The Athletes Festive Food Survival Guide

Some people love Christmas/the festive season: the food, the family, the gifts. For others it means a forced day off the bike, guilt around excessive food and the difficulty in gifting everyone something acceptable.

Whichever side of the coin you're on, it's undeniable that athletes can be challenged with some extra dietary pitfalls at this time of year; and it's not just Christmas day, it's the weeks leading up to it. The office parties, the social club gatherings and school events.

In light of this, there are a few thing you can do to make good decisions during this time.

Anna beck17 December 2020

Your top 5 questions about riding in the heat: answered

With the Olympics scheduled to take place in Tokyo, sports institutes around the world have turned their focus towards performance in hot and humid conditions, in order to understand the effect of heat on performance.

Training and PhysiologyAnna beck24 November 2020mtb, physiology, heat training, heat, cross country, pre-cooling, heat stress, training

2020: The Longest Night

I have written pretty extensively about how 2020 is a great time to try new things, to undertake some big audacious challenges and work on weaknesses. In the absence of anything too wild, friend and instigator of bad ideas, Chris, sneakily tried to get me interested in a 324km event: the Brisbane Valley Rail trail end to end, twice.

Anna beck14 October 2020

2020: 99 Bikes Cycle Epic Marathon

Last year I wrote a post about The Epic, and how it was an exercise in how not to race. The TL;DR of it was pretty much ‘didn’t sleep, was disorganized, super anxious and needed to do lots of wees, ended well but annihilated myself’. This year’s Epic was the same 100km course, and with the memories of the 2019 version in mind I was more than a little reluctant in the days leading up to the event than I had been before..

Anna beck14 October 2020

Are you ready for coaching?

Starting coaching can be a big learning curve. If you have been a recreational cyclist looking to step up to the next level, or an experienced athlete who has been coached before, there will be vary levels of ‘new’ and ‘different’ when coming across to Grit coaching.

A few questions before we get started for you to have a think about…

Anna beck3 September 2020

When training hasn't gone to plan: DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU’VE GOT

That night I was pretty wrecked, it’s one thing back to racing it’s another just randomly turning up to a stage race, I was thankful it wasn’t a marathon this year.

Anna beck3 July 2020

Tips for embracing the indoor life

We are still in social distancing mode here in Australia. With rules and regulations governing exercise and outdoor time varying from state to state, one thing the police definitely can't fine you for is training inside.

Anna beck30 April 2020

Outside isn’t cancelled

Well...it’s a crazy time, and like most people right now, my life too has changed in the great pandemic of 2020. It seems every business is putting out a press release about their changes to maintain relevance in these wild times, and coaching is no different.

Anna beck20 March 2020