Greetings!
Getting to work late this week? You may have Tour-itis, an ailment with symptoms such as getting up as early as 3:30 am to watch 3-6 hours of live racing coverage. Symptoms also include yelling at the tv in the final 1 km and hoisting the remote above your head in your best Cavendish impression. How far we've come when there are six straight hours some days of Tour action!
If you're looking for a little more inspiration this month, check out the interview with racer and coach Melissa Sanborn of the Vanderkitten Racing Team. Also be sure to take in the Criterium Tips, learn about food quality in our Nutrition Q & A, and meet new coach Aubrey Curtis of Montana.
As always, we have the Resource and Quote of the month as well as Client Successes. Send your feedback to newsletter@wenzelcoaching.com. Happy Training!
~ Kendra Wenzel, Scott Saifer, and the Staff of Wenzel Coaching
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Summer Sign-up Special Available
 If you or someone you know has been thinking about getting a coach to help reach chosen goals, there isn't a better time than June or July to sign up for a new program. Wenzel Coaching is currently waiving the sign-up fee on all new programs for starts through July 31. That's a savings of $50 on the sign-up! Find out more about the coaches and programs available and see the details here>>>>>. |
 Q. My roommate and I are trying to bring our weight down. My strategy is to simply cut back on portions, though I haven't really changed the makeup of what I eat. Although my roommate hasn't really cut down the amount of food she's eating, she's changed the kinds of food she's eating, including many gluten-free foods and eating healthier fat sources such as more avocados and nuts. My question is, is a calorie just a calorie? If you are eating healthy food but consuming more calories than you burn, you'll still continue putting on weight or stalling in weight loss, won't you?
A. The question is good on two levels. First of all, healthful foods such as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables are ideal to supply necessary carbohydrates to support endurance sports. Gluten-free foods supply carbohydrates but ...
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Training Tip of the Month: Save Your Matches in a Crit
 Many riders are under the impression that criterium
riding is all about repeated explosive accelerations. Nothing could be farther
from the truth, at least if you want to win. In fact, the most successful crit
racers minimize accelerations, doing as few of them as possible and making them
as small as possible, consistent with getting to the end of the race with the
front group. There are a whole slew of tricks that make that possible. Here are
a few of them:
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New Coach Aubrey Curtis of Townsend, MT
 New Coach Aubrey Curtis of Townsend, MT brings seven years of multisport training to Wenzel Coaching. He specializes in Road Triathlons and has had top age-group finishes at national level races such as the Los Angeles Triathlon and the Honolulu Triathlon. His strengths are running and time-trialing and specializes in teaching swimming to those who are new to the sport. He is a sponsored athlete of Team TriSports.com and coaches the Bozeman Triathlon Club.
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Quote of the Month
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid that you will make one."
~Elbert Hubbard, Writer, Publisher, Artist and Philosopher
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Resource of the Month: Cyclocosm
 It seems like nowadays there is a lot of information to be found on blogs. If you want to see the Tour de France from behind the scene then check out Cyclocosm. Here you can find daily blogs about the Tour as well as links to other blogs. So, if you want to find out more information or opinions about something that happened in today's stage then head on over to Cyclocosm.
Check It Out>>>
The websites found in the "Resource of the Month" are in no way associated with Wenzel Coaching and we are not responsible for any information they contain.
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Client Successes
Wenzel Coaching clients took 13 first place finishes and 34 top three spots in the last month!
