Posts in category training & skills

Every year, we hear about more and more injuries from racers wanting to improve their running skills for the cyclocross season only to end up …

So you’re racing gravel. First of all, good for you, re-purposing your ’cross bike in the offseason! Second of all, by now you probably realize …

Welcome to our newest section of the website, our Frequently Asked Questions. Now, as we add to our list of questions, we’ll be featuring them …

by David Einmo A mechanical might steal your spot on the podium, but it doesn’t have to rob your enthusiasm. Stop playing the “what if” …

by Jacob Fetty ’Cross is over. Now what? You have watched the World Championship replay 17 times on YouTube. You are lost. It feels like …

by Matt Marchal Like many of you, I saw the post recently about the Cat 3 who tested positive for testosterone and at first, I …

Two-time World Champion Bart Wellens shares his tips on how to run stairs like a pro in this video from the Global Cycling Network. Wellens …

Al Donahue is one of the country’s leading cyclocross experts, but you may not have ever heard of him. Al works closely with a number …

by Neil Schirmer Our annual vacation to visit family and friends in and around Boulder was inadvertently blessed by the cycling gods this year.  The …

by Lee Waldman and Kim Gilbert Kim Gilbert: It’s that time of year when I flip my calendar a month ahead and see that my …

by Jacob Fetty If ’cross is your primary partner, what should you be doing over the coming weeks to insure that you are giving the …

What do serious Juniors do in the off-season? A six-day training camp at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, under the guidance of coaches …

If you plan on racing in USAC-sanctioned events (any races with UCI fields, and often even local races), you might want to consider purchasing an …

Anyone can race ’cross! Here’s some things you need to know before you race around in the dirt, grass, mud or snow. For starters, everyone …

Lately, we’ve been covering the latest tech news, featuring great races, talking summer training and getting in-depth with some great racers. But we realized that …

Summer: a time to relax, have barbeques, hit the beach, and … get ready for cyclocross season. If you finished last season feeling like your …

Because no one has written much on nutrition for cyclocross racers, we at Cyclocross Magazine decided to ask Fitzgerald for some cyclocross-specific advice. As ’crossers, we have interesting nutritional needs: we race in all types of temperatures and climates, we go hard for 45 minutes two days a week and then recover to do it all again and of course, we do love the beer tent. We’re a nutritional enigma, trying to eat healthy surrounded by waffle carts and chocolate-covered bacon and trying to stay svelte for a long season that often isn’t a racer’s main season is a challenge in and of itself. It gets even harder when racers’ schedules demand a lot of recovery and travel time, and little by way of long hours on the bike. Luckily, Fitzgerald had some tips for us.

Gravel racing is getting more and more popular with the cyclocross community this season. Cyclocross star Justin Lindine has won two of the big name …

Building a set of collapsible barriers with PVC pipe is a piece of cake! If you’ve ever attending a cyclocross practice session, you probably have seen a set of PVC barriers erected. For one thing, they’re incredibly easy to break down and set up. An added bonus is that if a newer, more unsteady rider crashes into them (or if a seasoned pro comes in too hot and crashes into them), it won’t really hurt anything but his or her pride.

On Friday, we talked a bit about what to look for in a training camp. But today, we want to look at what exactly you …

by Jacob Fetty By now it is commonly accepted that ’cross is a game of skills as much as it is a game of fitness. …

If you are racing in USAC-sanctioned events, you are eligible to upgrade from Category 5 to Category 4 once you have completed 10 races. For …

Before you decide to buy a bike, we recommend that you try out racing on any type of bike that you happen to have lying …

If you’re a first-timer or consider yourself a newbie, don’t feel like a ’cross-specific bike is absolutely mandatory in order to race. It’s far from …

Originating in Belgium, cyclocross has deep roots in neighboring European countries like France and the Netherlands. For an in-depth history of ’cross in America, Issues …

If you take a look at Cyclocross Magazine’s 2012/2013 cyclocross race calendar, you can see that nearly every state hosted a cyclocross race. What does …

The cyclocross season begins in the fall and goes through the winter. Without forgetting our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, this means we usually see …

Whether it’s struggling up a steep hill or pushing through the final leg of a race, muscle fatigue can take its toll when you’re trying …

We asked each and every Nationals medalist just how he or she does it. What’s the training like? What kind of cross training do you …

by Jacob Fetty Unless you are a full-fledged sponsored ’cross racer, racing ’cross can be costly. Heck, even if you are sponsored, racing is expensive …