Peak 6 hr Challenge The first wave of intrepid racers lined up on the top of Tweed, Downpours in the wee hours of the morning were enough to make the course, hereby known as the “gnarled albatross” for the route’s peculiar resemblance to a seabird, not just techy and hilly but downright treacherous. Fourteen year […]
PEAK® Do These 6 things and You’ll be Ready to Mountainbike Race STEP SIX Smell The Roses Have fun. Pack a picnic in your hydration pack and linger at the top of a mountain with a friend and have deep conversations. Pretend you’re announcing a grand prix race the whole way down. Sit by a […]
PEAK Do These 6 things and You’ll be Ready to Mountainbike Race STEP FIVE Practice Active Meditation You can cue Mr. Miyagi of Karate Kid fame if you must, but find the most mundane, time consuming task that you can muster (scrubbing the bathroom tile grout with a toothbrush, clearing a football field sized meadow […]
PEAK Do These 6 things and You’ll be Ready to Mountainbike Race STEP FOUR Spend Lots of Time in the Saddle There’s no getting around it. To complete an endurance race you need to build up your mental and physical capacities to their optimal level without injuring yourself or burning yourself out. That means at […]
PEAK Do These 6 things and You’ll be Ready to Mountainbike Race STEP THREE Teach Someone to Ride There is a lot of sound advice out there suggesting that if you want to get better, ride with people better than you. Absolutely. But there’s another perspective that says you can make significant improvements by riding […]
