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Nov. 12, 2008Project Pruitt: A cyclist tries to come back from a nagging knee injury.
Editor’s note:Tom LeCarner, VeloNews’ copy editor, is a 41-year-old longtime cyclist and former racer who has been struggling with tendonitis this year. Specialized has offered to help Tom overcome his injuries with its Body Geometry ...
Nov. 10, 2008What about caffeine after exercise?
Almost any cyclist, pro or dedicated local racer is very familiar with the many performance benefits of caffeine. You may indulge in a caffeine laden early morning wake-up call for a pre-dawn training session, and now have a variety of sports bars, ...
Nov. 7, 2008The Coach(ed) Corner: Chasing rabbits
I don’t know about the rest of my fellow weekend warrior ’cross-aholics, but race time is often also deep thoughts time. It’s not like I’m out there unfurling the complexities of E=mc2 while hopping barriers. But rarely does a ...
Oct. 24, 2008The Coach(ed) Corner: Business, pleasure and pain
I think it was about halfway through cyclocross race No. 2 last Saturday when cottonmouth turned to metal mouth. If you’ve raced, run or just ridden hard, you know what I’m talking about — that sickly taste that’s akin to chewing on aluminum ...
Oct. 21, 2008The Feedzone: Your best exercise during the holidays is pushing away from the table
A successful race season is behind you, and in the coming weeks there will be dark mornings, early sunsets, and — for many of us in the Northern Hemisphere — a long stretch of colder temperatures as well. While you likely will tough it out on ...
Oct. 3, 2008Cyclocross racing tips from Coach Neal Henderson: the key is to keep looking ahead
Greetings from seat 15B of Continental flight 34, Denver to Houston. It’s leg No. 1 of a two-flight journey that will deposit me in Chihuahua, Mexico, a few days ahead of next week’s seven-stage Vuelta a Chihuahua. I can’t tell you a whole ...
Oct. 1, 2008Nutritionist Monique Ryan shares some meal plans and thoughts about cyclocross nutrition.
Cyclocross season has begun and your race calendar is set. Your diet may require a few adjustments for the shorter, but often very high intensity rides. Fueling and hydration strategies may also need adjustment for cooler weather training, and a ...
Sep. 20, 2008Training Diary: Reporting on Lance Armstrong and riding Pearl Pass
It was a weekend of great contrast here in the land of the coached. The latest adventure started in Crested Butte last Friday when I got a call from the VeloNews edit desk. Turned out one Lance Armstrong was going to be racing near Aspen ...
Sep. 5, 2008Jason Sumner finishes his summer with an epic.
I’d like to tell you that this week’s headline refers to a late-summer triumph here on the ultra-competitive Boulder road racing circuit, but I can’t. No mountain bike wins either. Not even a lotto scratch ticket. What I can say is that ...
Aug. 29, 2008A successfull 'cross season begins now.
Editor's Note: The following column was written by Matt Shriver, an Exercise Specialist and Senior Level Coach with Colorado Premier Training. He also is a professional cyclist ...
Aug. 13, 2008The Evolution of Aero
I remember a hot, muggy day in Savannah, Georgia, way back in 1983. The state time trial was an event I had looked forward to for a long time. I had trained really hard for it, and always enjoyed the test against the clock. This particular year, I ...
Jul. 25, 2008The Coach(ed) Corner:
The headline says it all. After a seven-day flogging at the BC Bike Race, it’s been R&R time here in the land of the coached. I took a week off after the race and am just now starting to crank it up again. The 330-mile mountain bike stage ...