A Cross Country Bike Journey: No Rain
by Joshua Ryan Nance
From the time I crested the Cascades in central Oregon until leaving the west Texas scrub and sage, that’s roughly 3000 miles through arid American land, where the people, and especially farmers know a thing or two about water …

Super Squadra Camps, Jan 10, 16, or 17 « Durata Training
by duratatraining
DT sponsored team Super Squadra will be holding their 2nd annual skills and tactics camps at Driveway Austin. Click over to their site or Facebook page for more information. In 2009, several of our athletes ran or participated in the Super Squadra tactics and skills clinics with positive mojo. Check it out and enjoy a few Sunday mornings picking up a few new tricks.

Simple – Green – Frugal: Pedal Power Update – December 2009
by Heather @ SGF
You see, it’s in the 40’s here in Central Texas, with wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour, and YES, I spent 2 hours this morning on my bike to get our household errands run. … Gone are the days when a 20 mile ride was a novelty. Now, I go out of my way to add the extra miles onto a tour around town (almost always an effort to complete errands). I’ve also noticed that rather than biking on some of the larger roads where I can get to and from home much faster (but where …

Why Sprinting Improves Endurance
from Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Jens Bangsbo of the University of Copenhagen has shown that if you want to run, cycle or swim faster at any distance, you have to train at a pace that is almost as fast as you can move (Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2009). He asked competitive distance runners to reduce their mileage by 25 percent, and to run 8 to 12 30-second sprints 2-3 times a week, with some additional 0.6-0.8 mile sprints 1 or 2 times per week, for 6 to 9 weeks. The control group of runners continued their regular training program, and showed no improvement…