Training and Racing

Adventure Athletes: Cyclist - By Steve Boga

How the world's most daring riders train and compete. Valuable tips from the experts,
including proper preparation, intelligent training, efficient climbing, recovery,
nutrition and safety. This book profiles Dave Scott, Greg Lemond, John Howard, Sally
Vantress, Eric Heiden, Elaine Mariolle, Martha Kennedy and Kenneth Crutchlow.

48-AC-109....................................................................................................................... $14.95

Bicycle Road Racing - By Edward Borysewicz

Here is the complete road racing program of Edward Borysewica, US National coaching
director. He led the US cycling Team to an unprecedented 9 Olympic medals in 1984.
With this book you'll learn how to create your own personal plan, riding position, how
to stay in shape, workout schedules, race strategy, and much more. Bicycle Road
Racing is the most comprehensive and up-to-date training manual for the road cyclist
published in the US.

48-AC-135....................................................................................................................... $24.95

Bicycling Fuel - By richard Rafoth, M.D.

Medically correct, yet easy to understand, it explains what to watch out for when
determining which diet is right for you. Selecting your food and drink wisely will help
you perform better and enjoy cycling to the fullest, whether for recreation, touring or
competition. Includes an extensive recipe section for food at home or by the wayside.

48-AC-145........................................................................................................................... $9.95

Champion - By Samual Abt

Bicycle racing in the age of indurain. Experience the excitement of international bike
racing close up. In this book, Samual Abt guides you through the Tour de France and
paints the picture of the sports leaders.

48-AC-221........................................................................................................................... $12.95

ŒCycling Health & Physiology - By Edmund R. Burk

Cycling physiologist clearly explains the biology of exercise, shows how discoveries
in science and sports medicine can be applied to everyday riding and racing. Filled
with examples from careers of well-known riders.

48-AC-189......................................................................................................................... $16.95

Cyclist's Training Bible - By Joe Friel

Long-time professional coach and masters athlete, Joe Friel, has come up with the
perfect program for training competitive cyclists.The Cyclist's Training Bible takes
all the guess work out of working out, and distills the ingredients for successful
training down into a workable plan. Friel takes over where Eddy B's Bicycle Road
Racing left off with up-to-date scientific data on Periodization, purposeful training,
strength, endurance, diet, planning annual training programs, stretching, recovery, and
many other typical problems faced by competitive cyclists. This book is an excellent
resource for racers and would-be racers alike. 8 1/2" x 11" photographs. Papaerback

48-AC-199........................................................................................................................ $19.95

Cyclo-Cross, 2nd Edition - By Simon Burney

The long-time cult classic cyclo-cross, whose dog-eared pages have been passed
around and around in cyclo-cross circles for years, has recently resurfaced in a
brilliant new edition from VeloPress. Long considered the bible of modern cyclo-cross
racing, the book also appeals to mountain and road riders looking for an incredible
winter workout and perhaps some fun off-season racing as well. Cyclo-cross is the
fastest growing facet of bicycle racing in North America, so pick up a copy and find
out what the frenzy is all about. The author, Simon Burney, is a former professional
cyclo-cross racer who now coaches the BMW off-road racing team. 6" x 9", Photos,
Charts and diagrams. 220 pages. Paperback.

48-AC-185....................................................................................................................... $19.95

Eddy Mercks: The Man and the Cannibal - By Rik Vanwalleghem

This masterpiece coffee-table biography chronicles the life and racing career of the
world's greatest cyclist. Not only did Mercks win the tour de France five times, but he
also won the Giro six times...establishing him as the king of road cycling...a racer who
devoured his competitors, hence the name: The Cannibal. A VeloPress translation from
the original Flemish bestseller, Eddy Merckx promises to keep any cycling enthusiast
captivated for hours. 9 1/2" x 12 3/4", 24 color photos, 165 b/w photos, 216 pages.
Hardback.

48-AC-197........................................................................................................................ $49.95

Fitness Cycling - By Chris Carmichael and Edmund R. Burke

Whether you're a serious cyclist or simply riding for fun and fitness, you'll appreciate
the expert advice, wide range of workouts, and helpful sample training programs in
fitness cycling. A concise, easy-to-follow formula that will help cyclists realize
their full potential.

