a lot about being motivated to train, but the reality is that most of us are likely motivated, but time-starved. We have massive to-do lists...
Running the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Killarney Provincial Park
Last Thursday (for context, that was June 24, 2021 for anyone reading this later looking for tips on running La Cloche) I finally FINALLY managed to...
Vision and Attention: Your Keys to Riding Faster
Whether you want to thrive in a road group ride or shred the local single-track, where you are looking will determine much of your success: Vision...