Greetings!
Happy New Year from all of us at Wenzel Coaching! We hope that 2010 brings you closer to your fitness goals and happiness in all of your endeavors.
In this issue, in order to start out things right for your upcoming New Year, coach and professional bike fitter John Forbes takes on the transfer of power itself: the foot/bike connection. We also welcome coach Anne Linton, MD -- cyclist, triathlete and accomplished doctor to the Wenzel Coaching staff.
As always there are the Tip of the Month, 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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Training Tip of the Month: It's Resolution Time
No matter how much or how little you've been training recently, no
matter how well or how poorly you've been watching what you eat, this
is the perfect time to re-commit to doing what you need to do to reach your athletic goals. All around the world, people are making "New Year's Resolutions"
this week. Join the fun! Make a list of things you're going to do
better this year. Include a way of measuring your success. That is,
don't just write, "train more." Make it quantitative: how many more
days, miles or hours? Not just, "eat fewer sweets," but "eat sweets
once per week or less." Whatever you commit to, do it in such a way
that you can tell for sure if you have succeeded or not.
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New Coach Profile: Anne Linton of Lake Oswego, Oregon
 Wenzel Coaching would like
to welcome new Coach Anne Linton of Lake Oswego, Oregon. Anne's career as a physician as well as an athlete gives her a broad perspective in understanding her athletes. She's raced everything from triathlons to cyclocross and can assist her clients in many different athletic endeavors. Having returned to racing a few years ago, Anne also understands what it takes to be a competitive masters athlete.
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Quote of the Month
"Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure.."
~Brian Tracy, Author and Speaker
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Resource of the Month: The Importance of Air Pressure
 Have you ever wondered how important tire pressure is in relation to your weight? Research at Michelin has found that there is an optimal pressure for each size of bicycle tire based on rider weight. Check out the Michelin page to find out at what pressure grip, efficiency, comfort and durability are optimized for your weight.
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-7 Victories, 14 top-3's and 1 personal record
Wendy Stredwick -1st place overall at the INWCX Series, Women B
-Upgrades to Cat 3 for cyclocross
Tim Butler
-1st overall in the Oregon Overall Best All Around Rider for 2009, Men
40-44
-3rd overall in the Cross Crusade Series, Men 35+ A
Rob Schultz
-1st overall in the Boss Cross race series, Cat 3 Men
-2nd at the final Boss Cross race, Cat 3 Men
Erika Krumpelman
-1st overall at the INWCX Series, Women A
Travis Monroe
-1st at the USGP Portland Day 1, Junior Men 15-16
-3rd at the USGP Portland Day 2, Junior Men 15-16
Trevor O'Neal
-1st overall in the Cross Crusade Series, Men B
John Wilson
-1st in the Oregon Best All Around Rider for 2009 in
cyclocross, Master Men
-3rd overall in the Cross Crusade Series, Men 50+
-5th at the USAC Cyclocross Nationals, Men 50-54
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Over the course of human evolution the body's made dramatic adaptations as we've evolved from creatures that rarely stood upright to ones who nearly always stand that way. Much of that adaptation is in the foot. Most of these changes help us walk and run. Around 87% of us have a varus foot. That is, as we stride forward the foot strikes on its outer edge. Then as the body moves over the foot in its forward motion we roll toward the inner edge. As we continue the stride we roll off the big toe. At the same time as the foot rolls from outside to inside the arch collapses, absorbing energy, then, as the weight moves toward the other foot it opens back up, releasing that stored energy. Essentially the foot acts as a spring. It cushions the knee, hips, and spine as well as itself. All that works great for walking and running, it's worse than useless on a bike.
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More Client Successes
Coach Rich Cramer
-2nd in the Oregon Best All Around Rider for 2009 in
cyclocross, Master Men
-3rd at the USAC Cyclocross Nationals, Men 50-54
-3rd at the USGP of Cyclocross Portland Day 1, Men 45+
Coach Jenni Gaertner
-4th at the USAC Cyclocross
Nationals, Master Women 35-39
Kari Studley
-4th at the USAC Cyclocross Nationals, Master Women 30-34
Chris Hellman
-Qualifies for 24 hour MTB World Championships, Elite Men
Carl Arriola
-Takes 2 minutes off his time for the Boise YMCA Holiday 10k run
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 our newsletter editors. 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...) | |
