Tag Archives: Blogs
Chris Carmichael Blog: A Recipe for Adding Quality Calories as Training Workload Increases
With the Amgen Tour of California Race Experience coming up very soon, I’ve been spending as much time as possible on the bike recently. This may very well be the biggest endurance challenge I’ve participated in since I retired from … Continue reading
Chris Carmichael Blog: New Routes Offer New Challenges
Endurance athletes are creatures of habit. We ride, run, hike and traverse the same routes over and over again, sometimes for years on end. For the most part it’s a matter of necessity; we gravitate to the routes that are … Continue reading
CTS Coach Blog: Patrick Valentine at Xterra South Central Championships – Waco, TX
Round 2 in the Xterra Championship series landed us literally in the middle of Texas. The event was held in Cameron Park which is a beautiful 410 acre park right the middle of downtown Waco. Liz and I drove down … Continue reading
Coach Blogs: XTERRA West Championship with Patrick Valentine
Well first stop for the race season has come and gone. Officially started off the 2011 race season with the Xterra West Championships in Las Vegas, NV. I was very excited to not only get the race season started but … Continue reading
Chris Carmichael Blog: Tips for Windy Rides
There’s nothing like a good training week to get my spirits up. Plus, the applications for the CTS Trans Andes Challenge are starting to pile up and I’m starting to get excited about the prospect of another major endurance challenge. … Continue reading
