During your last group ride you blew a snot rocket just as the wind shifted direction. You are banned from the group for excessive slime. You get lost so routinely the group repainted markers on the road with raised neon orange paint. They include your name. After one particularly bad unclipping incident you come back …
This post is based on a couple excellent articles in Outside Magazine by Alex Hutchinson and scholarly papers linked in the articles. I’ll let you read the articles and papers if you – like me – want a look at the science behind this information. The articles are pretty straightforward. Hutchinson did a great job …
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1) After your last angry outburst your scale tried to escape by riding off on your Roomba. 2) Your computrainer class is having weigh-ins for accountability. In an effort to gain an edge you inhale helium before stepping on the scale. It doesn’t work but you have a new nickname: sugar quacks. …
While out running with your training partner you sight a tornado, and they insist on running at least three more miles to stay on their training plan. Your training partner plans summer runs and bike rides around the ice cream truck schedule. Your training partner signed you up for a group exercise class that involved …
Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence by Gary Mack with David Casstevens This off season I’m reading books about sports psychology looking for techniques to improve my mental game. I started with Mind Gym by Gary Mack, a sports psychologist, who worked with teams such as the Seattle Mariners and Phoenix Suns. …
