Champions Are Made in the Off-Season

Welcome to the off-season.

While cyclocross is in full swing, many of us are about to begin or have already started our off-season training for the '10 season.

For those of you starting indoor training, check out resources on thesufferfest web site. The video feed is down due to copyrights issues, but click here for "Spinning and Indoor Cycling" page. You'll find fun links to podcasts, play lists, videos, and other cycling resources. Hopefully this will help pass the time while sitting for countless hours on the trainer.

Build your base now so that you're successful in the Spring.

Train Hard and Stay Strong!

- Sisterhood of Dirt

Race Across The Sky: Leadville Trail 100

October 22, 2009. Mark your calendars. Buy your tickets. Because it's only being shown one evening.

Word of the documentary has been buzzing in the cycling community. The film primarily focuses on Lance Armstrong and Dave Wiens as they race to win the one of the most epic endurance mountain bike events in the United States. (Yeah, epic is the most overly used term in cycling, but it was pretty fitting for that sentence ;-)

Click here to find your nearest theater. Hopefully we'll catch a glimpse of some of our local dirt sisters like Rebecca Sauber who finished in 10:47:54.4 and earned style points by sporting her favorite shade of lipstick the entire race, Patti Schmidt-Iverson (11:16:33.2), and Cathy Bergin (11:37:33.1).

Cold Enough for Ya Yet?

Ah yes. We knew it would happen inevitably. A curtain of cold that clamps the summer door shut.

Need a little push to get out there and ride although the temps are plummeting?

Here's some motivation (and riding soundtrack) from pro rider, Kyia Anderson:

It was the only thing that could motivate me to pound the leg speed workout this a.m.....

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Throw Down at the MN/WI Border

Who's taking the trophy home this year? Last year Wiscowsin grabbed the honors. Boo. Come on, Minnesota ladies: REPRESENT! Help bring that trophy home!

Border Battle Traveling Trophy

A traveling trophy has been created for the Border Battle. This trophy will be presented to either WORS or MNSCS officials for display at their events. The trophy is intended to designate which state has the fastest mountain bike racers for that year.....

Read more on the MNSCS event page

Ore To Shore

Minnesota pros, Kyia Anderson and Jenna Reinhart snagged podium spots at the Ore To Shore this past weekend. Kyia's got the recap:

Perfect weather for racing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan yesterday morning. Around 6 a.m. a good storm rolled in and wet down the course nicely and firmed up the many sand pits and loose rocky climbs. This was a real bonus as I think it helped with the iron ore dust and sped up the race times as well....

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(as told by Kyia Anderson, Cannondale, Professional Mountain Bike Racer)

Rider Profile: Janet Frank Atkinson.

One of the features of the sisterhoodofdirt blog is rider/racer profiles. For this post, we took the easy route and linked up a Q&A with Janet Frank Atkinson from Peace Coffee's newsletter, Peace Spokes.

We are looking for riders to feature. If you are willing to be profiled, or know someone who would be a great candidate, please email us.

In the mean time:

Whether it's flying down a rocky hillside on a mountain bike, mixing it up in the peloton, or pushing the limits of endurance in a triathlon, Peace Coffee Racers are there, setting the pace. From group rides to world championship events, the PCR crew has logged some serious miles, seen a few podiums, and spread the gospel of a fully-caffeinated outdoor lifestyle along the way. This month’s featured Peace Coffee Racer is Janet Atkinson, a 36-year-old sport class mountain bike racer. Read more.

Local Bikes, Bonding, Bonfire Weekend with Specialized Bicycles

UPDATE 8/7: This event will be rescheduled due to the weather. New date will be posted soon.

Specialized Bicycles, in partnership with Minnesota Off Road Cyclists (MORC), is sponsoring a woman's demo weekend event at Murphy Hanrehan Park next weekend: August 7th and 8th.

Come on out to the mountain bike trails located in Savage, MN to demo a nice fleet of rides and meet fellow dirt sisters.

Janet Frank Atkinson is teaching a clinic about core training and the importance it plays in cycling at 6:00 on Friday evening. Despite what the link states, Janet is a personal trainer, not a personal trailer. The folks at Specialized must have had single track on their minds when they created the copy...

Beer sampling (preregistration required) and bike maintenance clinics round out the weekend. Camping is also available.

Additional info listed on the link below:

https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:31425.2193760915/rid:1a957278b9a28f93c83adf6834e0cfe4

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