Enjoy Real Food and Higher Performance with The Athlete's Plate

Boulder, CO, USA - December 10, 2009 - Fuel-starved endurance athletes are notorious convenience eaters, scarfing pre-packaged products and expensive prepared foods that offer a quick fix for their ravenous appetites. But these food products and supplements leave athletes under-nourished, delaying recovery and preventing their highest performance.

For endurance athletes, there is no substitute for real food. The Athlete's Plate: Real Food for High Performance debunks the myth that busy athletes lack the time to fuel with real food. Professional chef and endurance athlete Adam Kelinson guides athletes from grocery store to kitchen, offering time-saving shopping and cooking strategies that make preparing delicious, nutritious meals a pleasure.

Kelinson demonstrates how buying local, seasonal foods will save time and money. He explains how organic whole foods provide more nutrients than conventionally grown food and how a minimalist approach to cooking is more convenient and nutritious than laborious gourmet recipes.

The Athlete's Plate provides 85 delicious, quick-prep recipes to fuel the active lifestyle. Kelinson's worry-free dishes include smoothies and juices; power snacks; appetizing soups, salads and dressings; carb-filled pastas, polenta, and noodle bowls; lean protein dishes featuring seafoods, poultry, pork, and savory vegetarian preparations; and satisfying desserts.

The Athlete's Plate reflects Kelinson's years of experience as a professional chef, endurance athlete, and student of the relationship between nutrition and the environment. The book offers a no-nonsense way to balanced nutrition, incorporating all the nutrients athletes need to fuel and recover for training and racing. Athletes will learn how to make nutrition an enjoyable part of their lifetyle instead of a limiter on their performance.

The Athlete's Plate: Real Food for High Performance by Adam Kelinson
Paperback with 2-color interior and two color photosections.
7 1/2" x 10", 300 pp., $24.95, 978-1-934030-46-2

Adam Kelinson is a professional chef and the founder of Organic Performance, a nutrition consulting company based in New York. Kelinson is an Ironman triathlete and has written on diet and nutrition for TrailRunner, Inside Triathlon, xtri.com, and dietwatch.com. He has cooked for elite athletes, corporate executives, and celebrities like Prince, Hillary Swank, and Mariska Hargitay. For more information, please visit organicperformance.com.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with training and history books on cycling, triathlon, running, and diet and nutrition. For more information, please visit velopress.com.

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Racing Weight Is the First Weight-Loss Book for Endurance Athletes

Boulder, CO, USA - December 1, 2009 - VeloPress has published the first weight-loss book for endurance athletes. Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance by certified sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald offers the first comprehensive and science-based approach to weight management for runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, rowers, and cross-country skiers.

A 2009 study found that three out of four endurance athletes are concerned about their weight and half are dissatisfied with how much they weigh. Yet these same athletes ranked weight loss dead last when asked about their motivations for participating in endurance sports. Endurance athletes pursue weight loss as a means to better workouts and faster racing. Fitzgerald's own efforts to reach his racing weight for distance running led him to discover that there were no comprehensive weight-management resources designed for endurance athletes.

Using Racing Weight, endurance athletes can find and attain their fastest body weight and composition. The Racing Weight program offers 5 strategies based on the latest advances in the science of weight management. After finding their ideal off-season and racing weights, athletes will learn how to improve their diet quality; balance their intake of carbohydrate, protein, and fat; time meals and snacks; manage appetite; and train for lean body composition.

Racing Weight is grounded in the science of healthy nutrition and exercise physiology. Packed with findings from recent studies on weight loss and endurance sports performance, Racing Weight explodes myths about fat and weight gain, protein and muscle building, macronutrient ratios, calorie counting, glycemic index, and weight gain during the holidays and off-season. Athletes will learn the truth about sports drinks, supplements, and recovery nutrition. The book includes daily food logs from 14 elite pro athletes and 21 healthy recipes from nutritionist Pip Taylor.

Racing Weight will help endurance athletes reach new levels of performance-and become satisfied with their body weight.

Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance by Matt Fitzgerald
Paperback, 6" x 9", 296 pp., $18.95 | 978-1-934030-51-6

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of numerous books on running, triathlon, nutrition, and weight loss. He has been a contributor to Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Outside, Runner's World, Bicycling, Running Times, Women's Running, and other sports and fitness publications. Fitzgerald is a featured coach on Training Peaks and Active.com. He is a certified sports nutritionist (CISSN) licensed by the International Society of Sports Nutrition. He lives and trains in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit racingweight.com.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, swimming, nutrition and diet, yoga, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress authors are highly qualified, trusted experts. Our training books help both serious athletes and beginners to build skills and fitness, and our human-interest books inspire greater appreciation of our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of the Rock 'N' Roll marathon and half-marathon series and the Muddy Buddy adventure series. For more information, please visit velopress.com.

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Nationally Syndicated Frazz Illustrator Pens Triathlon Lifestyle Book

Jef Mallett's Trizophrenia Offers the First Book to Explain Why We Do It

Boulder, CO, USA - October 21, 2009 - Award-winning and nationally syndicated illustrator Jef Mallett has published the first book to explore the triathlon lifestyle. Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete celebrates the seemingly obsessive-compulsive rituals of the triathlete. With the same humor and insight that readers love in his Frazz comic strip, Mallett delves into the intoxicating subculture of the sport that is three sports. Trizophrenia will be available in bookstores, bike and tri shops, and online this month in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia.

Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and a recent first-time triathlete, describes Trizophrenia as "a funny, heartfelt, serious work of evangelism." Trizophrenia celebrates the triathlon lifestyle. Eat, swim, eat, work, eat, run, eat, go to bed early. Get up at dawn and do it all over again. The schedule of a triathlete demands focus and coordination, but with three sports, a job, and a family, it can be a lot to juggle.

Yet life is better when you are a triathlete. Starting with the alluring excitement (and terror) of the beginner, Mallett's sweeping text and amusing illustrations bring to life the countless conundrums a triathlete embraces--from the grit of training to the glorious rewards of racing. Mallett's light-hearted declaration of love for his sport will convince anyone that life is more worth living when you're a triathlete.

Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete by Jef Mallett
Paperback with b&w illustrations throughout
6" x 10", 216 pp., $21.95, 978-1-934030-44-8

Jef Mallett is the author and illustrator of the award-winning and nationally syndicated comic strip Frazz, which runs in over 160 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada and at comics.com/frazz. Jef has published three collections of Frazz illustrations, Frazz 3.14159..., Frazz, Live at Bryson Elementary, and 99 Percent Perspiration. He also illustrated Jamie Smith's book, Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer. Jef writes a regular column for Inside Triathlon and Triathlete magazines and is a contributing artist for VeloNews magazine. Jef has been racing triathlons on and off since the early '80s, alternating between triathlon and bike racing. He finished his second Ironman in September. For more information on Jef and his work, please visit jefmallett.com.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, swimming, nutrition and diet, yoga, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress authors are highly qualified, trusted experts. Our training books help both serious athletes and beginners to build skills and fitness while our human interest books inspire greater appreciation of our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of the Rock 'N' Roll marathon and half-marathon series and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

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Chris Carmichael Launches Nationwide Book Tour

Berkeley, CA - September 1, 2009 - In a joint statement, GU Energy Labs and Carmichael Training Systems today announced a 20-city author tour and ride-along series in support of Chris Carmichael's new book The Time-Crunched Cyclist.

Chris Carmichael, the personal cycling coach to Lance Armstrong and the founder of Carmichael Training Systems, is the author of the newly-launched The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week. Carmichael's book presents a new way to achieve superior fitness and power, by leveraging busy athletes' limited time to unlock the power of high-intensity workouts and get fast in less time. This revolutionary new training plan is presented in a time-efficient method through detailed training plans, case studies, nutritional guidelines, and proven success stories.

The Time-Crunched Training Program starts with the CTS Field Test, which is an established endurance, power and strength test used to assess a cyclist's initial personal training intensities. The book includes four detailed training plans and all associated workout instructions, strategies on how to properly fuel for these high-intensity or interval workouts, and tips on how to tweak riding style to capitalize on "time-crunched" fitness and power.

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Tour Energized by GU will visit Philadelphia, NYC, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Kona, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Tucson and the San Francisco Bay Area. Tour venues will include bicycle retailers, triathlon clubs and corporate appearances at Kaiser Permanente. For more information on locations, dates, and times, please visit trainright.com (http://www.trainright.com/info.asp?uid=4649).

GU Energy Labs, a staple in the cycling industry and the official nutrition supplier for Carmichael Training Systems, is a natural partner for such an energized tour. GU will provide samples and giveaways from its entire line of performance nutrition products, including the newly launched Chomps Energy Chews and GU Recovery Brew.

GU president Brian Vaughan said, "I'm a time-crunched cyclist myself, but thanks to CTS, I was able to not only compete in the BC Bike Race and the Death Ride this July, I was able to do so at the peak of my abilities. I can personally attest to the incredible benefits of this program. We are proud to support Chris' initiative to make peak fitness a realistic goal for every cyclist who wants to improve their fitness and lifestyle."

Chris Carmichael commented, "I'm really looking forward to this book tour, and talking to cyclists all around the country about the opportunities available for them in The Time-Crunched Cyclist. This is a new concept in endurance training that's going to make high-performance cycling accessible to athletes who have limited training time - like those of us balancing full-time jobs and families with our athletic ambitions.

I'm also very happy to have the support of GU Energy Labs. With 20 cities and rides connected to almost all the events in the tour, I'm going to need a lot of high-quality sports nutrition to see me through this tour successfully."

The tour runs August of 2009 through January of 2010 with additional book signing appearances to occur in conjunction with the SoCal MS 150 Ride, the Philly Livestrong Ride and the Austin Livestrong Ride.

For more information regarding The Time-Crunched Cyclist, please visit www.trainright.com.

About GU Energy Labs
GU's original Energy Gel was launched in 1994 in Berkeley, CA. To this day, GU remains the market share leader and the premium gel available to endurance athletes, GU's product line is designed to provide athletes with scientifically-proven, performance-tested nutrition. For more information about GU, log onto www.GUenergy.com.

About Chris Carmichael
Chris Carmichael was an Olympian and a professional cyclist before beginning his career as a coach, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He has coached seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong since 1990, was recognized as the U.S. Olympic Committee Coach of the Year, and was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2003. He founded Carmichael Training Systems (CTS) in 2000 to deliver personal coaching, training camps, and performance testing to athletes of all abilities. For more information, please visit trainright.com.

