Archive for January, 2007

Colby Pearce is currently the US Track Endurance Coach, an Olympian and America’s most successful World Cup Track Racer & 2002 Overall World Cup Champion, points race. Colby has held four national records and raced in almost every venue including Track, Road, TT and even cyclo-cross. He makes his home in Boulder, Colorado with...
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Pete Webber has been mountain biking for more than 20 years, including six years as an internationally ranked professional racer during the 90′s. He raced in three World Championships and notched numerous top results at the national level in both mountain biking and cyclo-cross. Pete’s mountain bike racing is behind him, but he continues...
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Joe Friel has trained highly successful endurance athletes since 1980. His clients range from amateur and professional road cyclists to mountain bikers, triathletes, duathletes, swimmers and runners from all corners of the globe, including American and foreign national champions, world championship competitors and an Olympian. Friel holds a Master’s degree in exercise science and...
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When I played high school football, I think that a lot of us had at times focused on the win, or even worse, the season record. We weren’t always focusing on executing our plays. COACHES: What can you learn from the Olympics that will make you a better coach? The following are some coaching...
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Dear Podium, I’ve been having a tough time getting through the jitters before each race. I don’t sleep well the night before the Sunday crits and by the time the gun goes off, I’m toast. I’m usually tired, lethargic and lucky to stay with the peloton. I love being in the peloton. It’s exciting….but...
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Reality Bytes! covers racer blogs in which we sift through thousands of blog entries to find real-life situations that when prepared for, you can handle more competently. We encourage you to visualize yourself in these situations and how you would deal with them if they were to occur. Repeat these visualizations until they become...
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