After six successful years with the Leadville Race Series, Josh Colley will produce several LT100 qualifiers under Youphoria Productions. New events are on the horizon for former Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Race Series Race Director and Brand Manager Josh Colley. After six... Continue Reading

By Brooke Schohl, MS, RD, CSSD, METS With a little advanced planning and preparation, you can keep your nutrition in race-ready shape, even when you’re embarking on a racecation. How do I maintain my healthy eating habits while traveling? Don’t let travel derail your stellar fuel... Continue Reading

Two and a half hours into her 3-hour training run, feet pounding dirt step after step, Lindsey Sachs can feel the tension, and anticipation, in every muscle. What most of us would consider torture, Sachs sees as just another run in her quest to achieve what most would never... Continue Reading

By Brooke Schohl, MS, RD, CSSD, METS   I live in Arizona, where summer heat takes on a whole new meaning. But even when the temps approach scorching, triathletes continue to hit the pavement and the (bath-water warm) pool to crank out those workouts. The show must go on, and so... Continue Reading

By Dave Wiens In mountain bike racing, no two courses are the same, and even the types of courses vary and will affect your approach. Courses typically fall into one of the following categories: Out-and-back, like the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Silver Rush 50 MTB and Wilmington... Continue Reading

By Brooke Schohl, MS, RD Despite the magic and excitement the New Year brings, the pressures we put on ourselves to achieve our goals can be stressful. There are several compounds in foods that help you to decompress during high-stress times. Here are five vital compounds to... Continue Reading

By Rebecca Rusch Maintaining focus during the colder months is hard and takes discipline. Here are a few ways to keep stoking that fire until the trails thaw. As the powdery snow piles up layer-by-layer each day, my beautiful hometown of Ketchum, Idaho, goes from singletrack... Continue Reading

The Queen of Pain raced the clock and wound up with her second win at Tahoe. We talked with her about tough workouts, prepping for Leadville and her own private Idaho. You’re a big proponent of riding your own race — not letting the race atmosphere or the competition push... Continue Reading

Dave Wiens finally got to race the course he helped plan — and while he was at it, he just happened to set the course record. We talked to him about the race, as well as about his new post as Western State Colorado University’s first Mountain Sports Team Director. How did you... Continue Reading

By Rebecca Rusch I’ll admit it: I’m kind of lazy. I don’t get overly excited when I look at my training schedule from my coach and see hard intervals or race-pace efforts on the calendar. Instead, I get a sinking feeling, knowing how very, very deep I have to dig to take that... Continue Reading