By Darcie Murphy CTS Ultrarunning Coach Increasing training volume or intensity is often a contributing factor in ultrarunning injuries. Your body has adapted to a certain workload, and increasing that workload is necessary in order to improve fitness, but if you ramp up training too quickly or too much you are at increased risk of …
How to Avoid Overuse Injuries in 5 Easy Steps
You’ve just registered for an event and you’re two weeks into a serious training program. You’re excited about your workouts and feeling like a superhero. Then one day your knee’s a little sore after a ride. You push through it for the next few days and now it’s hurting when you walk as well as …
TDF Stage 9: More Blood and Broken Bones Leave the Peloton Shaken and Looking for Answers
By Chris Carmichael What is going on in the Tour de France this year?! Crashes are relatively common in the Tour and every other bike race, but the consequences – and in some cases, the circumstances – of this year’s crashes have been odd and incredible. The toll of broken bones suffered during the Tour …