Below is an article we wrote to assist Girls on The Run (GOTR) coaches create a workout plan when confronted with circumstances curtailing normal activity, ie rainy or smokey days, or injuries. Photo: Smithridge STEM Academy student and GOTR participant with her coach, Sara Holm, (pictured on right), presented a thank you poster to Julie […]
A post from Silver Sage sponsored athlete, Sian Turner Xterra was a second priority focus for me this year, with my season primarily organised around performing well at Leadville. The mountain biking season seems to finish really early when it still feels like mid-summer so I had planned after Leadville to jump into the end […]
Reno, NV (September 22, 2014) – Dr. Andrew Pasternak and Julie Young, of Silver State Sports & Fitness Lab, attended the fifth annual Medicine of Cycling conference, held at USA Cycling in Colorado Springs, CO, August 22-24, 2014. The conference was presented by the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and Medicine of […]
Below a post from Martin Benes, Head Coach for Sugar Bowl Academy Nordic Ski Team. We at Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab sponsor the Sugar Bowl program, lactate threshold testing these talented athletes in summer, fall and winter. I was recently at a USSA Nordic National Under-16 camp in Jackson Hole, WY. We had […]
Leadville 100 mile mtn bike race report by o2fitness long-time athlete, Andy Buckley… Tahoe July 19– to be totally honest the Tahoe Trail 100k was my mental moment of truth. That is, it was to be a measure of my preparedness. With my South African race in April, 2000 miles of dirt training and 180 […]
The following post by Sian Turner, o2fitness athlete extraordinaire…. It’s difficult to describe the Leadville 100 mountain bike race to anyone who hasn’t experienced it first hand. There is something about it that is hard to put a finger on; I guess it has a similar allure for mountain bikers that the Kona Ironman […]
Brad Rassler’s regular post, continued… After re-reading my last post I became so depressed I had to go out and have a breakthrough week. So I did. I’ve been on the mountain bike more than the road bike these days, reasoning the extra oomph required to pedal through dirt would translate well into the fall […]
We at o2fitness Coaching and Training and Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab are proud to sponsor Ride2Recovery and Project Hero. Below is a brief overview of these life-saving programs, followed by a testimonial from, Wes Washoe, one of our sponsored Ride2Recovery athletes. Ride2Recovery’s mission is to improve the health and wellness of injured veterans by providing […]
WARNING: This post contains cathartic commentary As I am watching the Tour de France with crashes knocking out favorites, it reminds me that sport provides a micro-cosm of life, magnifying the ups and downs. And I am reminded that it is how we deal with adversity’s depth of depression and disappointment that reveals the character to […]
Brad Rassler’s quest continues So this guy limps into Vermont… I traveled to the East in May with high hopes of using the Green Mountains as my aerobic proving grounds, but developed a case of Achilles tendonitis that has hamstrung my midlife comeback story. It’s nobody’s fault but mine. Rather than adhering to Julie’s running […]
