Announcing New Nutrition Question & Answer Feature
 

Want to find out what your exact individual nutritional demands are for your workouts? This month Wenzel Coaching announces our new nutritional packages and begins a regular nutrition question and answer feature with nutritionist and cyclist Raynelle Shelley. If you have a nutritional question, be sure to send it to newsletter@wenzelcoaching.com.

Q:  I want to lose 10 pounds to improve my racing performance, is that possible during my race season?

A:  This question is much more difficult to answer this time of year because most riders are in their pre-race or race season already.  The best time to try to lose 10 pounds is during the transition time of year when racing ends and the focus switches to resistance training and recovery.  It can even go into the initial stage of preparation or base training (check with your coach to see when these times fall into your calendar).  However, if an athlete is determined to try to lose pounds during their racing season, there are a few things to keep in mind.

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Brian Forbes has 15 years of racing experience, including three years racing professionally with the Jelly Belly team.  He has great tactical race knowledge which has landed him over 100 podium finishes.  He currently races for team RIDECLEAN, a local Arizona team that promotes clean racing. Brian has great skill at working with road and criterium racers that are just beginning to race, or experienced racers that are looking to hone their competitive edge.  As a busy father he understands the demands of balancing work, family and training.

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"The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget." 

~Mario Cipollini, 2002 Road World Champion and sprinter extraordinaire

Stephen Davidson wins a bronze medal at the Texas State 3K Track TT, Master's Men 40-49

Jim Long is the 2nd ranked California USCF Criterium rider, Cat 4 Men 35+

Shana Sturla wins a silver medal at the Minnesota State Criterium, Women 1/2/3

Matt Dion takes 2nd at the NorCal State High School  MTB Championship, Freshman Men

Marcy Anderson completes the High Sierra Double Century, her first double

Paul Rymarz takes 2nd place at the Panoche Road Race Category 4/5 Men 35+ and the Mt. Hamilton Road Race, Cat 4 Men, earning a Cat 3 upgrade

Joey Howard takes 3rd place in the Skyline MTB Race, Sport 35-44

Doug Aldrich upgrades to Cat 4

Jeff Eisenberg takes 2nd at the Ross's Epic Hill Climb, Cat 3 Men

Jose Morales-Zuger takes 1st place at the Copa Xara MTB  
Championship in Guatemala, Pro Men

James Davis takes 3rd at the Lantern Rouge TT and 3rd at the Kansas State TT Series, Cat 5 Men

Gale Beatty took one minute off previous best at Joe Martin State Race Hill Climb TT Stage

John Carroll completed the 2007 Paris-Brest-Paris Brevet Series (200, 300, 400 and 600 k rides) and qualified for PBP 2007

Logan Loader wins the Grand Prix de Grasse, his first European race, Jr/Espoire category


 

On any training ride, when you can no longer make the same power with the same perceived effort that you could earlier in the ride, it's time to switch to recovery mode. If you are practicing sprints and power drops by 10% on a sprint versus your best sprint of the day on the same gear and terrain, do no more sprints. Just cool down and go home. On a basic endurance, moderate or hard interval ride, pay attention to how hard you feel like you are working for a given power early in the ride. If you feel it is significantly harder to make the same power later or you are unable to make the same power, cool down and go home. 

Imagine it's a nice sunny day, a perfect day for a ride.  You ride out your front door and begin your favorite route.  You are listening to the sounds of birds and wind in the trees when you hear a "clink clink" sound coming from your bike.  You stop, spin the wheels, check the cranks and glance over you bike.  It must be a fluke.  You get back on, pedal, and hear the sound again!  You are plagued by this sound your entire ride.  You get home and wonder what to do next.  Today is your lucky day, most of the answers to your annoying bike noises can be found in this helpful "Keep it Quiet" guide by Jim Langley, former technical editor for Bicycling Magazine.