There’s a quote by Mia Hamm I love… “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back…play for her.” It’s easy to get lost in this sport – chasing power files […]
Read MoreTraining sessions and racing doesn’t always happen inside temperature controlled indoor velodromes – sometimes it’s freezing, windy, rainy, and miserable. And there’s nothing worse than standing out there in a short sleeve and shorts, shivering like a plucked chicken. Whether I was training or racing, there are a few essentials I always packed. Notably, I […]
Read MoreThe picture above was on one of those days. Slugging through training…actually, I don’t even think I slugged through this day. I pedaled maybe 100 meters and stopped. Another 100m and stopped. I’d never been so tired, or so SLOW, or so demoralized. Little did I know, just a few short weeks later, I’d be […]
Read More“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.” -Charles R. Swindoll To me, feedback is to training performance like putting money in to a savings account is to retirement. Sure, we all wish we could win the lottery and instantly have our entire savings and retirement plan set up for the […]
Read MoreAfter living in LA for 5 years I had started to forget the many different meanings to the word “season”. In SoCal, regardless of the application, the season is always perpetual. The weather is always consistent and has only slight variations. The racing goes year round between multiple disciplines so there is always somewhere to […]
Read MoreWith the Elite World Championships starting tomorrow, and the Rio Olympics only a few months away, it’s easy to get consumed with dreams and fantasies of winning each of our own “BIG” races. Picturing ourselves crossing the line a mere few millimeters in front of our rivals and claiming our medal/jersey/flowers in front of our […]
Read MoreWhile I was growing up in this sport, I focused a lot on other athletes. I focused on what they were doing, what they looked like, how big/small they were, and what equipment they were riding. I became obsessed with my body image, changing how I acted and looked, and doing what I saw others […]
Read MoreThroughout my competitive career, I’ve held a personal belief that I don’t strive to work as hard as I do, with the expectation of losing. As a matter of fact, I’d suspect most do not. But here’s the reality: the losing part is a more common companion than winning will ever be. Losing has negative […]
Read MoreAnytime I think about “time” I usually get some bad rendition of Time is on My Sideby the Rolling Stones or Fly Like an Eagle by Seal stuck in my head for what seems like an eternity. Walk around with those, or any song about time, stuck in your head all day and you’ll most certainly hate the […]
Read MoreWhat’s better than a good burger, tacos, or fries after a ride…am i right?! It tastes so good. All that sugar, fat, and sodium just pumping through your veins, to give your body what it needs to rebuild and refuel. And then when you get home, you are so exhausted and tired you just can’t […]
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