Dear Endurance Athletes, More than a year ago, I suggested that Ironman-distance triathlons were not heart healthy. Little did I know that expressing the notion that chronically inflaming oneself might cause permanent heart damage would be so controversial. This post led to my first experience with ad hominem comments. Obviously, talking about the upper limit […]
Category: Cycling Wed
Wednesday musings on all things cycling-related
Hi all, I know; it’s Thursday morning and this is supposed to be Cycling Wednesday. My excuse is a good one. I bought an Iphone 5 yesterday and then became hypnotized by the inanimate object. Time flies with a new Apple product. Bedtime came and I said, “Crap…it’s Wednesday!.” Anyways, I was scanning the recent […]
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What is cyclocross?
A lot of people ask about cyclocross. What is it exactly? You ride a bike where? And you jump off and run? I’ve tried to explain the sport with words. That’s a tall order. Words hardly do it justice. Through the magic of social media and YouTube, I found a defining video capture. It happened […]
Tonight, let’s talk a little about ‘normal.’ Nearly every weekend in the fall, during cyclocross season, I line up with a cadre of other men who look as though they desperately need to “eat a sandwich.” You look around for calm and all you see are ribs and hip bones poking through spandex. Seriously, these […]
Hi all, I’m going to take my own advice tonight. I’ve got an early meeting and some big cases to do tomorrow. Good sleep forms one of the four legs of the table of health. Plus, it feels so good. Seriously, try it some time. It’s a potent anti-inflammation elixir. I’ll leave with you this […]
You have watched the videos. Heard the testimonials. Read the books. Floyd’s was a little sketchy, but the frankness and details of Tyler’s connected the dots. You re-watched the videos. How could he ride those guys off his wheel so easily? You still aren’t convinced. You want to believe, which of course is a normal […]
Sorry folks. Tonight’s post will be brief. I wasn’t planning to, but I watched the debates. I planned to listen to the first few minutes, you know, just to get the flavor of the thing. But then they drew me in. It was good, refreshing in fact, that they actually mentioned some details. You’ve had […]
A good friend sent me a post from the now famous BikeSnobNYC. Its title was “Why so serious?†The famous one was dissing the over-seriousness of amateur bike racers. Talk about taking the easy trail. Making fun of amateur racers? Next thing you know, he will be calling all masters bike racers dentists. I am […]
I say it over and over again. I urge, cajole and yes, sometimes even plead. It’s the small choices that add up… …to good outcomes. Outcomes? That’s the thing. It could be good health measures like lower blood pressure or boastful cholesterol levels, or it could be successful cycling results. Small choices. Little things. Not […]
Here’s what I was learning: secrets are poison. They suck the life out of you, they steal your ability to live in the present, they build walls between you and the people you love. Tyler Hamilton, The Secret Race It seems frivolous at times: to be so rabid a fan that I would actually take […]
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Cycling Wed: Two Truths…
I have some truths to talk about tonight. Truth and doping: The dwindling few who still apply magical thinking to cycling were tested again today. Whether you believe Tyler Hamilton’s, now-I-am-really-telling-the-truth story on doping in professional cycling will depend on how you weigh the almost 300 pages of evidence. I plan to read the book […]