48-AC-424......................................................................................................................... $14.95

High-Tech Cycling - By Edmund R. Burke

Burke and other leading experts in cycling research share the most recent
physiological, biomechanical, nutritional, and technical advances in cycling. Includes
selection of equipment, mountain bike suspensions, body size and positioning to
performance, pedaling cadence, energy cost and refueling the body, resistance
training, and prevention of knee injuries.

48-AC-183.......................................................................................................................... $19.95

In-Line Skating - By Mark Powell and John Svenson

Recreational and competitive athletes everwhere are discovering the exercise
benefits and pure enjoyment of inline skating. This book clearly explains all the
fundamentals you need tomake your skating experience safe and fun. In-line skating
thoroughly covers choosing the right equipment, safety guidelines, cross-training
basics, advanced skills and the sports history and popularity.

48-AC-425.......................................................................................................................... $14.95

Jumping into Polymetrics - By Donald A. Chu

This book shows how to improve quickness, speed, and jumping ability while gaining
greater coordination, body control, and balance throught the use of polymetric
exercises for 19 specific sports including bicycling.

48-AC-429........................................................................................................................... $13.95

Kings of the Road - By Robin Magowan and Graham Watson

This book is about professional city-to-city road racing. Readers will understand,
virtually as a participant, who the riders are, how they live, how they train, as well
as the whole chess game of team moves and counter-moves that make up a race.
Graham Watson's pictures show what bicycle road racing feels like at the top
professional level; the roads, the moutains, the elements, the fans, the accidents,
victory and defeat, and the riders themselves. Hardcover.

48-AC-423......................................................................................................................... $25.95

Massage For Cyclists - By Roger Pozeznik

This book covers the three basic types of massage in detail with workouts for self or
two-person massage. Pre-ride massage: stretches and warms the muscles; Post-ride
massage: hastens recovery; Maintenance massage; keeps muscles in a state of health,
flexibility, and vitality.

48-AC-147......................................................................................................................... $14.95

No Brakes! Bicycle Track Racing in the United States - By Sandra Wright Sutherland

Velodrome racing - America's best-kept bicycle racing secret. This book includes
getting started in track racing, how to read the lines on a velodrome, locations,
"specs", equipment, track bicycles and events, and a mini-history of Velodrome racing
in the United States. Also includes rules of all USCF National Championship; sprints,
mass starts, time trials. Lists of all US track champions since 1988, lists of all Velodromes in the US (and the world)

48-AC-136......................................................................................................................... $29.95

Road Racing Technique & Training - By Bernard Hinault

Comprehensive manual for the aspiring racers, thorough technical and scientific
information, plus practical how-to-advice, from 5-time Tour de France winner.

48-AC-320....................................................................................................................... $17.95

Scott Tinley's Winning guide to Sports Endurance - By Scott Tinley

How to maximize speed, strength, and stamina. World renowned triathlon champ Scott
tinley shares his secrets on how to: go the distance in any endurance challenge, train
without over training, boost speed and stamina by eating the right foods at the right
time, beat mental and physical fatigue, set and achieve performance goals in running,
cycling, swimming and other demanding sports pursuits.

48-AC-186.................................................................................................................... $14.95

Serious Cycling - By Edmund R. Burke

This book provides advice for cross-training and how to create the most personalized
and effective cycling program possible. You will learn how to cycle smarter for
greater endurance and speed with Serious Cycling.

48-AC-364................................................................................................................... $18.95

Serious Training for Serious Athletes - By Rob Sleamaker

This book provides sensible training programs and sample workouts that will pay off
in competition. Use these 7 components of the Serious system to improve training;
speed workouts, endurance or easy distance training. race pace sessions to test
fitness level, and much more included in this training book.

48-AC-425.................................................................................................................... $15.95

Stretching - Bob Anderson

Stretching helps keep your muscles flexible and ready for movement, improves
performance, helps prevent injuries, and simply makes you feel good. With over 1000
drawings and clear, concise instructions, stretching will teach you the right way to
stretch.

