January 2010 Entries
Did you know that when you climb a 6-8% hill for every additional pound you carry, it will cost you three watts? Hmmmm…has your mind drifted towards buying your way out of lugging any extra weight up the climbs this season like purchasing the titanium bike or lighter wheels or how about taking off that extra waterbottle cage?
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The final race of the Cyclocross season for me was this Sunday at Fort Ord. Some would consider the weather we are now having "real" Cyclocross conditions! For those of us here in CA, it was the first real mud of the season. Being near the ocean, Fort Ord is typically very sandy. Even their mud is sandy, which is very different from the sticky, clay mud we have here. Cyclocross racers have many different categories for mud!
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Got a question for you. I have been riding a 62cm Bianchi that has been modified to fit my 6'5" frame for 11 years. I was never truly fitted correctly. Back in November I went to a bike shop (Bicycle Garage in Bloomington, IN) to be properly fitted. He put me through all the paces and has found a bike that he believes will be the one for me - a 64cm Trek 2.3. I am anticipating delivery sometime in January. My question though is one of concern: how do I "retrain" my legs, knees, etc for th
Sunday was the final of the Surf City Cyclocross Series in Aptos, CA. We all had a 3 week break from racing over the holidays and while I took advantage of some time off work to do some riding, I had not done anything close to race intensity since the last race! The CX season is definitely winding down and fields are getting smaller - I think the only people still racing in the US are those here in CA and those going to Worlds at the end of January! ... Read More
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia – New Team TIBCO rider Ruth Corset has won the Australian National Road Race Championship. On a day that saw temperatures reach 34ºC (93ºF), Corset put in a well-timed counterattack of a move by new teammate Emma Mackie on the second to last lap to bridge up to the duo of Judith Arndt and Rachel Neylan.
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From what I can see my power has increased from my sprints on up, however, my power gains don’t seem to manifest themselves in my criterium racing and have trouble staying with the pack. Any thoughts?
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis returns a solid core of veterans to work with a strong new crop of young riders for the 2010 season. "One of the things this organization has always done well, from day one, is to blend veteran professionals with younger riders into consistently strong teams," said team Directeur Sportif Mike Tamayo. "The new group we have coming in has a lot of talent." ... Read More...
January 1, 2010 (Redwood City, CA) - Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team today announced its 2010 official roster headlined by three Olympians and Geelong World Cup winner Katheryn Curi Mattis. Olympians Gina Grain and Erinne Willock, Webcor teammates in 2009, will be joined by Alex Wrubleski, another 2008 Olympian who is rejoining Webcor after a year's absence. Mattis is returning for her sixth year on the Webcor squad.
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Three little words. It seems so simple so straightforward. It rolls easier off our tongue than entering our ears doesn’t it? We’ve got too much on our plate and at this point, it doesn’t matter whether we have overloaded it or someone else has, it’s there and the plate has gone from being full and tasting good to a sick-to-the-stomach overwhelming kind of feeling.
“OK…we’re stressed, get to the point and tell us how we keep the training going!” Read the rest of the Tip...