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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