September 24, 2020 Anti-Aging: 8 Tips to Ride Smarter By Coach John Hughes Baseball great Yogi Berra said, “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” In my almost 50 years of riding I’ve found that mental skills are at least as important as physical fitness. Mental skills are just like cycling skills;…
September 17, 2020 Anti-Aging: The Full Body Workout By Coach John Hughes We live in the Rocky Mountains near Winter Park, CO. To the west of us the Williams Fork wildfire is burning and to the north the Cameron Peak fire. Fortunately, neither is nearly as severe as the fires ravaging the west coast and…
September 10, 2020 10 Common Mistakes to Avoid Whether You’re a New or Veteran Rider By Coach John Hughes Even veterans make mistakes! After 20 years of ultra racing and setting course records in the 508-mile Furnace Creek qualifier for the Race Across America, the 1200K Boston-Montreal-Boston, from Reno to Tucson and N-S across Oregon…….
September 3, 2020 Anti-Aging: E-bikes, Fun and Fitness By Coach John Hughes I stopped by the Icebox our cycling and skiing store here in Fraser, CO to talk with Brian about lower gears on my Merlin. (Fraser is one of the coldest places in the US hence the name Icebox.) The bike is my favorite:…
August 27, 2020 Riding in Low and High Humidity By Coach John Hughes I live in Colorado and the forecast high is 90F (32.2 C) with 17 percent humidity. Colorado is high desert and Denver’s annual total precipitation from rain and snow is 14.3 inches. On days like today we say, “At least it’s a…
