I had an interesting realization yesterday while doing a hard session on Zwift that after twenty-some years of endurance racing and having “max heart rate” be some sort of nebulous concept, that it may be actually dropping enough […]
Is It Time To Fight The Good Fight?
“To fight the good fight is one of the bravest and noblest of life’s experiences. Not the bloodshed and the battle of man with man, but the grappling with mental and spiritual adversaries that determines the inner caliber of the […]
Going to altitude this summer?
“Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.” John Maxwell I’ve been tracking my oxygen saturation levels since 2010 when I go to altitude, more as a learning experiment than anything else. I went to some excellent […]
Plan B, C, and the mantra
“The hardest thing, after all the work and all the time spent on training and technique, is just being fully present in the moment.” George Mumford. One of the toughest things when working with an athlete is getting them […]
An opportunity to give back-Everesting For Emergencies!
Noah and his crew in Santa Barbara will be pushing their limits even deeper than before by attempting an Everesting attempt on a DIRT climb on April 25th. They are training hard and going deep into the Los Padres Forest […]
Grasshoppers, VOS and Madera news, Cold water Immersion for multiple race days, and ” Training Low” with protein supplementation
Hi all, it’s nice to see racing kicking off in earnest! Noah Hayes hanging with a star-studded group at the Super Sweetwater Grasshopper until getting dropped in a savage crosswind by multiple world tour and Conti level riders just before […]
Racing Wrapup!
With NICA racing in Norcal on hold for a couple weeks lots of Tempo riders were busy training and catching up on non-racing activities, these breaks are CRITICAL for success as a working or student athlete! I’m a HUGE believer […]
Weekly Racing Wrap!
Quick wrapup of last weeks festivities- the second stop of the spring UCI racing in California was in Vail Lake, and amid a superbloom both Noah Hayes and Max Mcfadden found a bit more early season form. Max ended up […]
January Openers!
Noah, Kenny, and Gabriel open up 2019 with a bang!
Fall Team Accomplishments
Note- this was part of an email to team athletes. I’m exceptionally proud of ALL THE HARD WORK this year! Team Accomplishments Beverly Chaney- Track Worlds was Bevs Fall and 2018 A race, and she crushed it! Individual Pursuit- 9th […]