Riding, Just for the Love of it
February 22, 2021I ride just for the love of it, and before I ever raced or participated in events like fondos, I enjoyed just being on my bike.
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Simple Winter Strength Training for Cyclists
January 25, 2020This focus on strengthening your muscles will enhance your performance, help with injury prevention and aid in making you a more powerful and efficient athlete.
Great Legs, Terrible Legs: The Effect of Dehydration on Performance
July 10, 2019I realized that most days during that week I didn’t drink very much water. Could dehydration really effect my muscles and my recovery that much?
Memories of Marty
May 7, 2019Marty was friendly, approachable and seemed to know how to explain things to people who were relatively clueless about bicycles.
Looking back on my First Decade of Cycling
February 20, 2019In 2008 I bought my first road bike and rekindled a love of bikes that had been absent since I was about thirteen years old.
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Mind Over Matter – Suffering to Achieve your Goals
November 6, 2018I slowly began to grasp that I should have been pushing myself to the point that my legs were begging for mercy by the end.
The Bare Essentials to Keep You Riding through the Fall
October 26, 2018By investing around $100 in just a few key pieces of cycling gear you can keep riding throughout the fall and even early winter.
Rebuilding my Cycling Confidence
September 19, 2018I felt like I was losing the joy that cycling used to bring me and I wasn’t sure how to get it back.
Finding Balance: Riding, Racing and Being a New Mom
June 13, 2018I had only been back on the bike for three or four weeks at that point, not feeling very fast or strong, yet I decided to make my return to racing with a time trial, just eleven weeks postpartum.
Getting Back on the Bike, Post Baby
April 26, 2018In spite of the fact that I was active all throughout my pregnancy, I realized I was going to have my work cut out for me to get back into the kind of shape I was in last spring.