Lennard Zinn Updates Bestselling Road Bike Maintenance Book

Boulder, CO, USA - August 26, 2009 - The new Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is here! Newly updated to include the latest tech in cycling, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the best organized and illustrated guide to maintaining a bicycle. The book is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance has become one of the world's best-selling books on bicycle care. This smartly organized and clearly illustrated guide-now in 2 colors for easier reference-can make a mechanic out of anyone. Lennard Zinn's expert advice turns road bike maintenance, repair, and upgrades into quick work.

With Zinn's book anyone can properly maintain, tune, fix, or upgrade a bicycle to ensure years of trouble-free riding. Newcomers and experienced mechanics alike will benefit from hundreds of illustrations, exploded views of how components go together, and Zinn's practical, time-saving tips. Zinn's friendly advice is confidence-inspiring, and his years of experience make tackling even the most daunting task fun and easy.

Zinn covers all the latest high-tech equipment without neglecting older, tried and true bike technology. In 440 pages, this new edition includes:

• The basics: For those whose mechanical skills stop at pumping tires, Zinn's guidance will demonstrate how to maintain a bike in perfect condition.
• The advanced: Zinn has time-saving tips to speed work on difficult tasks. Zinn covers integrated spindle cranks, carbon forks, internal headsets, ceramic bearings, and more with exploded diagrams to show the way.
• The latest tech: Zinn explores the ins and outs of the newest components including: Campagnolo's 11-speed, Shimano's electronic Dura-Ace, SRAM's Red shifters, Campagnolo's Ultra-Torque cranks, and more.
• Older components: Zinn's years of experience help cyclists make sense of old metal.
• Cyclocross: New cyclocross-specific information throughout, along with more pro tips, more illustrations, more recommendations - more of what you need to know.

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 3rd Ed. By Lennard Zinn Paperback | 8 1/2" x 11", 440 pp. | VP-ZR3, $24.95 | 978-1-934030-42-4 2-color charts, tables throughout. B&w illustrations throughout.

Lennard Zinn is one of the world's leading authorities on bicycle repair. A master frame builder and an enthusiastic rider and mechanic, Zinn is also a technical writer for VeloNews magazine. Zinn is the bestselling author of Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance and producer of a 4-hour instructional DVD of the same title. Zinn is also author of Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn's Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner's Manual.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, swimming, yoga, nutrition, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of the Rock 'N' Roll marathon and half-marathon series and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

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Chris Carmichael's New Book Unlocks Speed for Even the Busiest Cyclists

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Offers a New Approach to Competitive Cycling Fitness

Boulder, CO, USA - July 24, 2009 - Lance Armstrong's personal cycling coach, Chris Carmichael, has published a new training book just as 7-time Tour de France winner Armstrong finishes his comeback Tour.

The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week presents a new way to achieve competitive fitness and power without the impossible time demands of traditional training methods. The book is available now in bookstores, bike shops, and online.

The founder of one of the most successful endurance coaching businesses, Carmichael noticed that many busy cyclists are unable to make performance gains using conventional training methods. They simply don't have enough time to train the way cyclists have for 30 years. Drawing on his 20 years of experience working with Armstrong and busy career professionals, The Time-Crunched Cyclist shows cyclists how to build fitness on a realistic schedule by emphasizing the power of high-intensity interval workouts. In just 6 hours a week, cyclists can develop the snap, endurance, and strength they need to push the pace in the local group ride, have fun and perform well in local races, or tackle challenging century rides.

The Time-Crunched Training Program starts with the CTS Field Test, a proven test for establishing a cyclist's personal training intensities. Each of the book's four training plans features a complete set of workouts including intervals and instructions. Carmichael also explains how to fuel for high-intensity training and adjust riding to take advantage of new power and speed. The book provides a time-crunched strength training program and supplemental endurance training blocks for cyclists whose schedules unexpectedly clear.

Complete with training plans, case studies, nutritional guidelines, and success stories, The Time-Crunched Cyclist is the new training approach that working professionals and parents have been waiting for. Cycling is more fun when you are fit, and now great fitness is achievable for cyclists who thought their best performances evaporated along with their free time.

The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week By Chris Carmichael and Jim Rutberg Paperback with b&w photographs, charts, and tables throughout. 6" x 9", 232 pp. | VP-TCC, $19.95 | 978-1-934030-47-9

Chris Carmichael was an Olympian and a professional cyclist before beginning his career as a coach, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He has coached seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong since 1990, was recognized as the U.S. Olympic Committee Coach of the Year, and was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2003. For more information, please visit trainright.com.

Jim Rutberg is the editorial director and a coach for Carmichael Training Systems, and co-author, with Chris Carmichael, of The Ultimate Ride, Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness, Chris Carmichael's Fitness Cookbook, The Carmichael Training Systems Cyclist's Training Diary, 5 Essentials for a Winning Life, and innumerable web and magazine articles. His work has appeared in Bicycling, Outside, Men's Health, Men's Journal, VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, and more.

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VeloPress Announces New Books for Summer 2009

VeloPress is please to announce its summer 2009 book list. Please download our new flyer at VeloPress.com (direct link to 200kb pdf).

