After the Diagnosis: An Elite Athlete Chooses Resolve sports-masters April 5, 2023 Athlete Profiles, Cycling, Featured, Health 102 Personal Perspective: Lessons on living well with chronic disease. By Connie Carpenter Phinney My husband, Davis Phinney, was 41 years old when he was told, “You have Parkinson’s disease.” We accepted the...
Identity Crisis: Gravel Biking and Getting Older sports-masters March 19, 2023 Cycling, Featured, Health, Sports 94 By Graham Averill Gravel isn’t sexy. At least, not at first glance. You’re just riding bikes on dirt roads. People have been doing that since 1817, which is when some German dude invented the bicycle. And...
What is Vertigo? sports-masters March 13, 2023 Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Sports 144 I am an avid road cyclist in my 60s and recently suffered a serious Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) attack. I kind of knew what the definition of vertigo was until I found myself flat on my back and watching the world around me spinning out of c...
How Tech is Helping People Get into Fitness sports-masters January 26, 2023 Featured, Health, News 144 At any age, regular exercise is vital to improving your health outcomes. Meeting the recommended amount of physical activity per week is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases and d...
Hell Yes, You’re an ‘Athlete’ sports-masters December 6, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Sports 169 By Chris Carmichael, CTS Founder and Chief Endurance Officer In a recent article, the New York Times presented the fact Dick’s Sporting Goods refers to customers as “athletes” as if it is something new. It’s...
Bikes Win Big at the Polls sports-masters December 2, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Featured, Health 204 By Kyler Blodgett, State and Local Policy Analyst, PeopleForBikes On November 8, voters across the U.S. approved nearly $3.6 billion dollars in local funding for new bicycle infrastructure, all of which were opportunities that PeopleForBikes tracked and rai...
Race Fuel sports-masters November 29, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, Sports 167 By Joel Zanatta, The Biking Lawyer The first time I rode a 122k timed road event I learned a very important lesson. No matter how well you train for a race, if you don’t diligently manage your hydration and ...
Gail-Ann Breese, 62, Wins Gold at World Masters Powerlifting Championship sports-masters October 25, 2022 Athlete Profiles, Featured, Health, Sports 261 By Ozten Shebahkeget, CBC News A Winnipeg woman who won gold at the recent world powerlifting championship says she started strength training later in life as a way to keep up with her grandchildren. Alth...
Napa Valley has a Sweet New Bike Trail and it’s Growing sports-masters October 24, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Sports 221 By Robert Isenberg, Momentum Mag Picture it: a 47-mile bike trail, smooth and flat, cutting through bucolic farmland. A full 260 sunny days per year, and four seasons of rideable weather. A string of quaint little towns nestled among rolling hills and rows ...
Billions Required to Deliver Cycling Masterplan in England sports-masters September 7, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Uncategorized 225 By Laura Laker, Cycling Industry News Chris Boardman says England would need up to £18bn ($20.7bn USD) to grow cycling equitably between rural and urban areas, against a current pot of up to £3.8bn ($4.3bn U...
