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Nurture Vs. Nature Death Match

May 2, 2012
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Nurture Vs. Nature Death Match

It is funny how things go in cycles.  It seems like it was about 10 years ago or so that I was reading a theory that most anybody could be trained to be an elite endurance athlete and that there really wasn’t a genetic limit to endurance sports performance.  While many sports physiologists believed...

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It Is That Time of Year Again…Sea Otter

April 18, 2012
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It Is That Time of Year Again…Sea Otter

It seems like Sea Otter was so far away and then all of a sudden, BAM here it is!  Sea Otter is definitely one of the big ones out of the year and arguably, one of the biggest cycling events in the country.  There...

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Good Reads for the Week

March 30, 2012
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Good Reads for the Week

Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science The mainstream media was all a buzz this month about an article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine journal that stated that red meat consumption was linked to an increased rate of total, cancer,...

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From the Archivies: When Athletes get Sick…

March 21, 2012
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From the Archivies: When Athletes get Sick…

So this past weekend we had the trifecta of suckness.  My 3-year old daughter, my wife, and myself all came down with the stomach flu.  Maybe it is just...

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Good Reads for the End of the Week

March 15, 2012
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Good Reads for the End of the Week

Cold Water Baths Reduce Muscle Soreness but Evidence Lacking On Safety I have seen positive benefits from ice baths in myself and in an athletes for quite a while...

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Race Weekend!

March 5, 2012
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Race Weekend!

Even though I don’t have as many opportunities to see my athletes race as much as I would like, I always try to take advantage of the times when...

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