The new VeloPress books this summer are:

Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide: The Complete Insider's Guide to the Tour! by Graham Watson

The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga: 50 Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus by Sage Rountree

Training Plans for Cyclists by Gale Bernhardt

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 3rd Ed. by Lennard Zinn

The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week by Chris Carmichael and Jim Rutberg

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with training books that help both serious athletes and beginners build skills and fitness. VeloPress authors are trusted authorities on training, gear, and nutrition. VeloPress also publishes historical and biographical books that take a closer look at the celebrated athletes and personalities in our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines. Competitor Group, Inc. also produces Elite Racing Rock 'n Roll marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy series of adventure races.

Prepare for Any Bike Ride with Training Plans for Cyclists

Boulder, CO, USA - July 2, 2009 - Training Plans for Cyclists offers cycling enthusiasts and beginning cyclists an easy-to-use way to prepare for their biggest and best rides. Anyone looking to enjoy longer rides or participate in centuries, multiday tours, even mountain bike races, can count on Training Plans for Cyclists to help reach their goals. The book is available now in bookstores, bike shops, and online.

World-class cycling coach Gale Bernhardt provides 16 high-quality training plans to prepare riders for the most popular rides cycling has to offer. With Training Plans for Cyclists, road cyclists can tune up for 30-mile rides, metric centuries, century rides, 3-day and 1-week tours, or enjoy building base fitness with a structured plan. Mountain bikers can get in shape for longer weekend rides or prepare for 100-mile and 24-hour races.

Long-known for her user-friendly plans, Bernhardt puts training in plain English. She explains how training works, how hard each workout should be, how to fuel, and how to ensure comfortable riding. Bernhardt states each plan's goal and profiles the rider it's designed for. Each training program includes easy guidelines to help cyclists meet their goals even while accommodating busy schedules.

With over 60 workout descriptions, stretching exercises, and guides for handling common injuries and illnesses, Training Plans for Cyclists is an affordable, complete resource for anyone who wants to get more enjoyment out of cycling.

Training Plans for Cyclists by Gale Bernhardt Paperback with tables and charts throughout. 7 3/8" x 9 1/4", 320 pp., VP-TPC, $21.95, 978-1-934030-18-9

Gale Bernhardt has coached and instructed athletes since 1974. An elite-certified USA Cycling Level I Coach, she has also served as the Chairperson of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Committee for five years. Bernhardt was selected to be the USA Triathlon team coach at the 2004 Olympic Games and has traveled the world as a USA Triathlon World Cup coach. Bernhardt is the bestselling author of Bicycling for Women, Training Plans for Multisport Athletes, Triathlon Training Basics, and Workouts in a Binder(R): Swim Workouts for Triathletes.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher focused on cycling, triathlon, and running. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of the Rock 'N' Roll marathon and half-marathon series and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

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Elite Running Coaches to Offer Training Talk at Boulder Running Company

Boulder, CO, USA - Internationally known running coach Bobby McGee and world champion marathoner Mark Plaatjes will host a discussion on run workouts and run training this July at Boulder Running Company. McGee and Plaatjes will discuss what road runners and triathletes can learn from each discipline's unique approach to run training.

Bobby McGee and Mark Plaatjes
Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes
Wednesday, July 1, 7:15-8:15 pm
Boulder Running Company
2775 Pearl St # 103, Boulder, CO 80302
boulderrunningcompany.com
(303) 786-9255
Free event

Discussion topics will include recovery vs. frequency, quantifying runs, crosstraining, periodizing training, and developing the abiliity to surge and attack.

All too often, runners and triathletes reach a plateau in fitness because they do the same type of training, week after week. To see improvements in fitness, athletes need to vary the kinds of workouts they do. This means mixing up endurance runs with hill repeats, intervals, and track workouts.

McGee has teamed up with Plaatjes to give runners of all levels a complete collection of workouts and training plans. Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is the perfect tool for self-coached athletes to add variety to their training.

Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes features 21 training plans for all the most popular race distances; 5km, 10km, half-marathon, marathon, Olympic-distance triathlon, half-Ironman, and Ironman. Each plan offers three performance levels, and McGee explains precisely how runners can determine their training paces and balance hard days with easy days.

McGee offers new takes on the workouts all runners and triathletes should practice and master. Each training plan incorporates 80 fresh and challenging workouts including endurance runs, intervals, hills, Yassos, and a variety of tests and bricks. Runners and triathletes can pepper these workouts into their own training plans. Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is available now in bookstores, tri and running shops, and online. Autographed copies will be available at this event through Boulder Running Company.

Bobby McGee is an internationally certified track and field coach whose athletes have produced world records, won world championships, and been consistently ranked amongst the best in their events. He coaches runners and triathletes, and has worked with USA Triathlon preparing athletes for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games. For more information on Bobby, please visit bobbymcgee.com.

Mark Plaatjes is the 1993 Marathon Gold medal winner at the World Track and Field championships. In addition to being a world champion, Mark's running record includes a win at the 1991 Los Angeles Marathon and a 6th place finish in the 1993 Boston marathon. Mark owns a private physical therapy practice and specializes in treating runners and athletes. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, and coaches recreational and elite runners.

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Sage Rountree Releases First Book of Yoga Routines for Athletes

Boulder, CO, USA - June 15, 2009 - Nationally known endurance sports coach and yoga instructor Sage Rountree has published the first book of yoga routines for athletes. The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga: 50 Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus offers runners, triathletes, and cyclists a convenient way to gain the benefits of yoga.

