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Mental Opportunities of Training and Racing

The month of April started with the goal of having a successful day on the bike with my Rio Strada teammates at the Rapha Prestige event in San Francisco.  This longer, much climbier ride/race was definitely outside my comfort zone and I did as much as I could to train for the distance and elevation [...]

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Mayberg – You Look Marvelous!

Experiential Training and Racing Report from Stephanie Mayberg – o2fitness athlete and Rio Stada Cycling team member… This is my first season racing, and I started out with an injury that had me off the bike for two months.  Once I was able to get back on the bike, I have made slow and steady [...]

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Xterra Lake Tahoe Training Plan

Xterra Lake Tahoe presented by Big Blue Adventure Training Program Details Complete 8- week training program, starting July 2 $150 program fee -increases to $180 after June 27 Training plans available for the beginner to the racer gunning for a PR Plans provide daily science-based, structured, comprehensive training Training plans posted weekly on trainingpeaks.com and [...]

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Lake Tahoe Triathlon Training Plan

Lake Tahoe Triathlon presented by Big Blue Adventure Training Program Details Complete 8- week training program, starting June 25 $150 program fee -increases to $180 after June 22 Training plans available for the beginner to the racer gunning for a PR Plans provide daily science-based, structured, comprehensive training Training plans posted weekly on trainingpeaks.com and [...]

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Julie Young’s O2fitness – Truckee Women’s Trail Running Group

  Training Program Details Complete 10-week (expanded from previous eight week program) comprehensive daily training program coupled with weekly group training Starts May 20 Twice weekly group workouts (Structured-coached Mondays 5:30-6:45pm;/Un-coached group endurance Saturdays 9am) $195 program fee by May 16  -increases to $235 after May 16 Minimum fitness requirement: must be able to run [...]

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Julie Young’s O2fitness – Truckee Women’s Cycling Training Group

  Training Program Details Complete 10-week (expanded from previous eight week program) comprehensive daily training program coupled with weekly group training Daily training starts May 20, first group workout May 21 Twice weekly group workouts (Structured-coached Tuesdays 5:30-7:15pm/Un-coached group endurance Sundays 9am) $295 program fee by May 16  -increases to $335 after May 16 Minimum [...]

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Sierra Foothills Cycling Club – Descending Clinic, And More

This clinic will help participants gain confidence, take command of their descending and learn to love it! Bike handling and descending are underestimated and valuable tools, especially for those riding ultra distance single and multi-day events – for time efficiency, relaxation and recovery. As cyclists we earn our turns – might as well embrace the [...]

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Effective Off-Snow Functional Stability, Mobility and Movement Strategies for Improved On-Snow Ski Performance

  On Tuesday April 9, from 6-7:30 at Tahoe Donner Cross-Country Center, Ryan Solberg, Clinical Director at Tahoe Forest Physical Therapy, and I will be present, demo and lead participants in off-snow strategies to improve on-snow technique efficiency and performance. The presentation will start with a discussion on the importance of biomechanics, followed by an [...]

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SuperTour Cross Country Ski National Champs and Olypmic Qualifiers are Here

We at Silver Sage Sports Performance Center and o2fitness are pleased to support and sponsor the SuperTour. We will be hosting several presentations over the two week schedule of events, including Hydration and Nutrition for Skiing, Techniques of the Pros, and Off-Snow Stability and Mobility Strategies for Improved On-Snow Efficiency and Performance. Technique of the [...]

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Rio Strada Cycling Team Winter Training Camp

Mission accomplished on the inaugural Rio winter training camp. The motivation in organizing (with the help of Bev McInnes, team director) the camp was to help the team understand the value of variety in their training. The winter training camp took place at Tahoe Donner in Truckee, and it kicked off with a social gathering [...]

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