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  • Rider heal thyself

    It takes a lot of emotional strength to build the momentum necessary to accomplish a really big goal on the bike, especially early in the season, when it’s cold and wet and dark outside. But once the training becomes habit, the rider gains momentum. The physical improvements begin to show up in...
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-25-2008

  • The price we pay to rest in Winter

    In many parts of the country, it is just too nasty outside to ride in winter.But every once in a while, even in the most extreme environments, there is a break in the weather. The temperature rises above freezing, the roads dry out, and the sun begins to shine through the clouds. Whether for [...]
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-08-2008

  • The drugs of endurance sports

    How you ever planned a ride, but when the time came, you experienced an overwhelming desire to avoid it, to sleep in, to stay on the couch, to put it off until later? Some say that it is a craving for endorphins that drives endurance runners and long distance cyclists to train well beyond the limits...
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-29-2008

  • Motivation

    There are lots of riders who find it easy and natural to ride their bikes year round. You may be one of them. But if you are like the majority of road cyclists who enjoy riding for fitness and recreation, then riding through the winter may turn something you do for fun into a chore. [...]
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-30-2007

  • Pain is weakness leaving the body

    The Glacier’s Shadow Part II: preparing for the longest brevet of the year took discipline only an injury could bring. Hills like these. It’s pretty much up hill all the way to Montana. If I was going to ride to Glacier Park, I would have to heal my Achilles. Triple Crown record holder Linda...
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-24-2007

  • What to eat on long rides

    I love to eat. In fact, a key attraction of cycling is the accelerated calorie burn. Depending on one’s metabolism and effort, a cyclist can torch between 400 and 800 calories an hour on a long ride. There is no way to replace the calories at that same rate, but that doesn’t stop some riders...
    Posted to Ready To Ride (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2007
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