When endurance athletes attend yoga classes, they bring tight muscles and even tighter schedules. At the height of the season, athletes often disappear from the yoga studio, yet it is then that yoga can be most beneficial. The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga makes it easy for athletes to continue reaping the benefits of yoga all year.

The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga offers 50 simple yoga routines athletes can use every day. The book includes quick warm-ups and cool-downs, 20-minute flexibility routines to relieve muscle tightness, longer strength sessions for the off-season and base periods, focus exercises to sharpen mental toughness, and restorative routines to speed recovery.

Even without any yoga experience, readers will find The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga simple to use. Each page presents full color photos of athletes demonstrating the poses in a routine. Rountree groups routines by their goals so that readers can quickly address common problem areas like a tight lower back or hamstrings. The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga is spiral bound so that it lies flat, making it easy to refer to the photographs while practicing.

Careful consideration of the athlete's needs has earned Sage Rountree a committed following, and her newest book delivers a practical approach to yoga that will make good athletes better.

The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga: 50 Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus by Sage Rountree
Spiral-bound with color photos throughout
6" x 7", 160 pp., VP-APGY, $15.95, 978-1-934030-41-7
Available late June in bookstores; bike, tri, and running shops; and online.

Download three sample yoga sequences here (2 meg pdf).

Sage Rountree is a Yoga Alliance experienced registered yoga teacher and holds coaching certifications from USA Triathlon, USA Cycling, and the Road Runners Club of America. Her popular yoga classes draw all levels of athletes, from recreational walkers to Olympic runners and Ironman triathletes. She is a contributor to Runner's World and Yoga Journal and has published articles in Running Times, Inside Triathlon, and Endurance magazines. Rountree has taught at Kripalu and offers yoga workshops for endurance athletes and coaches around the country. To try out an example yoga routine for athletes, please visit sagerountree.com.

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Let Graham Watson Be Your "Tour Guide" to the Tour de France!

Experience the Tour Like an Insider with 31-Year Veteran's Travel Guide

Boulder, CO, USA - June 5, 2009 - Each July millions of cycling fans head to France to experience the world's greatest bike race or dream of the day they'll make the trip. Unless they've planned carefully, they'll arrive to find full hotels, blocked routes, overpriced food, chaotic roads, and endless frustration as they try to get close to the race they've come to see.

Now Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide lets cycling fans experience all the excitement of the Tour while negotiating its many daily obstacles with the confidence of a local. As cycling's leading photographer, Graham Watson has been in the right place at the right time during every stage of every Tour de France since 1977. No one knows how to get around the Tour like Graham. Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide is available now in bookstores, bike shops, and online.

Graham's guide is the first book of its kind, and it's the only resource cycling fans need to experience the Tour to its fullest. Learn where to eat, where to sleep, how to get around, how to see and photograph the race, and how to enjoy the greatest show on two wheels.

Graham shares his 31 years of Tour de France experience in this beautifully illustrated guidebook. Featuring over 200 of his award-winning photographs along with full-color maps, travel tips, checklists, and travel resources, this book presents a fresh and unique strategy for getting around the Tour's many opportunities for frustration to find a front-row seat for all the action.

Presented in sturdy, flexible binding with flaps for marking pages, Graham's guide also includes a clever menu decoder for quick reference when the waiter is tapping his pad, tips on how to meet the riders, a glossary of French cycling terms, historical perspective on each region of France visited by the Tour, and a special chapter on how to photograph the Tour like a pro. For the Tour's legion of fans, Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide contains everything they need to watch, follow, and enjoy the Tour de France in style.

Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide: The Complete Insider's Guide to the Tour!
Text and photographs by Graham Watson
5 5/8" x 7 7/8", 304 pp., VP-GWTDF, $24.95, 978-1-934030-38-7
Flexibound paperback with flaps. Full-color photos, maps, charts, and tables throughout.

• Since 1903 the Tour de France has visited over 500 towns and villages. Watson has followed every stage of 31 Tours de France, a pedigree few can match.
• A completely modern guide, annotated with websites and the latest contact information for hotels, restaurants, trains, car rental, bike rental, camping, tourist information, and more.
• Lavish 4-color interior, handy size, and flexible binding with flaps make this travel guide inviting, durable, and easy to use.

Download the table of contents and sample pages with photos here (5 meg pdf).

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with training and history books on cycling, triathlon, and running. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of the Rock 'N' Roll marathons, half-marathons, and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

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Run Faster with the Run-Walk Approach

Tara Parker-Pope of The New York Times wrote a story "Better Running Through Walking" that introduces the concept of the "run-walk" method of run training. Parker-Pope is using the run-walk method to prepare for her first marathon.

Bobby McGee, an internationally certified running coach, agrees that walking can help running. "Even the most advanced athletes can benefit from some walking," says McGee. "It helps you recover faster and increases your muscle endurance without breaking down muscle tissue the way running does." McGee says that walking's low intensity teaches your body to rely on fat instead of quick-burning carbohydrates, which leads to improved endurance. Walking also allows for greater overall training volume with less impact. McGee's new book Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes incorporates the run-walk method. (Download sample run-walk workouts here.)

Elite endurance sports coaches Joe Friel and Gordo Byrn are also proponents of the run-walk protocol. In their Iron-distance triathlon training book Going Long, they offer guidelines for the marathon leg of triathlon based on McGee's years of coaching experience:

• Use run/walk for all runs longer than 30 minutes.
• Use walking as the rest interval for all workouts involving running above zone 3.
• Use run/walk for all longer brick workouts (those over 2.5 hours).
• Depending on your abilities and fitness, periods of running should last 5-15 minutes with walking recovery periods lasting 15 seconds to 1 minute.
  

