Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore [...]
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In a series of posts, I’m re-introducing these exceptional companies and people to you so you will consider adding what they have [...]
I just recorded the first of four motivational tools for cycling and triathlon. In this series, I explore in about one minute practical steps you can take to stay motivated early in the season when it's cold outside for most of us and boring inside while riding on Zwift and similar platforms. You can watch [...]
The 2021-22 race season is now in our rearview mirror (mine just ended after Abu Dhabi a full seven months after it started). You’ve likely either put your swim, bike, and run gear away for a much needed rest or significantly dialed back your training through the new year when you’ll ramp things up in [...]
If you would have told me 14 months ago that I would compete in the 2022 World Triathlon Championships in Abu Dhabi and come away with a bronze medal in the Super-sprint and a 9th place in the Olympic distance in my age group, I would have certainly told you that you were crazy. I [...]
PEZ Bookshelf: “The Complete Guide To Cycling Psychology” By Leslie Reissner On Nov 13, 2022 The idea that thinking affects performance is nothing new, or, in the words attributed to Henry Ford: “If you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” It has been demonstrated time and again that athletes with the ability to focus on their [...]
Global Cycling Network, the publisher of my new book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology, has created several video clips from my visit to their HQ in Bath, England back in April that describes some of the useful tools that the book offers cyclists (and any endurance athlete). Here’s the second one about how to [...]
Global Cycling Network, the publisher of my new book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology, has created several video clips from my visit to their HQ in Bath, England back in April that describes some of the useful tools that the book offers cyclists (and any endurance athlete). Here's the first one about how to manage [...]
I’m heading to Abu Dhabi in late November to compete in the World Standard-distance and Super-sprint World Championships. And, yes, it’s going to be hot, very hot. The typical daily temperature in the U.A.E. in November is around 95 degrees and the water temperature is in the mid-80s (no wetsuits there!). Without a doubt, the [...]
My latest book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology, co-written with Mark Beaumont and published by Global Cycling Network, is now printed and ready to be ordered and delivered. See below GCN presenter James "Hank" Lowsley-Williams speaking about his mental challenges and the value that my book brings to cyclists.
