By Coach John Hughes What do the pros eat to fuel racing like this? Here are the results of the first four stages of the Tour de France: Stage 1: 201 km won by Fernando Gaviria Quick-Step Floors in 4:23:32, 45.86 km/h (28.50 mph) Stage 2: 182.5 km won by Peter Sagan BORA – Hansgrohe in 4:06:37, 44.51 km/h (27.66 mph) Stage 3: 35.5 km won by BMC Racing Team in 38:46, 54.95 km/h … [Read more...] about Learning from the Pros: Cycling Nutrition
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Lack of Vitamin D May Harm Athletes
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A new study in mice shows that having low levels of vitamin D may harm athletes and exercisers by limiting how long they can exercise (Aging, June 2018). Six-month old mice were put on a low vitamin D diet for one year. A six-month-old mouse is equivalent to a 25 year old human and one mouse-year equals 25 human-years. After two weeks, the mice on the … [Read more...] about Lack of Vitamin D May Harm Athletes
Simple Home Exercise for Knee Pain
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley I’m opening this week with a funny story because I’m in a much better mood recently (tell you why in a minute). It’s a tale about something that happened while my wife Deb and I were biking across country in the winter of 1979. We left New Hampshire in October, just days after the season’s first snowstorm. So my custom Richard Sachs and her … [Read more...] about Simple Home Exercise for Knee Pain
Heat Tolerance and Aging
By Coach John Hughes I was 46 when I bought my home in Boulder, CO in 1995 and the heating and cooling systems were like a cabin. When it was cold I chopped wood and built fires in the wood stoves. When it was hot I opened both low and high windows to increase the airflow. About 10 years ago my wife and I decided that getting up when it was only 50F in the house and building … [Read more...] about Heat Tolerance and Aging
Ask the Coach: What’s Next When Bike Racing Season is Finished?
By Rick Schultz It’s early July and the 2018 bicycle racing season is almost over. Only one last big criterium scheduled in Southern California and this one will determine state champions in six different categories. If you're a racing road cyclist facing the end of the season with no more races to train for, now what? Turns out there are a lot of options to stay fit, … [Read more...] about Ask the Coach: What’s Next When Bike Racing Season is Finished?