Coach's Corner
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Summer Flux. How to train between events
By taking time to plan our your week without cramming will help you prepare for your next event. Prioritize your aerobic workouts over the hard ones. Save your hard efforts for race day. Don't worry, your legs will know how to hammer when needed.
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Tales from Track Center Montage
Of all these stories, experiences, and lessons, I developed “race craft” as a skill. By this I mean I learned everything there is to know about running a race as a team. How many staff you need, where and when. What they need to do where and when. What mechanics do, where and when. What parts we need, what the riders need. What to do when X happens, or Y or Z, or ZZZ, an entire profession I learned. Leaving this racing world and heading back to life in retail and the bike shop was a wake-up call. Sure, I can bleed a brake upside down and backwards in pitch black in a French parking lot, or grab the middle bike from the roof rack in 5 seconds, or change a rear track wheel in less that 45 seconds on the apron. But, forecasting the number of chains we need to book with Shimano to not run out by June. Uh yah, I have some learning to do! -
Perservance. Lessons from a Champion
In a Nutshell In April of 2023 I was delighted to be named to the National Swimming Team to represent Canada at the Pan American Games in October 2023 in... -
Signs of burnout and the Road back to Recovery
By Cory FaganWhen was the last time you took a look in the mirror and said "I look tired and old!" The last 14 months of COVID and all the...