Coach Melissa Sanborn
-1st at the Mt Tabor Series #4, Cat 1/2/3 Women
Colby Wait-Molyneux
-1st at the Salem Fairview Circuit Race, Junior Men 14-18
-1st at the High Desert Omnium Time Trial, Junior Men 13-15
-1st at the High Desert Omnium Criterium, Junior Men 13-15
-2nd at the Swan Island Criterium, Junior Men 14-18
Coach Aubrey Curtis
-1st at the Spring Meadow Olympic Triathlon National Qualifier, Men
30-34
Renee Compton
-1st at the Washington State Masters Criterium Championship,
Women B
-3rd at the Washington State Masters Road Race Championship,
Women B
Sue Butler
-1st at PIR Short Track MTB #4, Pro/Cat 1 Women
-1st at the Mt. Tabor Series #6, Cat 1/2/3 Women
-1st over all at the Mt. Tabor Series, Cat 1/2/3 Women
-3rd with teammate at the BC Bike Race, Open Mixed Division
Patricia Dowd
-1st in Stage 1 at the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race, Cat 4 Women
-1st in Stage 3 at the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race, Cat 4 Women
-3rd in Stage 4 at the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race, Cat 4 Women
-2nd place overall at the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race, Cat 4 Women
-Earns Cat 3 upgrade
Mac Carey
-1st at the Benecia TT, Open Men 55+
-2nd at the Leesville Gap RR, Open Men 55+
-3rd and the Benecia Criterium, Open Men 55+
-3rd at the Davis July 4th Criterium, Open Men 55+
-Leading NCNCA Best All Around Rider Competition, Men 55+
Coach Jenni Gaertner
-1st at the Idaho State Criterium Championship, Cat 1/2/3 Women
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Featured Article: Passion and Cycling: An Interview with Melissa Sanborn
by Wenzel Coaching Expert KC Wilder As a sport psychologist and researcher, I chose to interview racing cyclist and Wenzel Coach Melissa Sanborn of Vanderkitten Racing for this issue of the newsletter. The article is simply a transcript with questions related to her passion, bicycle racing. Melissa's interview expresses her passion for bicycle racing that is part of her self-story and desire to solve the puzzle related to her performance in bicycle racing. In that light, she is the story-teller. I believe that you will read this story and be inspired yourself to achieve your goals in sport, and life. Prominent researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1996) states, "the creative process begins with the sense that a puzzle or conflict needs to be solved." May you work towards solving your own puzzle by reading the candid responses by Melissa Sanborn.
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More Client Successes
Matt Dion
-2nd at the Downieville All
Mountain XC MTB, Expert Men 17-18
-2nd at the Downieville All
Mountain DH MTB, Expert Men 17-18
-3rd overall at the Downivelle All
Mountain MTB Race, Expert Men 17-18
Coach Jeanie Bihlmaier
-2nd in the Pursuit at the
Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge,
Elite Women
-2nd in the Madison at the
Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge,
Elite Women
Evan Evans
-2nd in Team Pursuit at the
California State Masters Track
Championships, Women 30+
-4th in the 500 Meter TT at the
California State Masters Track
Championships, Women 45-49
Robert Schultz
-2nd at the Tour of Lawrence
Downtown Criterium, Cat 4 Men
-3rd at the Breakthrough Tour of
KC Power and Light District
Criterium, Cat 4 Men
Diana Dosmann
-2nd at the Washington State
Masters Road Race
Championship, Women B
Kari Studley
-3rd at the US National
Championship MTB XC, Cat 1
Women 24-29
-4th at the US National
Championship XC Short Track,
Cat 1 Women Open
Tim Butler
-3rd with teammate at the BC Bike
Race, Veterans 80+
Larry Szabo
-3rd in the Match Sprint at the
Northern California/ Nevada
District Championships-Master
Men 55-59
Abbie Morris
-Completed 5 passes at the Death
Ride
Coach Earl Zimmerman
-Completed 5 passes at the Death
Ride
Antony Clark
-Completed 5 passes at the Death
Ride
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 recent results 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...) |
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Criterium and Sprint Clinic August 8th in Livermore, CA
Join Coach Ron Castia and professional track racer Marc Prutton for a criterium and sprint clinic on August 8th in Livermore, CA. This clinic will teach you the skills you need to know to go from being able to just hang on in a race to going for the win. There will also be upgrade points available for participants in this clinic.
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