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Toolbox: Beginner’s Mind, Part 2
Tuesday, November 10, 2009  11:10:16 AM PT
  Zen masters let go of ego; teenagers are in the middle of creating one. That makes it a good time to coach mental skills with teens, and also a good time for you to learn. In that spirit, Pez talks with some unusually gifted young cyclists about the mental side of their game. Strange as it may seem, young people can help you improve your mental fitness on the bike.
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Toolbox: Priming the Engine
Tuesday, November 03, 2009  5:59:30 AM PT
  Cyclocross season is steadily progressing from the early season of warm and dry race days to the downright miserable and ugly weather that define the sport. With such nastiness, the temptation may be to skip the warmup and just hammer off the start line. Does a warmup really gain you a concrete advantage, and what type of warm-up might be best?
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Toolbox: Cutting Edge Nutrition Strategies
Tuesday, October 27, 2009  11:19:44 AM PT
  As fall is settling upon the Northern Hemisphere many cyclists are looking forward to both the crux off their off-season and starting to plan for next year. As you look back at the season just passed, and ahead to next year what will you do differently? We routinely make choices about our equipment, our training plan, our coach, and even our diet and nutritional needs, but have you ever really considered the importance of your metabolic efficiency?
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Toolbox: Italia Calling
Tuesday, October 20, 2009  6:19:37 AM PT
  With Lombardia and the end-of-season emphasis on all things Italia, what better way to begin the off-season transition than enjoy some quality miles together with one of the best Italian cyclists of the past twenty years? I recently took a group to Tuscany for a week of riding with ex-top pro Andrea Tafi.
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Toolbox: Beginner’s Mind, Part 1
Monday, October 12, 2009  5:26:12 PM PT
  High school cycling is exploding. Perhaps you have – or will have – a child who’s riding or competing. Or perhaps you’re (thinking of) helping out with the local juniors or school team. Coaching core mental skills with teens can be very helpful to them on and off the bike. And strange as it may seem, teens can also help you improve your own mental fitness.
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Toolbox: The Best Advice I Never Took
Tuesday, October 06, 2009  5:43:02 AM PT
  There is such a thing as being a bad client or a good client, even if you don’t have a coach who you pay to train you. I’m going to use the word “client” to refer to anyone who has ever read a training article or book and tried to follow the advice. For the purposes of this article, you are a client of whichever coach’s advice you are attempting to follow.
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Toolbox: 5km Pacing Strategy
Tuesday, September 29, 2009  5:30:57 AM PT
  Start “slow” and under control, then get faster as the time trial unrolls. That’s been the mantra for most cyclists and coaches in the sport. While it’s certainly true that hammering out of the gates is a huge physical challenge and blowing sky-high early on in a TT is no fun, can you really afford to not go hard early on in a TT?
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Toolbox: Cutting Edge Hydration Strategies
Tuesday, September 22, 2009  5:59:30 AM PT
  The Tour De France is a unique crucible. Weeks long, extreme temperature variations, exhaustive exercise day after day, and otherworldly nutritional demands; Is there a better place to learn and maximize performance for the athlete? One of the areas of deep interest over the last several years is the relationship of hydration, thermoregulation, and performance.
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Toolbox: The Pain of Low Back Pain
Tuesday, September 15, 2009  5:42:02 AM PT
  We’ve all felt it during our cycling careers. It doesn’t matter if you are young, old, a new rider or have years of experience. You’ve just finished a long ride, complete with extended climbs. You get off the bike and you can’t stand up straight (without a lot of effort.) If you didn’t know better, you’d think you’d aged many years in the course of one ride.
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Toolbox: Choosing to Compete
Tuesday, September 08, 2009  5:51:14 AM PT
  You’ve been wondering what it would be like to race. Or, you’re thinking of getting back to racing after crashing, burnout, or too much disappointment. But you feel reluctant. How – and when – do you choose to compete? The mentally fit cyclist has the skills to sort through all the factors, change what is changeable, and make the decision.
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Toolbox: Flexible Race Strategy
Tuesday, September 01, 2009  6:00:03 AM PT
  One of the big buzzwords in psychology in recent years is the concept of “resilience,” the ability to be flexible and adjust to new situations on the sports field or in the game of life itself. That same resilience and flexibility applies to race strategy and both team and individual tactics within a race.
