Secrets From The Saddle: All things Cycling PODCAST

It\'s the FALL and we have winter training on the brain. Here are 9 Ways to Optimize Your Winter Training to ensure you become a faster cyclist in the spring and are not overtrained and burnt out.

As I was conducting some searches on the regular social platforms I came across German Based RAD-RACING a super cool FIXED GEAR inner track race for the LAST MAN/WOMEN Standing are announced as the winners. So I had to reach out to find the leader and mastermind(s) behind this freakin cool event. I found Ingo, with friends who created not just Rad-Race, Tour De Friends and other cycling events across the globe. Rad-Race is also a bike shop in Hember, Germany. I\'m sure you will you will love this guy\'s attitude as much as I did!

August has been FUN, Crashed my bike 2 weekends in a row, one MTB biking and the other in a Gravel Race. How do you get back on the bike? Mental Strength and physical fitness. Let\'s talk about your winter training strategy.

Leading hydrotherapy clinic in Canada just because it\'s one of a kind. I\'m back chatting with Karen Snyder co-owner and founder of Liquid Gym, we talk about all the various low-impact ways for rehabilitation PLUS the amazing Alinker Walking Bike that Karen has incorporated as an additional rehab tool.

If you caught my last Friday\'s episodes from the Gravel Cup Canada #3 Race. Results from the event. You\'ll be surprised at what happened.

Meet my RETIRED friend Ron VanHoose and his wife Pam. Ron just cycled from the Pacific to the Atlantic helping people along the way as part of the Fuller for Bike Adventures. I am so impressed! Pam was a dedicated volunteer taking care of the food and the cyclists. I recommend that you watch/listen to this episode on our NEW Youtube channel dedicated to the Podcast, for all the pictures.

I attended a Gravel Event last weekend Aug 6 - Gravel Cup Canada. I\'m pretty strict on how I manage myself for an event.....BUT this time NOT SO MUCH and here\'s how it all panned out. Make sure to catch next week\'s race results episode to find out how accurate I was in my assessment.

It\'s a first for me to interview the amazing Anna Russell from New Zealand. As an avid Zwift rider, she became a commentator with Z Community Live and Nathan Guerra. As you know the whole Zwift online racing community fascinates me. Having fun learning more about it.

Every year or season there comes change and change is good! Change is required! Hope you like the changes I\'m implementing. Love to get your feedback, by sending me a DM on IG or placing a comment on YT. You are fabulous!

I was so excited to sit with Judith to learn all about her current experience with MS and how the Alinker Walking Bike has gotten her away from being wheelchair-bound. If you know of someone who has been recently diagnosed with MS, please share this podcast episode.

Exciting chat with David Shellnutt - The Biking Lawyer from Toronto. Advocating for cyclists in Canada.

As the sport of GRAVEL grows, so do the events being organized. I\'ve been organizing events for the past 5 yrs as I move from organizing Time Trials to Gravel. Different type of cyclists and venue. Both exciting. Here are my Top 7 tips to getting started on your cycling event.

It was amazing to connect with Sandra Fletcher who started the Toronto women\'s group. As a founder of a women\'s cycling club, I love to connect with other inspiring women, and share and support initiatives in other parts of canada.

Love that Simon works with men and women who are moving into their 40\'s, to stay fit and get faster on their bikes Or not. Speaking with Simon, we had the same mindset around training, rest & recovery, strength training and nutrition. Personally, I\'m glad to be able to access his knowledge.

Chronicles from the car are back;o) Random thoughts and tips after a Hill Repeat session always provide for interesting episodes. Today I talk about setting up more strategic training sessions for Gravel Racing. Maybe this will get your training wheels turning.

Donna is one of these women who I aspire to be like at the age of 60+. She\'s fit, active and never stops. Always being on the bike, but relatively new to BMX, she just recently qualified as one of the riders representing Team USA in France this summer 2022. We wish her good luck.

Now when I found Stephan on IG, I was so fascinated with the bike he was proposing to develop, that I had to reach out to him, so he could share his story on the podcast. Stephan is no stranger to the bicycle and has spent many years racing, so it almost seems natural that his robotic background would lead him to create a belt-driven all-terrain bicycle like the Beach & City cruiser. This is pretty cool!

