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Aero Position: Does it Have to be a Pain in the Neck?

By Peg Labiuk | May 11, 2013
Aero In this week's Training Corner, Coach Peg responds to a reader's question about strengthening the neck for long distance triathlons and how to avoid injury....

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Cost-per-Use of Our Outdoor Gear. An Inverse of Our Quality of Life?

By Marilyn Trout | May 02, 2013
Cost-per-Use I came across an article by Brendan Leonard who has a pithy blog about “the relentless pursuit of the everyman's, and every woman's, adventure.” Whether planned or spontaneous, bucket list or daily grind, I must admit this “pursuit of adventure” runs deep within every fiber of my being....

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Getting the Most out of Yoga for Good Form on the Bike

By Leslee Schenk Trzcinski | April 19, 2013
Getting Whether you are a time-starved cyclist trying to optimize performance, a dedicated yoga practitioner, or somewhere in between, the following tips are GREAT reminders how to improve EVERY yoga/mobility move. ...

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Shoulder Pain on Long Rides

By Peg Labiuk | March 22, 2013
Shoulder Can you tell me how to avoid shoulder pain while riding, especially longer rides? The pain is normally between my shoulder blades and sometimes really burns. I've been fitted for my bike and have been told I have a good riding posture/form. I'm relaxed and don't seem to be tensed....

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Changing Gears with Masters World Champion Annette Williams

By Marilyn Trout / Annette Williams | March 11, 2013
Changing I first 'met' Annette on her cycling resume while sizing up our competition for the 2012 Masters National Track Championships. Yikes. She made good on my impression & annihilated us all taking every event that she entered. Months later at the World Championships in Manchester, she added another rainbow jersey to her collection. She is so much more than the classy champion hanging out at the velodrome. Enjoy reading more about Annette’s journey & how she has learned to change gears with wisdom....

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Recovery for a Multi-Event Day

By Peg Labiuk | March 08, 2013
Recovery Back in May you wrote about using cold water and ice for recovery after a hard ride. That tip really helped me this summer. Taking that a step further, should I use this cold recovery method for a multi-event day? In other words, if I have two competitions a few hours apart (like time trials) should I use ice therapy in between for recovery? Or, should I just stretch and stay loose?...

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Sauna: Good or Bad for Recovery?

By Peg Labiuk | March 01, 2013
Sauna: A couple of years ago I emailed in a query concerning hot tubbing after exercise classes or cycling. Your answer was hot tubbing is for socializing not recovery. Now I am wondering about the Sauna or the Steam Room. Would they fall into the same category as the hot tub? Have athletes used them to any advantage? Your thoughts?...

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Retooling Masters’ Gears

By Marilyn Trout | February 22, 2013
Retooling The key to good coaching, actually key to life too, goes far beyond knowledge. Adding wisdom and experience to the scientific foundation of the training program takes it to a whole new level, especially when “life” enters the equation. Certainly, this may be the most difficult or delicate part of the mix to work through since “life” is synonymous with “change.” ...

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Shifting Gears With Colin Funk - It's Never Too Late to Reach Your Peak

By Marilyn Trout | February 19, 2013
Shifting Recently, I responded to an athlete who met up with an untimely cold just before heading down to Louisville, Kentucky for the 2013 World Masters Cyclocross Championships. Colin Funk spent most of his life in a pair of running shoes until his early forties when he swapped them out for some pedals. When he was 16, he won the 1500 metres at the Ontario Provincial Championships and now meets with success again with his road and cyclocross bikes in Master C 50-59 age group....

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Sick... Just In Time

By Marilyn Trout | February 11, 2013
Sick... I was all set to head to the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in a little over a week until a few days ago when I came down with a cold. So, I'm feeling pretty awful right now. Any hints how to deal with this?...

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