Archive for October, 2007

PEZ Toolbox: Handling pressure

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This is a good article for all the racers out there. As I lock into the 2nd season of cyclocross, I’ve noticed my feelings about the races have changed. Last year, it was just exciting to do and I didn’t really feel any pressure beyond normal heightened anticipation to race. This season, however, I feel [...]

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Revolution women win AND have a good time

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Cross is fun, ladies. You all have to come on out. This weekend I learned a lesson or five on Saturday and served myself up a second place finish, but Sunday, got the win I traveled for and had a blast doing some beer hand-ups to the 1/2/3 men. If you want to read [...]

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Weighting Game

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It’s post-season, the days are shorter and air is brisk. There seems to be a subconscious signal going off in my brain to start packing it on for the long, hard STL winter. How do you know you’re gaining weight? You say to yourself, “I think I’ll change into some ‘jammie pants’to sit on the [...]

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No Impact

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So, I keep thinking about this green thing. It’s becoming a new obsession (hey, it’s my off-season!). I’ve been constantly astonished at how unconsciously wasteful we are, none more than today.
I was thinking we’d have a “green” tour next year. Maybe we’d get a hybrid team vehicle. Done.
Wrong. Not even the surface. Still working on [...]

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Gettin’ dirty in the off-season

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Team Revolution women don’t sit around idling away the days till the next road season. Instead, I like to think we’re all out rockin’ it in other ways. Some of us are swimming, others running and putting miles on their other bikes, and me, I like to mix it up on the ‘cross courses. [...]

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Green Revolution: Tree huggers

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It’s not just during MTB season that we love to hug trees (actually, it’s in MTB season that we hope we don’t!) I’ve had green on the brain for a while now. (Here’s my default web page!) And one of my favorite articles from their bicycle archive.
Being in the midwest, it’s fairly easy to be [...]

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Fun + Laughs= Sore Muscles

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Carrie learns that “All things come to those who wait”, does not apply to Racquetball!
Whew, this taking time off the bike thing is about to kill me, I think. Between chuckling so hard at turning circles on the racquetball court, to dodging trees due to the fact I can’t figure out how to stop [...]

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VEGAS BABY!!!!

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Yo, I am alive!!! When you are going through hell, keep going!!
So we went to Vegas to thank profusely our sponsors for the 2007 season and to ask them to take a bigger leap with us in 2008. Wish us luck, we had some fantastic supporters this year, and more wanting to come [...]

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All’s quiet

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My wheels are not rolling. Dust gathers in my shoes and settles on my bike….as it waits patiently for me to finish my two week hiatus. As I’m running instead, lactic acid gathers in my quads after months of being spoiled by consistent peddling….now, pounding the pavement, I remember how much I love riding. [...]

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