Both Going Long: Training for Triathlon's Ultimate Challenge and Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes offer more detail on how you can use the run-walk method in your run training. Get started with run-walk by downloading several free sample workouts here (800 kb pdf).

What's Your Cycling Personality?

In an effort to help you sort through your identity crisis, Jamie Smith, author of Roadie, has teamed up with the folks in the marketing department at VeloPress to develop a personality test available on Facebook.

Just click on the link at the end of this post. Doing so will solve a lot of mysteries that have no doubt swirled about your head for years. We're just glad we could help you find out who you really are.

What you do with the information is, of course, up to you. Jamie suggests you take the results to your nearest LBS (Local Bike Shop) and do what comes naturally: buy the corresponding bike.

The VeloPress marketing department would also like to suggest you share your quiz results with all of your non-cycling friends in order to help them get the answers they seek.

It's really easy to take the test, especially if you're already on Facebook. And if you're not a member of the Facebook world, how on Earth do you answer these compelling and insightful questions?

• Which Designer Handbag are you?
• Which Brady Bunch family member are you?
• What are your top five favorite fast food restaurants?
• Which molecule are you?
• What five towns have you lived in?

See? Your life is in total disarray, and the road to clarity starts with finding out which cycling personality you are.

Now go! You have discoveries to make!

Discover what kind of cyclist you are with the Cycling Personality Quiz!

Joe Friel on What's New in The Triathlete's Training Bible, 3rd Ed.

Triathlete magazine's Jay Prasuhn caught up with Joe Friel at TRIFEST in March to ask him about the new edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible. Here's what Joe had to say.

New Run Workouts Help Runners and Triathletes Unlock Speed

VeloPress has published Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes, a book of running workouts and training plans by world-class running and triathlon coach, Bobby McGee. Five free sample workouts are available here (pdf). The book is available now online and will be available next week in bookstores and in bike, triathlon, and running shops.

All too often, runners reach a plateau in fitness because they do the same type of training, week after week. To see improvements in fitness, athletes need to vary the kinds of workouts they do. For runners, this means mixing up endurance runs with hill repeats, intervals, and track workouts.

Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is the perfect tool for self-coached athletes who want variety in their training. Olympic running and triathlon coach Bobby McGee has teamed up with world champion marathoner Mark Plaatjes to give runners of all levels a complete collection of workouts and training plans.

Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes features 21 training plans for all the most popular race distances; 5km, 10km, half-marathon, marathon, Olympic-distance triathlon, half-Ironman, and Ironman. Each plan offers three performance levels, and McGee explains precisely how runners can determine their training paces and balance hard days with easy days.

McGee offers new takes on the workouts all runners and triathletes should practice and master. Each training plan incorporates 80 fresh and challenging workouts including endurance runs, intervals, hills, Yassos, and a variety of tests and bricks. Runners and triathletes can pepper these workouts into their own training plans.

With its compact size and sweatproof pages, this is the ideal book to take to the track or trailhead. Forewords by Timothy Noakes, MD, author of the best-selling Lore of Running, and pro triathlete Samantha McGlone.

Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes
By Bobby McGee with Marathon Plans by Mark Plaatjes
Forewords by Timothy Noakes and Samantha McGlone
Spiral-bound with sweatproof pages. 2-color interior.
5" x 7", 200 pp. | VP-WBRW, $29.95 | 978-1-934030-33-2

• 16 million Americans ran on 100 or more days per year in 2007. (Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association)
• There were 15,500 running events in 2007 including 630 half-marathons and 425 marathons. (Running USA)
• Sweatproof paper and compact size make this a practical, portable training tool for runners and triathletes

Bobby McGee is an internationally certified track and field coach whose athletes have produced world records, won world championships, and been consistently ranked amongst the best in their events. He coaches runners and triathletes, and has worked with USA Triathlon preparing athletes for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games.

Mark Plaatjes is the 1993 Marathon Gold medal winner at the World Track and Field championships. In addition to being a world champion, Mark's running record includes a win at the 1991 Los Angeles Marathon and a 6th place finish in the 1993 Boston marathon. Mark owns a private physical therapy practice and specializes in treating runners and athletes. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, and coaches recreational and elite runners.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, swimming, yoga, nutrition, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of Elite Racing's Rock 'N' Roll marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

Media review copies, sample workouts, author interviews and events:
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Joe Friel Updates the Bestselling Training Book for Serious Cyclists

The Cyclist's Training Bible Includes the Latest Advances in Training

Boulder, CO, USA - March 6, 2009 - Internationally recognized cycling coach Joe Friel has updated The Cyclist's Training Bible, the bestselling and most comprehensive training book for serious cyclists. New in this fourth edition are updates on all the latest advances in cycling training including training with a power meter, smarter approaches to recovery and fatigue management, a new approach to strength training, and updates to body composition and nutrition. All the charts, tables, and illustrations are now in a two-color format, making The Cyclist's Training Bible even easier to use. The book is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.
The Cyclist's Training Bible has equipped thousands of cyclists for success in the sport. Using Friel's Training Bible methodology, cyclists create a comprehensive, self-coached training plan that is both scientifically proven and shaped around their personal goals.

