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Base miles, racing, cycling on tv. February is a great month to get excited about endurance sports. But if your spouse isn't as excited as you, check out the article about creating harmony in your household as you balance family and training time. This month we also continue our series of Q&A with our experts in sports psychology and nutrition with a question concerning gaining confidence again after a major crash.
We have our usual features in the newsletter: the Resource of the Month, Quote of the Month and Client Successes. And don't forget that you can always find Wenzel Coaching on Facebook!
Help us make this newsletter most meaningful to you. Please send your comments, article ideas, race stories, and questions to newsletter@wenzelcoaching.com or call 503-233-4346.
~ Kendra Wenzel, Scott Saifer, and the Staff of Wenzel Coaching |
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Training Tip of the Month: How Much to Train?
If your training plan gives a range of times for rides, more is better so long as you finish still strong. Training when you are already tired is not as productive as training when you are fresh, so once you are tired it's better to head home than to drag yourself through extra hours.
Make a point of doing the long end of your range of training times as a single block at least once per week. Long rides actually have some specific benefits that you don't get from the same amount of training time broken up into smaller chunks. At the same time, you only need the long ride once per week to get those benefits. On all the other days, if you get at least your minimum time, you'll do okay, though again getting more is better so long as you finish strong. Ask your coach for more details.
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Sports Psychology Q&A: Overcoming Fear After a Major Crash
by Expert KC Wilder, PhD
 Q. I had a pretty major crash in a criterium two years ago. I cracked my helmet in two and separated my left shoulder in the crash. I took a year off from cycling so that I could rehab my shoulder and find the confidence again to mix it up in a criterium. How do I overcome my fear and get my confidence back?
A. Excellent question. Fostering cycling confidence is sometimes easier said than done. Cycling can be an intimidating and sometimes dangerous sport. As you know first-hand, crashes can and will happen in bicycle racing. I am going to do my best to help you overcome your fear of crashing to achieve your cycling goals.
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Wenzel Coaching sponsors the Mt Hood Cycling Classic and Tour de Hood ride
 Wenzel Coaching will again sponsor the challenging Tour de Hood ride June 6-7, 2009 in the Mt Hood and Columbia River Gorge area. Wenzel coaches will guide the ride, and athletes signed up for the Tour de Hood pay no signup fee for new training programs. This year Wenzel Coaching will also sponsor the Mt Hood Cycling Classic Stage Race run over the same spectacular courses as the Tour de Hood. |
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Quote of the Month
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
~Steve Prefontaine, Former US Distance Track Record Holder
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Resource of the Month: High Tech Wheels
 Are you still trying to decide on the best set of race wheels? With so many choices and many expectations of what you want in a wheel it can be hard to make a decision. The folks at RouesArtisinales.com have compiled testing data on many sets of wheels. Their Great Wheel Test 2008 includes data for aerodynamics, inertia and stiffness.
Check it Out>>>
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Featured Article: My Spouse Hates My Bike
by Associate Coach Jenni Gaertner
 Some of us bike-lovers are lucky enough to be in a relationship with a partner who understands our affinity for the two-wheeled machine. Others of us, however, may find ourselves torn between our loved one and our desire to spend our time honing our bike skills and fitness. While I'm no expert on relationships and the stresses involved, I have found a couple tips helpful when trying to find balance between the love of my life and the other love of my life. Try some of these strategies to help bring harmony to your household:
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Client Successes
Cara Bussell takes 1st place at the Cherry Pie Road Race and 3rd place at the Jack Frost Time Trial, Cat 4 Women
Colby Wait-Molyneux takes 1st place at the Cherry Pie Road Race and at the Jack Frost Time Trial, Junior Men 13-15
Georgann Shinn takes 1st place at the Cherry Pie Road Race and takes 2nd place at the Jack Frost Time Trial, Master Women 40+
Sue Butler takes 17th at the Cyclocross World Championships, Elite Women
Coach Ron Castia takes 3rd place in Stage 2 of the Valley of the Sun Stage Race, Master Men 40+
Jim Norman takes 3rd place at the Sublime Sublimity Road Race, Cat 3 Men
Coach Joshua Barton cuts 45 minutes from his time at the 35K Vassaloppet XC Ski Race and takes 4th place, Men 35-39
Missing your results?
We do our best to publish all the results we receive, but if we don't know what you did, we can't tell the world about it. Did you have any results in 2008 that we didn't publish already? If so, please send them to newsletter@WenzelCoaching.com. We publish top-3 in any event, completion of endurance events, top-5 in national events, any substantial goal reached (weight lost, training pace increased, personal best for a course...) | |