SB102..................................................................................................................... $13.00

Swim, Bike, Run - By Glenn Town and Todd Kearney

Designed with the beginner and experienced triathlete in mind, this book has the
information needed to excel in the triathlon; counting the costs, getting and fitting
the necessary clothing and equipment, maintaining your bicycle, learning and
perfecting proper technique, training for racing, preventing injury, preparing yourself
during race week and on race day.

48-AC-422...................................................................................................................... $15.95

The Heart Rate Monitor Book - By Sally Edwards

ŒHeart Rate Monitors have brought high-tech bio-feedback into the reach of almost
everyone. Here in one place is virtually all the scientific and practical knowledge the
reader needs toknow about heart rate training and monitors.

48-AC-420...................................................................................................................... $12.95

The High Performance Heart - By Dr. Philip Maffetone and Matthew E. Mantell

Effective training for health, fitness, and competition with the heart rate monitor.
This book helps you increase your physical performance and stamina, reduce your
resting heart rate, train more effectively with less pain and drudgery, live longer and
healthier, perform better in sports, whether for fitness or competition.

48-AC-402...................................................................................................................... $10.95

The Total Fitness Log - By Tony Svensson

This is the essential training tool for optimal fitness. Read about diet, health, and
fitness secrets from top athletes, coaches, and fitness authorities. You will learn
how to develop life-long fitness, train efficiently and scientifically with a heart rate
monitor, and become more productive.

48-AC-193........................................................................................................................ $9.95

The Total Triathlon Almanac - By Tony Svensson

A must for every triathlete and would-be-traithlete. Read about the training and
racing secrets of such top triathletes as: Mark Allen, Jeff Devlin, Joy Hansen, Brad
Kearns, Paula Newby-Fraser. you will learn how to :perpare for a triathlon of any
distance, plan your training and racing year, improve your speed and endurance, peak
before a race, train with a heart rate monitor. Undated.

48-AC-192........................................................................................................................ $16.95

Tour de France, The 75th Anniversary Bicycle Race - By Robin Magowan

Tour de France is the second edition of Robin Magowan's masterful coverage of the
1978 Tour. Out of print for more than a decade, this is a thorough stage-by-stage
account of the most contested Tour ever. Belgian Michel Pollentier held both the
yellow and the polka-dot jerseys after his stage victory at Alpe d'Huez but was
disqualified over a doctored urine sample. With Pollentier out of the race, Hinault
went on to win the tour by almost four minutes. Magowan gives and unbiased account
of the race and the politics that surrounded it. 6" x 9", 208 pages, 8 pages of b/w
photos. Hardbound.

48-AC-198............................................................................................................... $24.95

Training for Cycling - By Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter

The ultimate training guide to improve performance. Using their more than 30 years
of experience in competitive cycling, Phinney and Carpenter explain the expert
training and riding techniques that made them champions. Season-by-season training
programs, nutrition, cross-training alternatives, sprinting techniques and drills,
cornering and descending, time trialing and latest technical advances, and
race-winning tactics.

48-AC-188................................................................................................................ $13.95

Training Lactate Pulse-Rate - By Peter G.J.M. Janssen

Most achievements in sports today owe much to modern medical care, support, and
coaching techniques. Highlighted throughout this book, is the dramatic improvement
attained by racing cyclist Francesco Moser, who under the guidance of Francesco
Conconi, smashed the world's most coveted speed record. Applying Conconi's test to a
number of sports, Janssen shows how the professional athlete and the serious
amateur alike can progressively increase endurance and improve performance.

48-AC-421................................................................................................................. $19.95

Velo News Training Diary - From the Editors of Velo News

This diary features effective ways to keep you headed toward improved performance.
includes articles on: peaking for a race, heart rate monitors, keeping a diary, race day
checklist. Daily entries are made easy with 52 one-week spreads to record: hours
slept, weight, diet; resting standing, and differential pulse, and more.

VN100................................................................................................................. $12.95