Entries by julieyoung

Reno Spring Cycling Camp

Contributed by Sian Turner, o2fitness and Silver Sage athlete,  her Spring Cycling Camp Diary below… The hidden road cyclist in me jumped at the chance to join Julie Young’s 3-day Spring Training camp in Reno this past weekend.  Comprised of mainly Reno Wheelwomen, plus a couple of brave guys, and me, the 20 of us […]

Getting Ready to Race Across America 2015

Contributed by O2fitness and Silver Sage Uber-Athlete, Michelle Faurot… I’m part of the second only 8 women team to compete in the Race Across America (RAAM) this June.  As planning for RAAM goes, we were late to the gate, deciding to put together our team and crew this past summer.  Administrative and logistical work immediately […]

The NG (New Guy)…

Contributed by Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab sponsored, ProjectHero athlete Shay… So I’ve been a NG several times in my life, if you don’t know what a NG is…welcome, because you’re a NG to the NG world!! Thursday, March 26th at 0400 the alarm clock wails, time to load up and head down to […]

March NorCal High School League Races

Contributed by Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab sponsored Reno Tahoe Cycling Team members, Tate Meintjes and Austin Smith.     March has been an amazing month for the Reno-Tahoe Composite team. It started out with the first of the famous NorCal series. These 6 races host the fastest kids not only in California, but on […]

Rest Up, Eat Up, Drink Up

Emily Blackmer, Far West Elite XC Ski Team member and Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab sponsored athlete shares practical fueling lessons from her Spring Series race campaign. Opening photo, Emily Blackmer throwing it down in the 30k. photo credit Jeff Fereday. The end of March brought the Elite Team to Sun Valley, Idaho for Spring Series, […]

Far West Elite XC Team Travels to the Spring Series

Far West Elite XC Ski Team member, and Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab sponsored athlete Wyatt Fereday reports in from Sun Valley, Idaho. (Opening photo courtesy of Montana Stars.) A couple weeks back, Anja and I braved the long drive to West Yellowstone got the 50k skate Rendezvous race. The Subaru made it over […]

Pre-Season Racing

Blog post by Reno Tahoe Junior Cycling Team members Matt Nugent and Jackson Miers. Silver Sage is proud to sponsor and support the team’s pursuit of excellence.  I’m Matthew Nugent, one of the members of Reno Tahoe Junior Cycling.  All of our team members enjoy practicing, having fun, and racing together.  Since mountain biking is […]

Birkie Fever!!

Post by Silver Sage sponsored Far West Elite XC Ski Team Member Anja Gruber. I have to warn you, I had a lot of time on the plane and I was still pretty excited about my first Midwest trip and my first 50k race, so this is a long one. It wasn’t until a couple […]

Importance of Fit for Junior Cyclists

As title sponsors of the Reno Tahoe Junior Cycling team, we have the opportunity to support the team, in their pursuit of excellence, with bike fitting, physiologic testing, as well as provide advice on training and recovery strategies. Below is a post from the team’s director, Trevor DeRuise on the importance of bike fitting for […]