By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher “You can’t outrun your genes.” I heard this mantra from my doctor every time I saw him over the past three years for my annual physical. It was his blunt way of recommending that I get a coronary calcium scan to check for any plaque buildup in my coronary…
By Mike Tierney I could feel the burn again on a recent ride. Most of us sporty cyclists live for the burn in our training. We embrace it, recover from it and are strengthened by it. It’s a common part of almost all of our rides. But this burn was different. I was doing one…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Mike Tierney, who writes The Wheel Builder column for RBR, emailed Coach David Ertl and me a couple weeks ago with the attention-grabbing subject line: “Angina.” I knew immediately (if not 100% accurately) what that word meant. My dad died at 66 after suffering from heart disease and related problems…
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By Coach John Hughes We all know what lactate is – it causes the burn in our legs. However, physiologists differ in what they call it, how to measure it and how to use it: lactate threshold, anaerobic threshold, ventilatory threshold, onset of blood lactic acid (OBLA), etc. You don’t need a Ph.D….