The Cyclist's Training Bible speaks to cyclists of all ability levels, whatever their experience. Friel empowers athletes with every detail they need to consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing to race. The fourth edition includes extensive revisions on the specifics of how to train and what to eat. Friel explains how cyclists can best gauge intensity with power meters and other new training technology to maximize form and fitness and reduce fatigue, more knowledgeably and accurately make changes to their annual training plan over the course of a season, dramatically build muscular endurance with strength training, and improve body composition and recovery with smarter nutrition.

With more case studies to draw from and multiple contingency plans for those times when training doesn't progress as planned, The Cyclist's Training Bible continues to be the definitive guide to optimal cycling performance.

The Cyclist's Training Bible, 4th Ed. by Joe Friel Paperback with 2-color interior. Illustrations, charts, and tables throughout. 8.5" x 11", 352 pp. | VP-BIB4, $24.95 | ISBN: 978-1-934030-20-2

Bicycling magazine has called Joe Friel "the most experienced personal cycling coach in the U.S.," and his Training Bible Coaching practice is one of the most respected and successful in the sport. Joe has been training endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and duathlon. Joe is an elite certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Coach and holds a master's degree in exercise science. He is a featured columnist for VeloNews and Inside Triathlon magazines and his articles and interviews appear in dozens of national and international magazines, newspapers, and websites. Joe conducts training and racing seminars around the world and online and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses, Training Peaks, a web-based software company, and Training Bible Coaching. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, swimming, yoga, nutrition, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of Elite Racing's Rock 'N' Roll marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

Media review copies, excerpts, author interviews and events:
Dave Trendler, Marketing and Publicity Manager, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

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Train for Ironman with the New Edition of Going Long by Joe Friel and Gordo Byrn

Boulder, CO, USA - March 3, 2009 - VeloPress is pleased to announce the publication of Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons, 2nd Ed. Internationally recognized triathlon coach and best-selling author Joe Friel has teamed up with ultra-endurance guru Gordo Byrn to update their best-selling Ironman triathlon training book. This second edition of Going Long is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.

Going Long is the most comprehensive guide to racing Ironman-distance triathlons ever written. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare every triathlete, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon's ultimate endurance event.

Since the publication of the first edition of Going Long, registration numbers for Ironman-distance races have soared. This new edition embraces this growing group of triathletes who are juggling training, family time and full-time jobs.

Sport-specific chapters outline training for each triathlon discipline and describe drills to improve form and efficiency. A newly expanded section on training the mind explores the all-important psychological aspects of racing, including goal-setting and visualization. A detailed appendix includes key training sessions, workout examples, and strength training progressions.

Going Long has long been the best-selling book on the subject of training for the Ironman. With expanded content and a new, two-color format, this second edition is once again the premier sourcebook for triathletes who are serious about succeeding in the Ironman-distance.

Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons, 2nd Ed.
by Joe Friel and Gordon Byrn
Paperback, 2-color charts and tables throughout.
7 3/8" x 9 1/4", 320 pp. | VP-FGL2, $21.95 | 978-1-934030-06-6

• Triathlon is the fastest-growing endurance sport in the world with U.S. growth topping 22% per year.
• The Ironman race format is extremely popular: over 50 million households watched NBC Sports and Versus televised coverage of the 2007 Ironman World Championship
• There are now 21 Ironman triathlons and 32 half-Ironman triathlons

Joe Friel is one of the most recognized names in triathlon coaching and the best-selling author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, Your First Triathlon, and The Cyclist's Training Bible. His clients include professional and amateur triathletes, duathletes, road cyclists and mountain bikers. He is a certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Coach and holds a master's degree in exercise science.

Gordon Byrn is an elite long-course triathlete and coach certified by USA Triathlon, Triathlon Australia, and the American Swim Coaches Association. One of the best-known ultra-endurance athletes in the world, he has raced Ironman competitions in Hawaii, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines; and producer of Elite Racing marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

Media review copies, author interviews, and events:
Dave Trendler, Marketing and Publicity Manager, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

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New Edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible Will Make Triathletes Smarter, Stronger, and Faster

New Edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible Will Make Triathletes Smarter, Stronger, and Faster

Boulder, CO, USA - February 3, 2009 - The most comprehensive reference for triathletes ever written has just been updated and improved. The Triathlete's Training Bible, just released in a completely revised third edition, will make you a smarter, stronger, faster triathlete. The book is available now in bookstores, bike and tri shops, and online.

The Triathlete's Training Bible is based on coach Joe Friel's proven, science-based methodology and his 28 years of experience equipping hundreds of thousands of triathletes for success in the sport. The Triathlete's Training Bible provides triathletes of all abilities with every detail they must consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing for race day. Using this comprehensive guide, triathletes will develop a personalized, self-coached training plan that will guide them to success in the sport.

This third edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible includes new approaches to critical elements of triathlon training. Triathletes will learn new methods for strength training and building muscular endurance, balancing intensity and volume, smarter recovery and fatigue management, active recovery from injury, making up for missed workouts and avoiding overtraining, and body composition and nutrition. Friel offers triathletes strategies to adapt their training plan throughout the season when things don't go as planned. The Triathlete's Training Bible is now printed in a 2-color format, making the illustrations, charts, and tables more clear and easy to read.

