Generally speaking I like to think I’m a wonderful husband – kind, loving, romantic, caring, generous, the list goes on and on ;-) However, despite my almost unending list of wonderful qualities, it seemed that teaching/coercing a love of mountain biking out my wife was something I did not have the skills for. Sure I [...]

I’m definitely a little late to the game here, and I’m not sure how I didn’t find out about this sooner, but the Amgen Tour de California is being streamed live from their site – and in a very slick fashion to boot! Until now I had been catching up on the highlights through Versus [...]

Haymaker’s Punch, or Switchel might have been the earliest form of the ‘Sports’ drink. It was a homemade mixture of water, vinegar and molasses, popular among American ranchers during the hot, hard working haying season. Sound like something you’d want to drink on a hot day?  Modern sports drinks have changed a lot since then, [...]

This just in via the rumor mill – I’ve gotten word that the Transrockies may be announcing 3-day packages. Effectively riders would be able to race either the first 3, or last 3 days of the full Transrockies route. I have no details yet on whether the same support/meal/lodging options are available to people interested [...]

Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate! I’m someone who struggles with this. Ordering a glass of water in a restaurant just doesn’t come to mind for me. If it’s breakfast, I’ll order coffee. If it’s lunch, I’ll order a Coke, or a coffee. If it’s dinner, I’ll order a glass of wine, or a beer. Picking up on [...]

Once you get to the point in your training where you start to breach the threshold between “weekend warrior” and “athlete” you’re generally putting your muscles, joints, and limbs through more stress than they’re used to – especially as you get on in years like my buddy Sheldon (happy birthday buddy ;-). You end up [...]

Call it New Year’s enthusiasm, but January was a banner training month.  I didn’t sign up to be a university test rat like Ken, (I’m pretty envious of the physical data he’ll have now and I’m looking into finding something similar in Edmonton) but I made a concerted effort to ‘make’ time to train more, [...]

If this months continues to progress as have the last three, I’m thinking I’ll actually be fairly well prepared for the upcoming season. Regardless, I’m still on pace to be in the best shape I’ve been in going into the spring… Definitely a good sign. January has been a moderately intense training month to say [...]