Click-Thru Thursdays!
As some of you know, I host regular online live video Q&A sessions for cycling fans, in order to answer questions related to women’s cycling, training, racing and life as a professional athlete. The one question that arises during every single session is: How can cycling fans better support women’s cycling? Likewise, in response [...]
Money versus Ethics
A recent discussion via Twitter ensued from this question, posed by the fabulously sharp-witted FestinaGirl: @festinagirl Women’s cycling has all the panache the men’s sport has largely lost – why is that? Money? Attitude? A few twitterati suggested the reason as less money in women’s cycling. One argument can be made for this point: less [...]
Continuing the Dialogue: Women’s Cycling
Today I read this great article over at Cycling Tips. It’s a quick take on a larger picture issue, and in the spirit of continuing constructive dialogue, I have a few thoughts of my own to add. First and foremost, let us state the obvious: men and women are different. This is both a [...]
Sharing The (Bike) Love: Part II
In the process of writing the previous post (Part I), I asked my mom to share a few of her thoughts and impressions of our ride together. She had so much fun recalling the adventure that she wrote a full post of her own. We did not read each others’ accounts before writing our own; [...]
Sharing The (Bike) Love: Part I
In the process of writing this post, I asked my mom to share a few of her thoughts and impressions of our ride together. She had so much fun recollecting the adventure that she wrote a full post of her own, and it’s brilliant. While neither of us read the other’s account before writing [...]
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
I love this part of my day. Our team clips in and rolls out, turning left onto the one road that passes by the old convent where we are staying for our preseason camp. Within a few turns of the pedal, we fall into formation—an easy line of pairs—relaxed, talking happily in the sunshine. The [...]
Australia
In Australia, waking before 5am quickly became my daily routine. Last week temperatures soared above 40 C, so training required getting a good chunk of the ride done before sunrise. I love this. Admittedly, it’s somewhat painful to get out of bed in the four o’clock hour, but getting a good session finished before 10am [...]
The Soup
David and I fled south for a few weeks of training in Tuscany, and on the first day, we took our bikes exploring into the mountains. The weather here is a good 10-15 C warmer than Graz, but after a scenic sunny climb, we froze descending through a deep, shaded valley, gingerly making our way [...]
Make Every Minute Count
Sunday night found us in Český Krumlov at the Eggenberg Brewery, happy, cozy and full after a meal of Bohemian-style roasted duck and potato dumplings in the pub’s majestic hall. More than 700 years ago, the very same towering arches and thick walls stored great blocks of ice, hauled from the nearby Vltava River for [...]
Hell Hath No Fury: A Review
As do many professional riders, I face some frigid training conditions during the winter in Europe. As much as I would like you to believe that I’m a machine programmed to crush outdoor training sessions regardless of weather conditions, the fact is, I am a human being, one who has whined plenty and publicly about [...]
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