The Triathlete's Training Bible, 3rd Ed. by Joe Friel
8.5" x 11", 386 pp. | VP-TRI3, $24.95 | ISBN: 978-1-934030-19-6

With over 200,000 copies sold, The Triathlete's Training Bible is the best-selling book on tri training ever published. This new edition comes amidst explosive growth in the sport of triathlon, which is the fastest-growing endurance sport in the world. Since 2005, American participation in triathlon has grown 22% each year. Triathlon is now one of the largest sports in the U.S. Olympic family. Major national media have taken notice of triathlon's growing popularity; in 2008 the New York Times published 23 stories about triathlon.

Triathlon is becoming increasingly accessible to the average American. There were over 2,000 sanctioned races in 2007, a 14% increase over the previous year. One-third of these races were sprint triathlons, the shortest distance and the most friendly to beginner triathletes. Even the Ironman(r)-distance race format is growing quickly, and The Triathlete's Training Bible and Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (VeloPress 2009) have made completing the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and marathon run achievable. There are now 17 Iron-distance races in the U.S. and 21 Ironman(r) triathlons and 32 half-Iron triathlons around the world.

Joe Friel's Training Bible Coaching company is one of the most respected and successful in endurance sports. Joe has been training endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and duathlon. Joe is an elite certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master's degree in exercise science. His articles and interviews appear in dozens of national and international magazines, newspapers, and websites. Joe founded Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses, Training Peaks, a web-based software company, and Training Bible Coaching. Please visit trainingbible.com for more information.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher known for its technical training books on cycling, triathlon, and running. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and producer of Elite Racing's Rock 'n' Roll marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

Media review copies, excerpts, author interviews, and events:
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"Roadie" Named to Library of Michigan's 2009 Notable Book List

Library of Michigan’s 2009 Michigan Notable Books Recount State’s Triumphs, Trials and Tenacity

The Library of Michigan announced the 2009 Michigan Notable Books (www.michigan.gov/notablebooks), 20 books highlighting Michigan people, places and events. Giving life to the diverse experiences of Michigan’s people, this year’s selection runs the gamut from novels depicting characters persevering through life’s challenges, the 100th anniversary of the Model T and an historical account of a of Great Lakes shipwreck, to books that capture the local flavor of Michigan’s culture, tourism and recreation.

“The Library of Michigan is proud to celebrate the best in Michigan literature, which represents the breadth of our state’s culture and variety of our residents’ experiences,” State Librarian Nancy Robertson said. “This year’s Michigan Notable Books provide both an opportunity to enjoy reading at its finest, and a chance to explore the wonder of Michigan’s history, natural beauty and everyday life.”

Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer by Jamie O. Smith. Illustrated by Jef Mallett (VeloPress) – With a keen sense of humor and a wealth of experience as a cyclist, Smith explains the wonderfully addicting but equally strange world of bicycle racing, including many of its charming habits and obsessive practices. Training, diet, several of the Michigan courses, cycle repairs, race strategies, and the puzzling question of why cyclists wear Lycra are all outlined in this unique book. Mallett’s comic illustrations perfectly complement the narrative.

Each year the Michigan Notable Books (MNB) list features 20 books published in the previous calendar year that are about or set in Michigan or the Great Lakes region or are written by a Michigan author. Robertson explained that selections include nonfiction and fiction and typically have a wide appeal to audiences, covering a range of topics and issues close to the hearts of citizens of Michigan.

For more information about the MNB program, call 517 373-1300, visit www.michigan.gov/notablebooks or email michigannotablebooks@michigan.gov.

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Randy Riley, special collections manager
Library of Michigan, (517) 373-5860 or rriley@michigan.gov

Bicycling for Women Is an Essential Resource For Women Who Love to Ride

Boulder, CO, USA - January 28, 2009 - Women are different from men. From bike fit to nutrition to aging patterns, women ride differently. Most serious cycling books fail to address the specific concerns women have about cycling. In Bicycling for Women, cycling authority Gale Bernhardt discusses all things female for women who love to ride.

Bicycling for Women is up-to-date, smart, and clear. Gale addresses basic questions on bike fit, equipment, and training before moving on to more complex issues like cycling and pregnancy, injury prevention, nutrition and diet plans, and making cycling more comfortable. The book features five detailed training plans to help women meet their cycling goals, including 50-mile and century rides, improved hill climbing, and multiday bike tours.

Encouraging for newcomers and invigorating for experienced cyclists, Bicycling for Women is an essential resource for women who love to ride.

Gale Bernhardt has coached and instructed athletes since 1974, and was selected to be the USA Triathlon team coach at the 2004 Olympic Games. An elite-certified USA Cycling Level I Coach, she has also served as the Chairperson of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Committee for five years. Bernhardt has traveled the world as a USA Triathlon World Cup coach. Bernhardt is the best-selling author of Training Plans for Multisport Athletes, Triathlon Training Basics, and Workouts in a Binder(R): Swim Workouts for Triathletes.

Bicycling for Women by Gale Bernhardt
Paperback. Illustrations, charts, tables throughout.
6" x 9", 328 pp. | VP-BFW, $18.95 | 978-1-934030-28-8

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher focusing on the sports of cycling, triathlon, and running. VeloPress training books help both serious athletes and beginners build skills and fitness. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines; and producer of Elite Racing marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series.

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