Two Wheel Blogs

Been hitting the nutrition hard, probably harder than the on-the-bike efforts. As a result, I've dropped another 20 pounds and stand (and even sit) at 195#. Before any of you think I may have lost some muscle weight as a result let me stop you. I've been working with my good buddy, Tim Adele, who's an expert in the nutrition and training field to drop body fat and increase lean muscle.

for the train's a coming. Man, I'm getting pumped. Eating right, training is ramping up, and the Dirt Crits are getting ready to start. While I haven't done much intensity this year, the Dirt Crits will be a sneak peek into this year's cx season fitness. I'm not expecting to dominate any of the dirt stuff, rather just see what level my training has brought me to (vs.

As you may know, I had a pretty good ride earlier today. What I did not mention was the pace I held during that ride.

I hammered out that route at a pretty good pace. I am unsure why I did not have my GPS turned on...then I could have told you how far, fast, and how much climbing. You will have to take my word on the subject that based on RPE, I killed it. So much so that I actually found my self stumbling around a bit today (had a case of the dizzy spells that tends to come from fire exceeding available fuel).

It's a fairly simple idea. Look at professional teams who play during the fall and winter and see if their location in terms of latitude shows any significant performance correlations. This blog appears to be exploring this simple idea. American football is an ideal sport to track since training starts in the late summer and the season begins in the fall and goes through winter. Check out his thoughts on recent super bowl winners.

If an amateur racing cyclist wanted to see if supplemental vitamin D could make a difference in their performance, here's a few things they could do.

A few weeks ago, a well known professor of nutrition referenced this study (which was published in the AJCN) on our local cycling message board and cautioned people about using vitamin C. Her message seemed to indicate that, in general, people should follow the FDA RDI for vitamin C rigorously and that going above this value could be detrimental and dangerous.

This is a great video of Dr. Linus Pauling, who was probably the second most important scientist of the 20th century. Listen to how much vitamin C he was taking at the time this video was made. I don't know when it was made actually but I suspect it was early or mid 80's. Perhaps the most compelling part of the presentation is at the end when he describes the commonly suggested needs of monkeys. It reminded me of this quote by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: "The purpose of science has gone from making discoveries to getting grants granted."