This episode is pretty heartwarming because I have many amazing listeners that are enjoying my episodes. We are very close to 200k in downloads with over 14000 listeners in over 40 countries. I am full of gratitude! I never thought this podcast would touch so many people all over the world as it has. And I spoke about what has been happening recently with my health, gravel and planning for more events. My heart is full.

This episode is pretty cool, BECAUSE I\'ve been hearing SO many amazing things about this \"LAROSE FOREST\" place to Moutain & FAT Biking. I was about to speak with Emmanuelle and JS about how they created the MANA Retreat centre for couples, teenagers & corporate events. I finally got to MTN bike there and it is everything they say it is and more! It\'s a place you MUST explore!

I\'ve been waiting for this episode to happen for a long time. I came across Nathan when I started to race in the Women\'s Zwift Race league, he was one of the lead commentators for the larger women\'s WRL. I had no idea Nathan had a Gaming background and used to as a PRO in MTN BIking. Look where all that great experience took him, right into the world of ZWIFT and creating the ZWIFT Community LIVE.

Coaches Corner: What\'s up this weekend and talking about FAD Diets that do not serve if you are an athlete trying to make gains in your training.

I noticed these amazing Cycling Accessories on IG and had to reach out to Frankie Holt, the designer of the Fierce Hazel label. If you thought creating a SUSTAINABLE Product was easy, think again. Frankie shares how she took her ideal and made it a reality.

My good friend Simon shared this amazing CHARITY ride in FATHERS for the FATHERLESS. Being brought up by his mom, Simon has made it his mission to support and participate in the charity ride for dads that are growing across the USA. If you resonate with his story I encourage you to share this podcast.

A summary of last weekend. I was supposed to head to Michigan and participate in the Coast 2 Coast Gravel Grind, I was too sick on Thursday morning to drive. And so I stayed home. I was sad, that I didn\'t get to meet the ladies I rallied to join me AND experience that beautiful area of Michigan.

Speaking with Sarah was amazing, as I mentioned she\'s helping ME place all my CycleFitness programs in one dynamic spot on Shopify. So what if you\'re looking for a place to sell your products and don\'t know where to start. Email/DM Sarah on social, give her the code: SYLVIE and she will add you to her FB group, where you can learn and ask questions on how to get started. She\'s amazing and really knows her stuff!

A great story about how I got to know Hani and purchase one of his MONTU GRAVEL Bikes. As you can appreciate BIKES ARE EXPENSIVE and not available. So when I came across the MONTU Gravel bike for less than a mortgage payment, I was interested in learning more. I further found out that it\'s their own brand and some available and to order it only took 2mo, PLUS they were local. I WAS IN. Breaking from the norm as I usually do, I purchased a MONTU Gravel BIke and I\'m loving the ride.

I thought I\'d share my training strategy and how I\'ve worked up my strength and endurance to ride 100+ km on a regular basis. Be prepared for a long-term training plan. As I become an aging athlete, it\'s important to pace, listen to my body a WHOLE LOT more and take more recovery time. Create a development plan that allows you to build slowly, and you will achieve your goals safely and in a healthy way.

If you are on ZWIFT and most of us are, you\'ll know about the many race events and leagues. This was a much-anticipated interview with Karla and Jamie-Lee. WHY because I had the pleasure of joining this women\'s race team last Fall. Zwift has always been a mystery and being part of the women\'s race league was a huge eye-opener to the INSIDE of ZWIFT. Have a listen.

It\'s not every day you find a Fat BIke Endurance Rider that lives in ALASKA, one of the coldest and most beautiful areas in North America. Meet Daniel, he got into endurance riding during the pandemic and now he has some pretty big race goals. Go Daniel Go.

What an EPIC event. From the organizers to the people, the cause, the route, and support EVERYTHING was a 5 STAR experience. If you have not joined a charity event, this is the one to join. I will be putting together a team for next year. JOIN MY TEAM.

Loved speaking with marketing & branding guru Allyson Davis, through her background in television and production she knew she was meant to create a documentary, which lead her to the partnering with Jill Yesko to create the Female Cyclist Documentary UPHILL CLIMB. Follow them this summer as they interview some of the amazing ladies racing the Tour Des Feminine.

