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 …
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 …
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 …