Criterium racing on tight short circuits in city centres has been at the heart of American racing for decades. The furious pace, the non-stop action and the bellowing emcees draw…
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: How Hormone Fluctuation Affects Resistance Training – with Lauren Colenso-Semple
Find out if you should be resistance training in correlation with your menstrual cycle. PhD candidate Lauren Colenso-Semple knows how to put her knowledge and science to practice as a…
Prepare For Summer Adventures
Maximize your performance and endurance. As the summer solstice approaches, long rides and challenging events are on the agenda. Equipment, comfort on the bike, fuel and recovery become increasingly important to ensure…
Fast Talk Femme Podcast: Increasing Longevity in Endurance Sport – with Katerina Nash
Learn how to maximize your endurance sport for a lifetime. Cross-country skier, mountain and cyclocross biker, Katerina Nash has an athletic career that spans three decades and five Olympic Games. She joins…
How To Avoid Overtraining – with Dr. Trent Stellingwerf
Learn how to get the most from your training and fueling—and avoid the pitfalls of overtraining—with advice from a leading academic. Dr. Trent Stellingwerff is a leading academic in the…
The Evening Time Trail
Riding slowly for fifty meters up and down the farm road, I tried to push away the nerve fuelled butterflies which fluttered around my body. One or two other riders,…
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: The Importance of Strength Training for the Endurance Athlete
Erin Carson is a strength coach who has worked with some of the world’s best cyclists, triathletes and runners. In our latest show, she talks about how endurance athletes can…
Spring Into The Season
As the weather improves in Ontario and we get out on our bikes, we take inspiration from the World Tour professional cyclists racing in Europe. Saturday’s Milan San Remo provided…
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Training During Pregnancy—with Catherine Cram
There’s an abundance of myths about training while pregnant and returning to activity postpartum. Our guest on this show is an expert in the field who helps separate fact from…
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Developing the Next Generation—with Julia Violich
How do you attract, nurture, and retain talented young riders? We find out in the latest Fast Talk Femmes podcast. Fast Talk Femmes Episode 106 n the latest episode of…
Supporting Youth Cycling Development in North America
Many of the top cyclists in the world are now some of the youngest in the professional peloton. World Tour teams are recruiting from the junior ranks, and many are…
Switch Off To Switch On: Mindfulness and Focus on the Bike
Minutes from leaving the house, everything starts to flow. My headlight opens the roads as the neighbourhood sleeps. One car passes me before stopping at a house to throw a…