Just as in golf, when it comes to fitness and health you have to think about your short game and your long game. Getting out to exercise today or losing 10 pounds in the next three months is your short game; adding years to your life and – just as important – life to …
As the road and mountain bike seasons trail off, many athletes are left without a guiding purpose to be on the bike. If you’re wondering what to do with your hard-earned summer fitness and looking for a way to rekindle your childhood desire to play in the mud, then jump into Cyclocross! Cyclocross (CX or …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS The days are numbered for my right knee. I’ve known for a long time that I would eventually need a knee replacement. I suffered a compound fracture of my right femur in 1986, cracking it between the femoral condyles at the distal end. In the ensuing …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Soon after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, one the hottest Olympics on record, many national teams and sports scientists divulged the heat acclimation and mitigation strategies they used. About the same time we received this treasure trove of science-based practice, this behemoth of a review paper by …
Anyone who has made it to their 40s and 50s (masters), or 60 and 70s (grand masters) knows we can’t get away with some of the things we did in our 20s. All-nighters, whether for work or play, are harder to bounce back from. A few too many drinks lead to a bigger headache than …
By Alison Tetrick, Pro cyclist, Entrepreneur, CTS Contributing Editor It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. Nothing like riding an event with your partner to stretch the ol’ relationship rubber band. Will it snap back, or just snap? And no. We weren’t racing with or for each other. There …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Abby: ‘I feel like I’m just on the rivet‘ Jason: ‘That’s OK, just keep pressing’ Abby: ‘OK, I’ll do that’ This was an exchange I had with Abby Hall, an elite athlete I have had the pleasure of working with worked the past four years, while crewing …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Fear of riding in a group has been a recurring theme in conversations I’ve had with cyclists this summer. Some are new cyclists who took up riding during the height of the pandemic, but there are also the experienced cyclists who have concerns about the indoor …
By Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Fame, Olympian, MTB Racer, CTS Contributing Editor I’ve heard the clichés a thousand times, maybe more: “Get your head into the game, be mentally strong”. “Focus on what you’re doing and block everything else out”, and my favorite, “Put your thinking cap on and execute”. Now, I’m not …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Earlier this month I had the honor of crewing and pacing one of my athletes at the Bigfoot 200, which is first leg of the Triple Crown of 200s. Two-hundred milers present a different set of stressors and require different race strategies (as discussed in my …