Who doesn\'t love a good Bicycle Tour? Talking to Matt makes me want to book one right away. Not only does his company book and organize bicycle tours all around the world he will customize one for you if there\'s a location you\'d like to visit and ride. Good friends of mine Heidi & Ron are actual bicycle tour guides for Magic Places Cycle Adventures, so it\'s amazing ;o)

Are you constantly OVEREXTENDING yourself with family, friends, work, training...... trying to make it all fit in? Sharing my experience, thinking it was a good idea, then feeling completely stressed and overwhelmed. Was it worth it? Yes because it worked out....this time, but I don\'t recommend it. Can you relate?

Meet my good friend Ron VanHoose, we meet through a Facebook Cycling page called VIP about 8yrs ago and we\'ve been friends ever since. I\'ve even had the pleasure of hanging with him and his wife Pam in Nashville. So when I received a letter asking for donations to this charity he was working with that required he ride his bike for 10weeks, well you can imagine I HAD to HAVE him on my podcast talking about the Fuller Centre Bicycle Adventure. Have a listen, it\'s pretty darn amazing!

Love talking to small bike shop owners, especially in Canada. Peter Lily of Sweet Pete\'s Bike Shops in Toronto has a great story and so great personal goals. Have you been to Sweet Pete\'s?

Have you ever let the \"FEAR\" of something, weather, location, the unknown, or what people think........stop you from having an experience? Today I talk about how our FEAR robs us of so many great experiences, because NOT DOING something IS way easier than doing it.

You know when you meet someone and it just clicks? BONUS they actually live close to you? I Found Mary Anne, who is a nature lover and newly found a love for the Gravel World. We chat about everything from Everest to the Gatineau Park and back. You\'ll love our lovely banter.

Meet Alex Tractor, he started out loving and racing Motorcycles, and motocross which lead his passion for all things bikes to opening up a small Bike shop-HOUSE OF BIKES, selling new and refurbishing used bicycles. And I\'m Loving the #Teamorange it\'s just the best cycling color!

Coach Sylvie Here. Do you know how amazing cycling makes you feel? Right? I hope it makes you feel amazing. Imagine just saying HI to your passing fellow cyclist? Or to the jogger, or to the mom out for a stroll with her baby. You could make someone\'s day, instead of looking so serious ;o)

Meet Pamela Harper: Pam and her husband were 100% into their kid\'s activities and nothing for themselves. How many times have we heard that story? It wasn\'t till the kids left that they found themselves extremely unhealthy. Pam Beat Cancer and is now a huge advocate for Female Gravel Riders/Racers. She\'s amazing and is tearing up the courses every weekend!

Super exciting 3 Part Series with JOE FRIEL breaking down one of his most popular training books - FAST AFTER 50. In Part 3 we talk about HIGH-performance Training & Intensity and how important they are to sustaining, maintaining and building hi-performance in athletes over 50.

In this episode, we\'ll talk about how it doesn\'t serve to play the comparison game. You only see the Glory, without knowing the Story.

In this episode you will hear from Jill Yesko & Allyson Davis, film director and marketing how this amazing documentary about the women of the Tour De France 1984-1986 their stories of racing and the women of the Tour De France 2022. Stories that need to be told, before they are lost forever.

In this episode, you will learn: How vitally important Sleep, eating right, recovery and the right training is for an Aging Athlete 40+ in order to continue to increase training intensity. So interesting!!

In this episode, I share with you how passionate I get when I ride my bike-Mountain bike, Road Bike, Gravel Bike. The feelings are so immense and I shared them with you.

In this episode, you will learn about: GYALDEM a women\'s only cycling collective that was created in the Toronto area, one year ago and they are growing as more women are looking for a safe environment to ride bikes and explore.

In this episode, you will learn about: In this 3 part series we will be breaking down Joe Friels training book FAST AFTER 50. In the first part, we talk about the AGING ATHLETE, between the Physical and Mental, and how we know we need to make changes to our training, based on our age. Cellular changes.

In this episode, you will learn about: How passion can be a driving motivator to really help change lives. Learn more about these amazing Alinker Walking bikes and how they work.

In this episode, you will learn about: Let’s Bike Month is an annual campaign that encourages people to try cycling as a fun and healthy transportation option. Participants in the campaign:

In this episode, you will learn about. How Chris moved through life with his dyslexia, which didn\'t stop him from achieving. Being a sponsored athlete, it\'s important to follow you\'re passion for a sport you truly love. Learn how Chris made his transition from Pro Triathlete to Pro Gravel and starting his own Pro Gravel Team.