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Toolbox: Transition to the Fall
Tuesday, August 25, 2009  11:47:15 AM PT
  September is chock full of racing as riders around the globe work to put that final exclamation point on their season. Many are on the cusp of a well deserved break from the arduous training and structure that has defined their summer. For others it is the start of the fitness ramp towards cyclocross! Either way your season is in transition, so what should you do to make the most of the coming weeks?
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Toolbox: Surviving Fatigue
Monday, August 17, 2009  10:48:44 PM PT
  Post-Tour, the pros are decompressing from an immense physical and mental pressure cooker. Other pros are starting their late summer peak, while many of us are aiming to eke out a last bit of fitness before the fall begins. So it’s a great time to keep our focus on fatigue. This month, let’s see if there’s any way to protect ourselves from fatigue and performance impairment…
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Toolbox: Time Trial Basics – Part II
Tuesday, August 11, 2009  5:48:11 AM PT
  In Part I of our time trial series we wrote about how time trialing can be beneficial to your overall training. We also looked at some information to get you started and understand what it requires to be successful in the “race of truth.” In this article we will focus more on the time trial itself and offer up some helpful tips to improve your efforts.
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Toolbox: How Bad Do You Need to Be?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009  1:27:44 AM PT
  Being tough. Being aggressive. Getting angry. When is it exactly what you need to do to succeed? Does something prevent you from going there? And when is it over the line? The mentally fit cyclist knows how bad(ass) to be: how – and when – to use the energy from the dark side of the self.
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Toolbox: Self-Hypnosis
Tuesday, July 28, 2009  10:08:24 AM PT
  Endings often turn out to be beginnings. For instance, waking up in the hospital after stage two of the 2004 Redlands Classic with no memory of how I got there seemed to be the end of my racing career. In fact, it ended up being the beginning of my journey into the world of sports psychology.
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Toolbox: Kickin' It Old School
Tuesday, July 21, 2009  12:17:23 PM PT
  Power meters, aero framesets, deep dish wheels, and carbon everything; cycling can be an endless quest to keep up with technology and the “new cool.” It’s easy to get caught up watching every watt and gram. Yet cycling is more than these things. It’s the beauty of finding a new road on a long ride with friends. The thrill of a speedy and serpentine descent. It is discovering the glory of cycling’s history, or learning a new trick from a grizzled veteran.
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Toolbox: Can Thinking Make You Slow?
Tuesday, July 14, 2009  7:13:14 PM PT
  With the second week of the Tour upon us after a fair bit of shadow boxing, the pressure is immense on the leaders and the other pre-Tour favourites a bit further back. From sport psychology we know that pressure can affect us emotionally, but is there also a physiological link between mental stress and exercise capacity?
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Pro Shop: Time Trial Basics
Tuesday, July 07, 2009  5:24:15 AM PT
  For bike racers, doing time trials is one of those things where you either love them or hate them. If you approach two different athletes and ask them what they think about time trialing, their responses will be night and day. As a coach, one thing I have seen is that riders who decide to work on and improve their time trialing, make a noticeable improvement in their overall fitness and other racing results.
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Toolbox: How Good Do You Need to Be?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009  6:12:11 AM PT
  You’re thinking about racing. Upgrading to that next category. Stepping into a bigger role on your team. Joining that testosterone-fueled group ride that you’ve never done. Or doing a century for the first time. But something’s holding you back. If you’re like many athletes, it could be this voice, whether you hear it or not: I’m not good enough. The mentally fit cyclist knows how to silence that voice: to know that you have – and are – enough to discover your true potential.
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Toolbox: Pedaling Asymmetry
Monday, June 22, 2009  12:19:14 PM PT
  Pedaling is such a simple thing that most cyclists never think about it. However, any little improvement in the biomechanics can go a long way to improving overall comfort and efficiency, along with decreasing the risk of injury. We know we each have a strongly preferred throwing arms, but do we have preferred pedaling legs?
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Toolbox: Smile!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009  6:59:28 AM PT
  I was out on a group ride last week (yep, I’m back on the group rides). I asked a rider who I hadn’t seen for a while how his year was going. He replied “I’m just riding for fun these days”. Just for fun? Wait a minute! Is there some other reason we ride a bike?
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Toolbox: Coaching with Power
Tuesday, June 09, 2009  5:52:40 AM PT
  The majority of athletes who train with power recognize the benefits of using a power meter as a guide during workouts. What most cyclists likely do not recognize are the many benefits that training with power has for their coach. In this article, I will give you a glimpse through my eyes as a coach, regarding how your power meter helps me to better coach you.
