Tag Archive for ‘Amber Rais’
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 [...]
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 [...]
To The Sea
For this column, I’m flashing back to my pre-cycling graduate school days, or Amber’s Life, B.B. (Before Bike). I hope you enjoy the tangent! I had finished preparing the surgery station, so I settled into a seat on the upper deck of our 92-foot fishing vessel and took in the view: a yawning afternoon sky [...]
25 Things
I was recently asked to relate some little-known facts about myself, a question that led me to look up this piece, which I’d done for a blog a while ago. Just to mix things up a bit, I decided to post it here for fun. 1. I believe the universe is a friendly place. I [...]
Finger Lickin’ Good
For the record, I don’t follow a specific diet. I generally believe in eating real, unprocessed foods, as opposed to substituting artificially low-cal, low-fat, low-sugar products for the real thing. I’m not an advocate for Atkins, or Paleo, or the Zone. Normally I don’t categorically eliminate anything (e.g. fat or sugar), but instead strive for [...]
Home
By Amber Pierce It’s the off-season! Since I’m temporarily scaling back my training regime to normal-person hours, I suddenly have a lot of time on my hands. This extra time gets allocated to everything I don’t get to do during full-time racing and training. Some of those things are fun; for example, I get to [...]
All The Way To Reno!
By Amber Pierce In the sport of cycling, there’s a saying: no one else in the picture. It’s the sweetest way to win a bike race—solo, so far off the front that you cross the line with no one else in the picture. The only way it could be sweeter? To do it in your [...]
Pretty In Pink
By Amber Pierce Earlier this month, I raced the Giro Donne, ten days of racing over some of the most beautiful (and cruel) terrain in Italy. Many racers postulated that it was perhaps the hardest Giro to date. I wouldn’t know, because this was the first year I’ve raced it. Upon arrival to our hotel [...]
For The Summer
By Amber Pierce A race block can loosely be defined as whatever races and travel occur between when you pack your bag, and when you get home and either unpack and/or re-pack for the next block. Time between race blocks can vary from a single day to a few weeks, depending on the calendar. This [...]
Dolce Vita
As we roll into Cornaredo on the outskirts of Milan, I wonder What’s with the hairy eyeball? and find myself in a series of staring contests with all the pedestrians we pass. Then I remember: we’re in the team car, and that custom Diadora Pasta Zara paint job in purple and chartreuse is meant to [...]
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