By Coach Rick Schultz First off, saddle soreness and saddle sores are two completely different things. Saddle soreness is normally caused by not having built up enough "defenses" to the highly focused pressure normally felt in the sit-bones area (in other words, you haven't broken your body in yet) and/or muscle/soft tissue damage from long hours in an ill-fitting … [Read more...] about A Primer on Saddle Sores
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Eating Like an Olympian (Roadie), Part 2
By Coach John Hughes In last week’s column, Eating Like an Olympian, Part 1, I described in general how an Olympic athlete eats and drinks. More specifically, what can we learn from how they eat daily? How should a regular roadie eat every day? As I noted last week, “Nutrition plans need to be personalized to the individual athlete totake into … [Read more...] about Eating Like an Olympian (Roadie), Part 2
Eating Like an Olympian, Part 1
By Coach John Hughes Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) won gold in the Olympic men’s road race in 6:10:05. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) took silver and Rafal Majka (Poland) took bronze. 140+ riders started the race on the 237.5 km (146-mile) course. Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) won gold in the women’s race (141 km, or 88 miles) in 3:51:07. Emma Johansson … [Read more...] about Eating Like an Olympian, Part 1
Which Electrolytes Do You Really Need?
By Coach John Hughes It was 95F (35C) and sweat was dripping into my eyes a few years back, so I tied a bandana around my head and put my cowboy hat back on. My wife and I were sitting in the sun listening to Yonder Mountain String Band’s Sunday morning gospel set at RockyGrass, the annual bluegrass festival only a few miles from our house in Boulder, Colorado. Yonder … [Read more...] about Which Electrolytes Do You Really Need?
Coach Fred Matheny: Riding Off Into the Sunset
By Coach Fred Matheny After 39 years of writing about bikes, I'm riding off into the sunset, retiring from RBR. I wrote my first cycling article for the now-defunct magazine Bike World in 1977. (I hope my article didn't hasten its demise.) That was followed by a stint writing for Velonews when it was located in Brattleboro, Vermont. Ed Pavelka was the … [Read more...] about Coach Fred Matheny: Riding Off Into the Sunset