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Wenzel Coaching Newsletter Early Summer 2011
In This Issue
Coach Article: Utilizing the Mid-Season Break
Tip of the Month: Positioning for the Final Sprint
Resource of the Month: Are Your Supplements Useful?
Featured Article: Post Event Let-Down
Spoke Trivia: The Hour Record
Intermediate Race & Sprint Clinic on July 2 in Livermore, CA
Greetings!

Check out this month's articles on staying motivated, focused and energized throughout this summer and into future seasons!

Happy training and racing!
~ Kendra Wenzel, Scott Saifer, & the Staff of Wenzel Coaching
Utilizing the Mid-Season Break
Cruiser bikeIt can happen either gradually or suddenly: motivation weakens, intervals are more of a chore than usual or you don't feel like going to a race. These are all signs that the first peak of your season is winding down and it is time to initiate a mid-season break and rebuild period. Planning in advance for a mid-season break and taking it before you really lose your fitness or enthusiasm can allow you...

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Tip of the Month: Positioning for the Final Sprint

 Earning a position near the front in the final kilometer of a road race or crit is tough, but losing that position to a swarm is easy. That's why the the folks who are leading the pack at a kilometer to go are often nowhere to be seen at the line.

            If you are in the front in the final kilometer or so of a race that is coming down to a field sprint and you feel like you are rolling along pretty easy, chances are there are people behind you who feel the same way but who want to be closer to the front, so if you are sitting it easily near the front in the final K, you are about to get passed by a swarm if you don't do something. There are two choices of what to do: 1) if you are farther out than you can sprint, keep looking behind you so you can jump on the move as it comes by. 2) If you are close enough to sprint to the line, just go for all you're worth. If you aren't sure, sprint but keeping looking for the train coming by.  

Tour de Hood Recreational Ride: June 4-5, 2011.
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Wenzel Coaching is sponsoring the challenging Tour de Hood ride for the fourth year in a row, June 4-5, 2011. This beautiful ride goes through the Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge areas. Wenzel coaches help guide the ride. In person registration is available up to event day!

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Quote of the Month
"The problem for most of us is not that we aim for too high a goal and miss it, but that we aim too low and reach it."

~Michelangelo, Painter, Sculptor, Poet, Engineer      

Resource of the Month: Are Your Supplements Useful?

Have you ever wondered if that supplement you are taking is really helping you? Check out the Information is Beautiful website to see a neat graphical representation that shows where different supplements rank according to scientific evidence of effectiveness.  Each supplement is represented by a bubble. Those shown at the top have more evidence that they are helpful whereas those at the bottom have less evidence of effectiveness. 

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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.
Client Successes
Wenzel Clients had 38 top-3 finishes including 19 victories in the last month

 

Christine Jerko

-1st the OBRA State Championship Road Race, Women 40+
 
Coach John O'Brien

-1st at the OBRA State Championship Road Race, Men Cat 3 50+

-1st at the OBRA Tandem TT Championship with teammate, Men 80+
-1st at the As the Raven Flies TT #3, Men 50+

-1st overall at the As the Raven Flies TT Series, Men 50+

 

Ben Senkerik

-1st at the Wisconsin Off-Road Series #1, Junior Men Cat 1

Jason Ruesch

-1st at the Wisconsin Off-Road Series #1, Men Cat 2 35-39

-3rd overall at the Wisconsin Off-Road Series #1, Men Cat 2


Mark Franks

-1st at the Carnation Hill TT, Men Master 50+

Tim Butler

-1st at the Cascade Chainbreaker MTB XC, Men Cat 1 40+


Lindsay Fox

-1st at the As the Raven Flies TT #3, Women Cat 1/2 

 

Coach Steven Beardsley

-1st at Tuesday Night PIR, Cat 1/2/3

-1st in the Miss and Out at the Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race,

 Men Cat 1/2

-1st in the Points Race at the Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race, Men

 Cat 1/2

-1st overall at the Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race, Men Cat 1/2

Jade Wilcoxson

-1st overall at the Enumclaw Stage Race, Women Cat 1/2

-Secures a spot on the Nature Valley Pro Team for the Nature Valley

 Grand Prix NRC

 

Chris Kelly

-1st at the Boggs Mountain Bash MTB, Men Cat 1 35-44

 

Associate Coach Jenni Gaertner

-1st at the Wednesday Night MTB Series #1, Women

 

Beccah Canada

-1st at the Rev 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon, Athena Division    

 

Michelle Lee

-1st at the Tek Park Circuit Race, Women Cat 4

 

Steve Banta

-2nd at the Three Bears TT Series #1, Men Cat 4   

 

Karsten Hagen

-2nd at the Cascade Chainbreaker MTB XC, Men Cat 2, 35-44

-2nd at the Central Oregon TT Series #1, Open

Sue Butler

-2nd at the Cascade Chainbreaker MTB XC, Women Pro

Mark Franks

-2nd at the Ravensdale RR, Men Master 50+

 

Katy Pranian

-2nd at the As the Raven Flies TT #3, Women Cat 4

-2nd overall at the As the Raven Flies TT Series, Women Cat 4


Jesse Shoemaker

-2nd overall in the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series #1,

 Open

 

Alyssa Mease

-2nd with teammate at the Stewart Super Six Pack 6 hour race, Co-ed

 Duo Open Division   

 

David Thornton

-2nd in the TT at the Tour of Syracuse, Men 45+

 

Rachel Beckman

-2nd at the MacDonald Forest 50k Run, Women 20-29

     

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Got P.E.L.D.?
Anticipating and Managing Post Event Let-Down

Runner race finish 

 Athletes who focus on one or a few events per year often experience a particular pattern of emotions around the event. The last few days before a long-course triathlon, marathon or endurance bike ride there is a mix of anxiety and excitement. On event day, it all comes together and you complete your event, but with a few little things you'd like to do differently "next time." The next day or two you are high on life, you scan the calendar for the next event and start making plans to start training better than ever. Then, somehow when it comes time to ride or run or swim, the motivation just isn't there.  

 

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Spoke Trivia: The Hour Record

The Hour Record is the world record at any given time for the longest distance traveled by a solo rider on a bicycle in one hour not assisted by wind, hill or another vehicle or power source. Hour records are set on velodromes or other closed tracks. The first hour record was set by Frank Dodds in 1876 at 26.5 kilometers (16.4 miles). After numerous advances, Eddy Merckx pushed the Hour Record to...     

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More Client Successes

Coach Joe Nieto

-3rd at the Races at the Lake Munroe Falls, Men 35+

 

Agnes Smith

-3rd at the Cleveland Half Marathon, Women 70-74

Hilary Billington

-3rd at the OBRA State Championships, Women 1/2


Emily Charbonneau

-3rd at the OBRA State

 Championship Road Race,

 Women Cat 3

-3rd at the Mt Tabor Circuit

 Race, Women Cat 1/2

Coach Steve Long

-3rd at the OBRA State Championship Road Race, Men Cat 3 50+

 

Mike Ontkean

-3rd at the OBRA State Road Race Championships, Men 50+ Cat 4/5

David Mackintosh

-Upgrades to Category 3

Kaleb Franklin

-Upgrades to Category 3

Renske Lynde

-Sets a PR by 3 minutes in the

 Tilden Tough Ten Trail

 Running Race


Intermediate Race and Sprint Clinic July 2 in the East Bay Area, CA
Join Coach Ron Castia for an Intermediate Race and Sprint Clinic in Livermore, CA. Topics include race specific handling skills and advanced cornering techniques, pack positioning, successful breakaway riding, reading the race; and sprint techniques, including positioning, form, and course specific run-ins to the finish.

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