In my coaching practice, I demand that I talk to my athletes monthly. Often, and with some horror, I’ll find that they’ve entirely changed some aspect of their Life that has a direct bearing on their training and performance. And no, they don’t bother to tell me. Why? Because they’ve listened to a podcast, watched …
Not everyone is the same as you. This realization hits around the age of two and is why toddlers go through the terrible twos and then graduate to being ‘threenagers.’ The kids aren’t acting up to act up; their behavior is a manifestation of the exploration of their ego, necessary experimentation to figure out how …
Some mornings when you wake, you can feel yourself leaving another you behind. Have you felt that lately? Since it’s January, it’s my duty to remind everyone that at some point, you have to make it count. You know that version of yourself you know you could be but aren’t that you swear you’ll get …
Dopamine is a neuromodulator, which means that it affects many neurons in your nervous system. Dopamine influences neural circuits involved in pleasure, motivation, craving, movement, and even your perception of time. Dopamine works across two pathways in your brain – the mesocortical limbic pathway and the nigrostriatal pathway. The neuroscientist jargon here isn’t necessary; it’s …
In 2014, I made a critical error that haunts me – I didn’t do a local cyclocross race. Both of my roommates were doing it. I had the money for the entry fee. I even had a cyclocross bike with Di2 (don’t ask how I swung that one on 30k/yr. Hint – shark loans)! Unlike …
Storytime. Something happened recently that none of you know about because you don’t follow obscure European sports on pirated foreign feeds using VPNs to avoid NBC’s atrocious domestic commentary. No, not that obscure European sport, I mean cross country skiing!! You know, the sport you think is this.. 👈🏻 …But is actually this 👉🏻 Anyway, …
I downed the last sip of my espresso, threw on my shoes, and opened the basement door. It was 6:14 am, and if I was lucky, I could get in my lift before my daughter woke up. As I turned the doorknob, I heard a sound from the second floor, the tell-tale sign of my …
Do you want to know how far you can go as a cyclist? It’s easy: Go to a cycling testing lab. Pedal Really Hard Wait for your results The numbers will be confusing, but the scornful expression on the technician’s face will say it all: You might feel misunderstood, like the machine maybe wasn’t calibrated, …
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We hadn’t even cleared the train tracks in Northfield, NM, and already Tom was lagging. It was a Tuesday, which meant it was an easy distance 90-minute rollerski. Quickly, we self-assorted into small groups of skiers. I pushed the pace out of Northfield and into the long, undulating, chip-sealed roads that plunged into vast cornfields. …
I’ve spent years failing badly at bikes so you don’t have to. I have a mortgage, two kids, a wife, a dog that doesn’t listen, a weakness for Miller Lite, and fish frys – but I can still turn a pedal if I have to. Chances are we’ll get along just fine.
C’mon now – let’s get fast together!
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