By Coach John Hughes Let’s review. Your goal is to stay as fit and healthy as possible for the rest of your life, what the gerontologists call “squaring the geriatric curve.” You can control the rates of decline of your different physiological systems. How? By following the Four Pillars, which I’ve been detailing…
By Coach John Hughes Cycling legend Ned Overend on training: “I do exactly what I’ve always done; it just takes me longer.” Overend, now 62, won the first UCI World Mountain Bike championship in 1990. Last year “Deadly Nedly” took second overall in the Iron Horse Classic Omnium in Durango. He was third…
By John Marsh On a ride with a buddy last week, as we were rolling toward home on a 2-lane road that leads to the “downtown” area of a small Atlanta suburb, we passed a cycling couple about a half mile from an upcoming intersection that crosses a 4-lane road. The 2-lane road we were…
By Jim Langley The great comments on last week’s Basic Clipless Pedals Care story (which are featured in today’s Quick Tips), got me thinking of even more tips for pedals this week – especially since not everyone uses clipless pedals. So here are some other things that will come in handy the next time you…
By Coach John Hughes “I have a new approach to being a ‘Superager’,” says Elizabeth Wicks, who just turned 73. “You must expend enough effort that you feel some ‘yuck.’ Do it till it hurts, and then a bit more.” As I write this, I’m sitting near my father-in-law, Dick, who turns 90…
