I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I decided to ride with some of my pedal RACING teammates. Not long after we left the Start line, were we hammering it to the halfway point. My goal was to PR the ERock Century Ride, but I wasn’t expecting to go this fast. I…
I first learned about “The Wall” – as it’s so aptly named – from American Flyers. You know, the 1985 cycling film? With their poor excuses for helmets and toe-clips. I previewed “The Wall” after the Time Trial the day before to see just how steep this sucker was. Of course, I took it easy…
It’s daunting to think about creating an entire year’s worth of daily workouts. My first time creating an Annual Training Plan (ATP) was confusing, frustrating, and felt like it took forever. I researched, read, analyzed, procrastinated, and swore a lot. My biggest problem was not having specific goals. Also, add that I had no idea…
Because I didn’t preview the TT course, I had no idea what to expect. Which, if you’ve read any of my previous anecdotal posts, you’ll know by now that it’s imperative to preview courses. This is why I rarely previewed courses: I didn’t think it was necessary. It was too much work to find the…
I can’t say this race’s name without thinking of Dorthy and her skipping along the yellow brick road. Although, this race was anything but a skip through some fields. We weren’t in Denver anymore. Racers Ready – Practice Starting We lined up, all chatting away our nerves. I was next to Anna and wanted to…
Fear not. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor…
They warned me. They told me women’s teams raced dirty. I was on the offense before we even clipped in. Well, when they blew the whistle, I couldn’t actually clip in (new pedals that I wasn’t used to), so I fell to the back of the pack quickly. Eventually, I caught up-ish. The Front Range…
As cyclists, we are privy to weaker upper bodies, giant legs, and oh, saddle sores. It’s one of those things that everyone gets but never talks about although we are all aware of them. It’s like when everyone in your house is “on a diet,” but secretly everyone is sneaking into the kitchen eating sugar….
Dead. Fucking. Last. I joke about that. Have, at least. Right before the whistle blew or the counter said, “Go,” I’d joke and say, “DFL is better than DNF.” Dead Fucking Last is better than Did Not Finish. I laughed it off because I never thought that’d be me. When my teammates or people I…
Last Sunday, January 22, I attended a Clinic at Wheat Ridge Cyclery: “Base Training and Nutritional Periodization” by Presented by Steve Acuna B.S. Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Metabolic Specialist and Nutrition Coach. This is what I learned: Base Training Base training is physiological training in that your focus is on increasing: Mitochondria Density Increase the…