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Toolbox: The Training Week
Tuesday, June 02, 2009  6:25:30 AM PT
  Nearly all of us have limits on our available training time, yet all of us are looking to improve our cycling abilities and performance. This often creates a paradox where we try to cram as much “stuff” as we can into our rides, but end up with sporadic fitness gains and performance. To this end let’s look at some ways to organize your training to accomplish all of the above and more.
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Toolbox: Moving Forward by Letting Go, Part 2
Tuesday, May 26, 2009  7:15:53 AM PT
  Mental skills: We’re usually using them so we can go faster, suffer longer, and achieve more. How about using our mental fitness to let go of goals that no longer serve us? Former pro cyclists Laura Charameda, Frankie Andreu, and Dylan Casey help us understand what we can learn about letting go from their experiences leaving the pro peloton.
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Giro 2010 Up Close: The Hellacious Final Week
Friday, November 06, 2009  8:34:07 AM PT
  The first fourteen stages of the 2010 Giro d'Italia are going to be the standard, delicious Giro fare. The final final seven days are going to be the ...
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Grenoble'09: Marvellous Marvulli Tallies #5!
Thursday, November 05, 2009  11:51:37 AM PT
  Four nights down, two to go. The racing was hot in Grenoble, the sideshows, arguably, just as hot. Edmond Hood was on the scene, working hard, making ...
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PEZ Reviews: CRUD Fenders
  The dust has yet to settle from the storm of Interbike, but the rains have started here at PEZ HQ, and that means time to strap on that piece of rain ...
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Interbike 2009: Hidden Treasure, Good Deal, New Stuff
  From the show that just keeps on giving - another round of bit's... C-4 explodes, AX swings, EE in your BB, San Marco and Topolino...
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Interbike '09: The Hits Just Keep On Comin!
  Yes – it’s been a couple weeks since our last post, but we’re back and rollin' with more Interbike goodies, and the wait is worth it – Here’s what’s ...
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
  More from the shores of Treasure Island, this round brings a look at the latest from Look Cycles, chunks of hunks from Bonk Breaker, a ...
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Interbike 2009: Here We Go!
  So we're back from Interbike 2009. The hangover is very nearly gone, the feet are not close to normal, the back is still sore, but nothing itches ...
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Toolbox: Beginner’s Mind, Part 2
  Zen masters let go of ego; teenagers are in the middle of creating one. That makes it a good time to coach mental skills with teens, and also a good ...
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Toolbox: Priming the Engine
  Cyclocross season is steadily progressing from the early season of warm and dry race days to the downright miserable and ugly weather that define the ...
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Toolbox: Cutting Edge Nutrition Strategies
  As fall is settling upon the Northern Hemisphere many cyclists are looking forward to both the crux off their off-season and starting to plan for ...
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Toolbox: Italia Calling
  With Lombardia and the end-of-season emphasis on all things Italia, what better way to begin the off-season transition than enjoy some quality miles ...
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Giro Di PEZ: The Race Of The Lasts
Sunday, June 07, 2009  7:50:39 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: This year I chased just three stages. I chose the three stages closest to home for me, in the centre of Italy, on the ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Ed And Dave Look Back
Friday, June 05, 2009  5:05:48 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: I love Scotland; but there’s no Gazzetta in the morning, most of the coffee tastes like John Wayne brewed it beside the ...
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Giro di PEZ: Week 2 Outtakes!
Thursday, June 04, 2009  8:11:24 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: Two weeks can be a long time, unless you’re chasing a Grand Tour. I flew over to cover the Giro’s second week, and ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Wonderful Week One!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009  3:39:58 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: The Centenary Giro has only been over for a few days, but my personal trip to the Corsa Rosa ended back on Stage 5. With ...
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2009 Tour de France
Tour de Pez: Looking Back At A Tour Gone By
Friday, July 31, 2009  5:32:12 AM PT
  Roadside Recap: As we make our merry way through the rounds of the PEZ Looks Back, Ed is up for his retrospective on the Tour that was. As the ...
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Tour de Pez: ASO’s Marilyn Urtubia
Friday, July 31, 2009  4:49:37 AM PT
  Roadside Look Back: For the press core, one of the more familiar sights behind the scenes at this year’s Tour de France was the welcoming ...
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Tour de Pez: PGTSD
Wednesday, July 29, 2009  6:00:38 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: That's Post Grand Tour Stress Disorder. The Champs Elysées stage of le Tour is the climax, the culmination of a near ...
