It’s Labor Day weekend, so summer has officially ended, and we’re approaching the saddle months. That means that we can start measuring the beginning of ski season by the number of weeks rather than the number of months, and what better way to look forward to the season than by watching the latest installment of a Warren Miller production. After all,…
Month: August 2019
2019 UCI Mountain Biking World Championship – Ride for the Rainbow Jersey
This weekend is the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada. This is the biggest single race of the year for the cross-country, downhill and four cross disciplines and this race determines who gets to walk away with the coveted rainbow stripes jersey. Even though I can appreciate the downhill and four cross events,…
Roasted Chicken
Sunday is here again, so you know what that means… Delicious Sunday dinner. One of my favorite things to cook for Sunday dinner is a whole chicken. It is just down-right comfort food, and the leftovers make for great soup the following day. It’s just good home cooking. Most people think of chicken as lazy…
The Fri-yay Ride
Every Friday is the long Friday ride. The Friday ride is usually twenty-five miles or more of zone two training, but this Friday was a little different. This Friday’s ride was hard and fast for almost twenty miles with 2,500 feet of climbing for ninety-three minutes of non-stop riding. The route for this Friday’s ride…
Winter Will Soon Be Here
I know technically it is still summer, but the saddle months are rapidly approaching, and it is never too early to get ready for ski season, and by ski season I mean backcountry ski season. I always believe that preparation for any sport is a crucial component for making it an enjoyable experience. That’s not to say that even…
Cold Recovery
As an athlete (and like other athletes as well), soreness, injuries, or your basic muscle tweaks are par for the course. I’m always looking for ways to shorten recovery time so that I’m always performing at my most optimal level for a workout. Performing at full optimization all the time is not likely, but any little…
Hamburguesas Chimichurri
My favorite meal is usually Sunday dinner. It gives me the chance to create something new and sometimes it’s something really complex with many ingredients and techniques, and other times it’s just a twist on something very simple, and easy to make. Sometime during the week, my wife said, “I wonder how chimichurri sauce on…
My Introduction to Using Data for Athletic Performance
Today marks the sixth day after the big 65 mile Flagstaff to Grand Canyon mountain bike ride, and according to my Polar Bike Computer with Heart Rate Monitor my training load over the 65 miles was such that it requires at least eight days of recovery. When I first read that metric, I took it…
Flag2GC – South Rim or Bust
The Facts August 3rd was the annual 65 miles Flagstaff to Grand Canyon mountain bike ride; a ride that Bicycling Magazine named one of the top nine “totally awesome charity bike rides” that supports the Flagstaff Marine League Charities, a not-for-profit organization that assists the children of Northern Arizona and local members of the U.S….