May. 7, 2008
The Feedzone: Eating right for stage racingMonique,During a stage race I feel like I have my pre-race and race and post race nutrition worked out and feel happy with that part of my fueling, but could you give me some advice on what to eat during the day after my race so that I'm at my ...
May. 6, 2008
How to be cool at races and in trainingIt’s hot here. Windy too.
I’m at the Tour of the Gila and a recurrent theme thus far is how hot, dry, and windy it is. Everyone is finishing with loads of salt on their faces and their clothing. There have been many heat casualties so far ...
Apr. 28, 2008
Tracking power: Reviewing Flèche Wallonne with Marco Pinotti
Marco Pinotti of Team High Road raced last week’s Flèche Wallonne classic in Belgium for the fourth time in his career, ...
Apr. 26, 2008
Pipp's Power, stage 6: Brasstown“In professional cycling, success is all about picking battles you can win," said Frank Overton, who coaches Health Net-Maxxis rider Frank Pipp, who is competing in the Tour de Georgia this week.
On Saturday's stage 6, which ended with the ...
Apr. 25, 2008
Balancing your bike training with — well, everything else.
Unless you get paid to ride your bike, there inevitably comes a time when life’s little complications get in the way of training and racing. Safe to say the last few weeks have been complicated.
First came a ski-endurance event called the ...
Apr. 18, 2008
Rick Crawford: heart monitoring is still key to trainingThese days, power is getting all the press. With all the power measuring gizmos and fancy analysis software, power has taken over as the main parameter to track. It’s absolutely absolute. It’s like having a dynamometer on your dashboard, ...
Apr. 16, 2008
The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: First-quarter checkupYour tax refund is in the mail, spring is finally here, and the first quarter of the 2008 racing season is finished. Now is a good time to check on your progress and move your nutritional goals up on the priority list to ensure that they are ...
Apr. 11, 2008
Indoor fun, and the coach takes questions
As a general rule, cycling is a game best played outdoors. There’s more room to roam, sights to see and places to go. But there are also exceptions to every rule, which is certainly the case in this case.
Bad weather, short days and any number ...
Apr. 4, 2008
Power at lactate threshold wins racesCompetitive cyclists are not patient people. They tend to go directly to the pain, work too hard too early, and mistakenly overlook the real limiter of their performance simply because it doesn’t hurt enough to satisfy their addiction to pain. ...
Mar. 28, 2008
The lab rat is loose
You know the guy who couldn’t pass a calculus exam even if the fate of the human race depended on it, but who can count blackjack cards like one of those brainy MIT kids or Rain Man? Well, I guess don’t really either, but I do know I am not that ...
Mar. 26, 2008
The Feedzone with Monique Ryan — Fat as fuelHi Monique,I really enjoy your column and informative responses. My question revolves around the slippery slope of weight management. A big challenge for me is maintaining lean body mass once the season gets started; when the intensity of the ...
Mar. 7, 2008
A conversation with Scott Nydam
Scott Nydam attacked early in the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California last month, spending a long and lonely day off the front of the ...
