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  • Newsletter Issue No. 924

    July 30, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. How Old Are You Really? By Coach John Hughes I started thinking about this in 2009, the year I turned 60. I had the pleasure of crewing for an age 75+ 4-man team in the Race Across America. The Great Grand PAC Masters raced 3017.3…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 923

    July 23, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. Ask the Coach: How Should a Beginning Cyclist Train? By Coach John Hughes Training stress + rest = training success When asked how to improve Eddy “the Cannibal” Merckx put it simply, “Ride more!” Merckx was the most successful professional racer of all time. Merckx…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 922

    July 16, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. More Lessons from My 92-Year-Old Hero By Coach John Hughes I wrote a recent column on My 92-Year-Old Hero: What We Can Learn. I’m living with Rick helping him to recover from a fall. I went home for three days and when we got back…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 921

    July 2, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. We’re taking next week off, so no newsletter next Thursday. Back soon! Ask the Coach: Coming Back From Surgery, Injury or Illness By Coach John Hughes Almost every cyclist at some point has to come back from surgery, injury or illness.  Although I’m describing how…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 920

    June 25, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. My 92-Year-Old Hero:  What We Can Learn By Coach John Hughes I’m now living with my 92-year-old friend Rick.  He’s lived alone for a decade. He has a bad hip so he gets around with a walker.  A caregiver Betty comes in the morning to…