My client Melissa Griffith is the smartest adventure athlete I know.  Why you ask?  In my opinion, it takes great intelligence to over ride the brain chatter driven by emotion with thoughts based in rational logic.  This is the type of higher thought that separates our species from lower primates. Here is a simple fact:  [...]

I woke up this morning with a cold.  I had “been fighting it.” Apparently, it won. I had several days of fun workouts planned and the weather is supposed to be beautiful which is not always the case in January.  It is very tempting to try and train through this.  Doing so might be a [...]

re·solve [ri-zolv] Show IPA verb, -solved, -solv·ing, noun, verb (used with object) to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something):   I am NOT a big fan of resolutions in general and New Years Resolutions really bug me.  The only New Years resolution that ever worked out for me was [...]

Here is my new favorite tempo workout for the winter season.  Those familiar with Hunter Allen know he likes to add “bursts” of hard effort into his tempo workouts.  This is a fun way to accomplish this. Basic Ride:  About 3 hours in total length.  Warm up with easy ride to 75th & Hwy 66 (just [...]