Achieving Athletic Goals During Pregnancy and Beyond
January 7, 2018Pregnancy is definitely something that will slow a female athlete down bit by bit, but it doesn’t mean you have to give up on future goals and aspirations.
The Twelve Days of Christmas Cycling Style
December 21, 2017On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a bicycle oh yippee
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The Pregnant Cyclist Weeks 23-27: New Limits and Adapting my Training Routine
December 13, 2017I was starting to feel more of a toll on my body in different ways which posed some new challenges for me.
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Post Workout Stretching – The Long & Short of It
November 30, 2017Stretching, something many of us skip after a workout, however it’s probably just as important as the workout itself.
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The Pregnant Cyclist – Feeling Better in Weeks 13-22
November 16, 2017As you enter the second trimester your heart begins to work about forty percent harder and pump more blood than before and so your heartrate will be higher even during moderate efforts.
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Cycling – Fifty Percent Skills, Fifty Percent Confidence
November 9, 2017Every cyclist needs to learn some basic and more advanced skills, but at a certain point once you master those skills making gains becomes more about confidence in yourself on the bike.
The Challenges of Being a Pregnant Cyclist – First Trimester
October 24, 2017This was fantastic news and something that I had wanted to happen, but what did this pregnancy mean for me in regard to my riding and training?
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Burnt Out from Dealing with Aggressive Motorists
September 27, 2017A car had come up behind me and decided that their need to make a left turn trumped mine and that they needed to scare the crap out of me to let me know it.
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Pressed for Time? Making the Most of an Hour on the Bike
September 10, 2017Now that the days are getting shorter, even those early morning or post work rides may be getting cut shorter and shorter due to dwindling daylight. These are the times where it is great to have some kind of plan for your riding to make the most of the time you do have on the bike.
The Air is Thinner Up Here – The Challenges of Training at Altitude
September 4, 2017I quickly began to feel like my heart was pounding out of my chest. Since there was less oxygen at this altitude, each breath I took gave my body much less of the 02 it was looking for.