Posts in category training & skills

If you plan on racing in USAC-sanctioned events (any races with UCI fields, and often even local races), you might want to consider purchasing an …

Anyone can race ’cross! Here’s some things you need to know before you race around in the dirt, grass, mud or snow. For starters, everyone …

Lately, we’ve been covering the latest tech news, featuring great races, talking summer training and getting in-depth with some great racers. But we realized that …

Summer: a time to relax, have barbeques, hit the beach, and … get ready for cyclocross season. If you finished last season feeling like your …

Because no one has written much on nutrition for cyclocross racers, we at Cyclocross Magazine decided to ask Fitzgerald for some cyclocross-specific advice. As ’crossers, we have interesting nutritional needs: we race in all types of temperatures and climates, we go hard for 45 minutes two days a week and then recover to do it all again and of course, we do love the beer tent. We’re a nutritional enigma, trying to eat healthy surrounded by waffle carts and chocolate-covered bacon and trying to stay svelte for a long season that often isn’t a racer’s main season is a challenge in and of itself. It gets even harder when racers’ schedules demand a lot of recovery and travel time, and little by way of long hours on the bike. Luckily, Fitzgerald had some tips for us.

Gravel racing is getting more and more popular with the cyclocross community this season. Cyclocross star Justin Lindine has won two of the big name …

Building a set of collapsible barriers with PVC pipe is a piece of cake! If you’ve ever attending a cyclocross practice session, you probably have seen a set of PVC barriers erected. For one thing, they’re incredibly easy to break down and set up. An added bonus is that if a newer, more unsteady rider crashes into them (or if a seasoned pro comes in too hot and crashes into them), it won’t really hurt anything but his or her pride.

On Friday, we talked a bit about what to look for in a training camp. But today, we want to look at what exactly you …

by Jacob Fetty By now it is commonly accepted that ’cross is a game of skills as much as it is a game of fitness. …

If you are racing in USAC-sanctioned events, you are eligible to upgrade from Category 5 to Category 4 once you have completed 10 races. For …

Before you decide to buy a bike, we recommend that you try out racing on any type of bike that you happen to have lying …

If you’re a first-timer or consider yourself a newbie, don’t feel like a ’cross-specific bike is absolutely mandatory in order to race. It’s far from …

Originating in Belgium, cyclocross has deep roots in neighboring European countries like France and the Netherlands. For an in-depth history of ’cross in America, Issues …

If you take a look at Cyclocross Magazine’s 2012/2013 cyclocross race calendar, you can see that nearly every state hosted a cyclocross race. What does …

The cyclocross season begins in the fall and goes through the winter. Without forgetting our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, this means we usually see …

Whether it’s struggling up a steep hill or pushing through the final leg of a race, muscle fatigue can take its toll when you’re trying …

We asked each and every Nationals medalist just how he or she does it. What’s the training like? What kind of cross training do you …

by Jacob Fetty Unless you are a full-fledged sponsored ’cross racer, racing ’cross can be costly. Heck, even if you are sponsored, racing is expensive …

by Molly Hurford Ask any cyclist about bike fits and there will be a different response. As one pro racer uttered under his breath when …

by Jacob Fetty ’Cross season is over and you find yourself with a little extra time on your hands. Now is a splendid opportunity to …

by Seth Lincoln Going into the 2012 cyclocross season, I had exactly zero racing experience and searched high and low for information that might help …

Now that the season is over and you’ve most likely taken some time to think about your results from the fall and winter, and evaluated …

Done for the season? Put on a few extra pounds? Want to race better next year? While some of you may be hitting the trails …

by Jacob Fetty So many things happen in a ’cross race – physically, mentally, metaphorically and existentially. It’s an action packed several minutes. Racing well …

“I don’t know how much I can eat, I need to see how many calories I burned,” Canadian racer and SSCXWC winner Mical Dyck laughed …

by Robbie Carver As with the 2013 National Championships, we here at Cyclocross Magazine can’t help but geek out on the lap times from the World …

by Jacob Fetty Kids grow up too quickly. We all know the cliche: you even think about blinking and you miss something … or multiple …

Yesterday we took a look at the lap times from six of the seven laps the Elite Men completed at the 2013 USA Cyclocross National …

By now, we all know the results of the 2013 Cyclocross National Championships, but what cyclocross dorks like us like to do is look at …

Today, our coach-in-residence, Jacob Fetty, talks about being reasonable about training. And if you want to read even more about recovery, check out our Issue …