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Tour de Pez: Gord Looks Back
Tuesday, July 28, 2009  6:25:33 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: My second big adventure on the Tour, my second year behind the scenes riding the maddest, scariest, most thrilling ...
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PEZ Talk: Revolution's James Pope
  Amongst all the gloom and doom of sponsors pulling out disenchanted with doping scandals, and races folding, winter track racing does have its ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Up And Comers East And Carroll
  They may sound like a lounge singing duet, but there's no schmaltz to these guy's mission; they're trying to build a career playing to that most ...
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PEZ Talk: Milram's Luke Roberts
  The best team pursuit rider, ever? With national, world junior, Commonwealth, world senior and Olympic titles to his name, Aussie, Luke Roberts ...
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PEZ Talk: UK's Newest ProTour Rider, Tom Faiers
  Here at Pez we pride ourselves on being on the case of who's up and coming - but sometimes even Pez misses the boat. The first we heard of Tom Faiers ...
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PEZ-Clusive: His Name Is Clear - Iljo Keisse
  The cheer from the cabin next door to ours - below the Grenoble velodrome - told us that the result Flanders had been holding its breath for, had ...
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Cycling Tours
Top Rides: Suffering in the Black Forest
Sunday, November 15, 2009  1:01:50 PM PT
  An epic day of rain, pain, and suffering is now behind me, and I’ve got the lactic acid as proof after suffering through a super-tough, 3-climb stage ...
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Top Rides: The Peri to Fosse Climb
Friday, November 13, 2009  8:38:31 AM PT
  Sometimes my best rides have been those with the least forethought, the least amount of time, the most luck, and just plain looking for the squiggly ...
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Comment: What Makes A Professional?
Saturday, November 14, 2009  12:37:26 PM PT
  In a world where money is in short supply, it's encouraging that there are so many pro cyclists in the UK. Or is it? Sponsor of Team Velo ...
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Eat To Compete: It’s Soup Time!
Thursday, November 12, 2009  6:25:55 PM PT
  Soup, on many levels, is one of the best things to eat this time of year. It’s warm, it’s a great way to stay full without over-eating (when ...
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The Wounded Warrior Project: Soldier Rides 2009!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009  8:41:18 AM PT
  The Wounded Warrior Projects Soldier Ride provides rehabilitative cycling events for severely injured service members. Soldier Ride is not about ...
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2009 Tour de France
Vuelta’09 St.21: Greipel’s Day, Valverde’s Vuelta!
Sunday, September 20, 2009  10:58:34 AM PT
  Race report: Alejandro Valverde stayed upright to seal his Vuelta victory – the first Grand Tour win of his career. On such a short stage, ...
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Vuelta’09 St.20: Millar Puts Them To The Sword!
Saturday, September 19, 2009  10:56:52 AM PT
  Race Report: Today David Millar won his 5th stage in all his Vuelta’s, he was given one of the swords that Toledo is famous for along with the ...
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PEZ Talk: BMC Recruit John Murphy
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:48:44 PM PT
  John Murphy has been promising big things for a long while now. The rider has moved consistently up the ranks over the past six years starting as a ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Hero Franco Marvulli
Thursday, November 19, 2009  8:13:56 AM PT
  They call it the ‘World Championship of Six Days’ – Munich. And the 2009 winners were – Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) from world ...
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EuroTrash Thursday!
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:34:44 AM PT
  It’s still the off season, but BMC are gradually plugging the holes in their 2010 race roster, while Lotto are trying to do the same for their 2010 ...
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Battenkill'09: America's Queen Of The Classics
Wednesday, November 18, 2009  1:24:50 AM PT
  America will never be Belgium, but as of 2009, it does have its own hardman Classic. In its first professional edition, the Tour of the Battenkill ...
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PEZ Gets Muddy: USGP Weekend In New Jersey
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  11:07:33 AM PT
  Here at PEZ, we adore the mud-filled fun of the cyclocross season, but it's an all too rare event to be able to cover the racing like we do during ...
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Toolbox: PowerCranks Winter Training
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  5:57:35 AM PT
  I was at the coffee shop the other day answering questions about those funny gold cranks on my bike (which, during the winter when I am riding my ...
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Off-Season PEZ: Vacation In Venice
Monday, November 16, 2009  10:02:46 AM PT
  We love bike racing at PEZ. We really do. Just like our favorite pros though, there's a time at the end of every season for pause, a time for ...
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