I did a bike race yesterday with Chloe Dygert. She beat me. And I’m good with that because she’s The World Champion. And I’m not. Hats off to the officiating crew for giving the green light to Chloe wearing her full World Champion kit in the race yesterday. It was very cool seeing the World … Read more
So this happened today. 6.5 months after breaking my pelvis, 4 ribs and puncturing a lung in the last race I did I pinned a number on and rolled off the line with 60 other racers for 120 km P1-2 road race on the Olympic Peninsula. I didn’t win. I didn’t place. And I didn’t … Read more
I haven’t done a “Year in Review” before because, well, I never really thought much about it and quite frankly I wasn’t quite sure that it was warranted. 2015 was different. At first glance, maybe not the best. I busted myself up pretty well. Again. In fact less than 1 year after busting myself up … Read more
So this happened. I’ve kept my streak of climbing at least 1x a year alive. The last time I tied in was with Mark Twight last December in SLC. __ This trip to my local gym though has a purpose other than communing with a good friend and keeping a “streak” alive. And I’m … Read more
Congratulations to Logan Owen for notching his first – and second – ever elite UCI cyclo-cross wins this past weekend at the Subaru Cyclo Cup in nearby Tacoma. Logan handily won the UCI C2 races on Saturday and Sunday winning by nearly 30 seconds on both days. Next up for Logan will be his … Read more
This bike, my very first bike, is older than I am. It’s been hanging from a hook, then sitting in a box in my dad’s shop for 35 years. __ I learned how to ride a bike on this bike. This bike has been jumped off of homemade wooden ramps, ridden on dirt paths through … Read more
Stop overthinking. Get out of your head. That is the exact reason why I purposefully refused to look at the plates Bobby Maximus was putting on the bar when I did a 1RM dead lift attempt the last time I was at Gym Jones – I did not want to know. I just … Read more
Structural Integrity. Supplemental Strength Work. Cross Training. Whatever you want to call it, it’s important. Specialization comes at a cost. Often that cost is whole body health. That’s why gym work is important for endurance athletes, especially cyclists who spend most of their training time pedaling a machine designed for efficient, non-weight bearing locomotion. __ … Read more
Yesterday I had one of my newer clients, Howard, come into the gym and do a Functional Threshold Test (FTP for short). Howard doesn’t race. His main objective is one that a lot of people would like to accomplish but few actually do anything about – lose weight and be healthier. His athletic background … Read more
