By Coach John Hughes A Wall Street Journal article titled Elite Athletes Try a New Training Tactic: More Vitamin D garnered a lot of attention on one of the randonneuring chat lists I frequent. The article discussed how some college and pro sports teams “think the nutrient may help players avoid injury, among other benefits.” While it’s an…
By Coach John Hughes By the time I reached my riding goals for the year, and with winter looming, I was tired of riding. We can ride all winter around Boulder, but it’s riding on the plains and – to me, at least – rather boring, and often not in ideal conditions. I…
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to partner with Diane Lees and The Outspoken Podcast to provide another form of relevant, helpful cycling information to our readers. Following is Diane’s intro to this week’s podcast. Our guest this week is race announcer Dave Towle, rememberer of all things from the Coors Classic Days. He’s an extraordinary race…
By Coach John Hughes Brent Bookwalter, who raced for BMC, advises that if you have a choice between an extra 20 minutes of riding or spending that time recovering, choose recovery. Think of the holidays as time for quality recovery, a time to gain freshness. Freshness means that you are fully recovered from all of…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Next Newsletter January 7 Both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on the next two Thursdays, our long-time publishing day. I’m sure the same is true for you, but those days for me are days to spend with family and friends, and days on which I…
