By Chris Carmichael CEO/Head Coach of CTS As we announce the opening of registration for the third annual CTS Figueroa Mountain Gran Fondo on November 9 of this year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes for great gran fondo experience. I have been to a ton of amateur cycling events around the world, …
By Paul Ruggiero CTS Triathlon Coach Whoa. How did you get here? It’s still dark, the sun is just peeking over the lake, and you’re standing here in neoprene with hundreds of your closest friends listening to the National Anthem. It’s the pre dawn start of your first triathlon. So you read our article about …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning One of the entertaining, and educational, parts of my job is filtering through all of the latest and greatest gadgets athletes can use to track or improve performance. In the pre-Kickstarter days, this would mean unsolicited packages arriving at the office for us to unpack, test out …
By Mara Abbott, Olympian and CTS Contributing Editor The weather is warming up, and there are already more bikes and more cars on the road. It’s not just a seasonal phenomenon either: According to an analysis by the League of American Bicyclists using the latest U.S. census data, in some cities the number of …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning In Training Essentials for Ultrarunning, I wrote that elite ultramarathon athletes have three things in common. First off, they are tough. Nobody wins a race that lasts several hours or days solely with sheer luck, fitness or genetic talent (although the latter is one component that all …
(Colorado Springs, CO – April 8, 2019) CTS, a leader in the professional endurance coaching industry, today announced the launch of the CTS Athlete House in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The CTS Athlete House serves as a basecamp for endurance athletes of all types visiting from all over the world and offers athletes the opportunity to build an …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Sleep matters for a lot of reasons, and may even matter as much some of your training! For starters, the physiological repair and growth that actually makes you better happens when you rest, but predominantly when you sleep. It improves motor learning (learning a new skill) and …
By Chris Carmichael CEO/Head Coach of CTS I first rode a Pinarello in 1983 when I raced on the Aspen-Dia Compe-Giordana team with Dale Stetina and Alexi Grewal at the Coors Classic (Dale won the overall that year). It was a great steel frame with a very Italian geometry that was nimble but not twitchy, …
By Mara Abbott, Olympian and CTS Contributing Editor The arrival of Spring in many locations makes it easy to get excited about being outside and training, but it’s important to be sure you’re bolstering your mental resilience too —whatever your level of competition. During my own racing career, four books helped shape and sustain me …
In one of my all-time favorite sports films, “A League of Their Own,” Tom Hanks plays Jimmy, a battle-tested baseball manager charged with the task of coaching a team in the women’s major leagues during World War II. Opposite Jimmy is Dottie, played with tortured passion by Geena Davis, the reluctant star player on the …