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Training Plans For Cyclists

Reviewed by Laurel-Lea Shannon

You may be a beginner cyclist working up to your first 50 km ride (31 miles), or an intermediate rider wanting to improve your time on a 100 km ride (62 miles). Or maybe this is the year you’re chasing down a century (160 km/100 miles). Whatever level of rider

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Triathlons for Women

Have you ever considered trying a tri? Sally Edwards’s Triathlons for Women Can Help Any Woman Become a Triathlete.

Triathlon legend Sally Edwards has published a newly updated edition of the best-selling women’s triathlon training book, Triathlons for Women. For over 20 years, Sally Edwards has cheered, prodded, and even pushed

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The Athlete's Plate—Enjoy Real Food and Higher Performance

Fuel-starved endurance athletes are notorious convenience eaters, scarfing pre-packaged products and expensive prepared foods that offer a quick fix for their ravenous appetites. But these food products and supplements leave athletes under-nourished, delaying recovery and preventing their highest performance.

For endurance athletes, there is no substitute for real food. The Athlete’s Plate: Real Food for High

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Book Review: Bicycling For Women

By Laurel-Lea Shannon

While shopping for a bicycle seat this spring, I was encouraged by a handsome young clerk to buy an exquisite handmade Italian leather saddle. He assured me it was not only indestructible but classy — the leather was burnished to a high gloss, the stitching pattern integrated fully with the designRead more . . . Book Review: Bicycling For Women

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The Complete Bike Book

For one of the best A to Z cycling resources, pick up the Complete Bike Book by Chris Sidwells. It’s packed with need-to-know information on everything about the sport of cycling (on and off-road). Like many other how-to books published by Dorling Kindersley, the Complete Bike Book includes detailed photographs that clearly illustrate the text.

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Around The World On Two Wheels

New Book Tells the Astonishing Story of the Young Mother from Boston who Circled the World by Bicycle in 1894-5

It was, declared the New York World on October 20, 1895, “the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman” — an audacious, solo, ‘round the world race against time on a bicycle — and the

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