Italian Racing Bicycles: The People, The Products, The Passion traces the rich history of 40 landmark brands intimately connected with racing. The book is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.

Tracing the lineage of Italy's most cherished cycling brands back more than 100 years to the early days of the velocipede, this lushly illustrated hardcover book reveals through painstaking research and more than 230 photographs how Italy’s manufacturers have evolved into the brands beloved by the world’s cyclists today.

Not surprisingly, the brands have deep roots in cycling. They also share a hunger for advanced technology, pushing engineering to new heights with exotic metal alloys, elaborate weaves of expensive carbon fiber, and aerodynamic studies that help their bikes and riders cheat the wind for greater speed.

 

Beyond these commonalities, though, the stories diverge. The restless inquisitiveness of Ernesto Colnago could not be more different from the methodical calm of Ugo De Rosa, for example, and yet these two iconic frame builders contributed immeasurably to the racing victories of the great Eddy Merckx. The passion for experimentation of Pinarello, the brazen creativity of Cinelli, the barrier-bursting hour machine of Moser - in search of racing victories, the volcanic inspiration of Italian artisans has repeatedly reshaped the dynamics of cycling.

Melding painstaking historical research with personal visits to each artist's workshop, author Guido P. Rubino has unearthed the stories, the methods, the dreams, and the personalities of these cycling firms, large and small, that have contributed so fundamentally to the glory of the sport.

40 Historic Brands: 3TTT Alan Ambrosio Atala Bianchi Bottecchia Campagnolo Casati Cinelli Colnago Columbus Daccordi Dedacciai De Rosa Ganna Gios Gipiemme Guerciotti Legnano Masi Miche Milani Modolo Moser Olmo Olympia Passoni Pegoretti Pinarello Rossin Scapin Selle Italia Selle Royal-Fi'zi:k Selle San Marco Somec Tommasini Torpado Universal Viner Wilier Triestina

Hardcover with jacket 230 color and b&w photographs throughout
10 5/8" x 9 1/2", 192 pp., $39.95, 978-1-934030-66-0
Download the Table of contents and an excerpt (2 meg pdf).

About Guido P. Rubino

Guido P. Rubino (guidorubino.com) has been writing about cycling technology since 1996, with articles in such magazines as BiciSport, Cicloturismo, and MTB Magazine. He is the coauthor, with Paolo Faccinetti, of Campagnolo: 75 Years of Cycling Passion and author of La Bicicletta da Corsa and La Mountain Bike.

Team 7-Eleven Reveals the Inside Story of America's Greatest Cycling Team

In 1980, there were exactly four professional bike racers in America. Six years later, an American cycling team would wear the coveted yellow jersey of the Tour de France. And that same team would go on to win Italy's greatest race—the Giro d'Italia—only two years later. Team 7-Eleven is the extraordinary story of how two Olympic speed skaters, Jim Ochowicz and Eric Heiden, pulled together a small group of amateur cyclists and turned them into one of the greatest cycling teams the sport has known. From humble beginnings in a barn in Pennsylvania to soaring victories in the French Alps, Team 7-Eleven is the complete history that has never been fully told—until now.

The 7-Eleven Cycling Team launched the careers of American cycling superstars Andy Hampsten, Davis Phinney, Bob Roll, Ron Kiefel, and many more. It also changed the cycling world, creating a new team structure based on multiple stars, unified goals, and personal sacrifice for the greater good. And yet at the time it was formed, the number of American cyclists with world-class experience could be counted—literally—on one hand. And the number of American teams that competed in Europe's biggest races was exactly zero.

Team 7-Eleven is the amazing story of how two cycling fans found one exceptional sponsor and created the greatest American cycling team of its era.

Written with the enthusiastic cooperation of the team members, Team 7-Eleven will impress cycling fans with behind-the-scenes stories of the team's founding, its growing pains, and its lasting success as the team that established America as a powerhouse in the world of professional cycling.

Hardcover with jacket 100 color photographs
6" x 9", 320 pp., $27.95, 978-1-934030-53-0
Download the Table of contents and an excerpt (400kb pdf).

"The new Team 7-Eleven book brought back great memories. Och and Geoff did a great job capturing the evolution of the team. I want to thank Och for his tenacious energy and 7-Eleven for their financial support. Together, they gave us a chance to live out a kid's wildest dream." — Eric Heiden, 5-time Olympic Gold Medalist and Team 7-Eleven cofounder

"Team 7-Eleven is a true joy to read; it's very difficult to put down. Geoff Drake is to be congratulated on a book that successfully occupies two distinct spaces; it is an essential read if this period of cycing is one that passed you by, or one that is before your time. But it is also a more than indispensible appreciation of a team that undoubtedly occupies a favoured place in recent cycling history."— TheWashingMachinePost.net

About Geoff Drake and Jim Ochowicz

Geoff Drake is the former editor of Bicycling magazine and VeloNews, and has covered cycling events worldwide including the Tour de France and Olympic Games. He also writes regularly for national motorcycle magazines and is the author of Smooth Riding, a motorcycling book. He is an avid cyclist, a Category II road racer, and an Ironman triathlete. He lives in Aptos, California.

Jim Ochowicz is a two-time Olympic cyclist and former speedskater who cofounded the 7-Eleven cycling team in 1981. He managed 7-Eleven through 1991 and its successor, the Motorola Cycling Team, through 1995. He served four years as president of the board of directors of USA Cycling, and is currently the manager of the BMC Racing Team. He was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1997.

Gazelle Sports Hosts “An Evening with The Penguin” John Bingham!

Kalamazoo, MI, USA — August 17, 2011 — Gazelle Sports Kalamazoo is proud to announce “An Evening with The Penguin,” an inspiring and funny conversation with celebrated running columnist and author John “The Penguin” Bingham.

Runners of all abilities—from podium seekers to the back of the pack—are invited to join Bingham as he tells stories about the unexpected joys of running and how he became an “adult-onset athlete” at the Wellspring Theater. Right after the talk, take a quick walk down the mall to meet Bingham in person at Gazelle Sports Kalamazoo and pick up an autographed copy of his new book An Accidental Athlete to inspire your running for the rest of the fall season.

A Conversation with The Penguin
Wednesday, August 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Wellspring Theater at the Epic Center
359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 204
This event is free and open to the public.

Meet John “The Penguin” Bingham in Person!
Gazelle Sports
214 S Kalamazoo Mall
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(269) 342-5996, www.gazellesports.com/events
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

About John “The Penguin” Bingham and An Accidental Athlete
Known by fans as “The Penguin” for his back-of-the-pack speed, John Bingham is the unlikely hero of the modern running boom. In his new book An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age, the best-selling author and magazine columnist recalls his childhood dreams of athletic glory, sedentary years of unhealthy excess, and a life-changing transformation from couch potato to “adult-onset athlete.” In turns inspiring, poignant, hilarious, and heartbreaking, An Accidental Athlete is a warm and engaging book for the everyday athlete. Bingham tells stories of the joys of running—the pride of the finisher’s medal, a bureau-busting t-shirt collection, intense back-of-the-pack strategizing. An Accidental Athlete is about one man’s discovery that middle age was not the finish line after all, but only the beginning. Bingham is author of several books about running and featured columnist for Competitor magazine, spokesman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program, and race announcer of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. His popular column The Penguin Chronicles ran for 14 years in Runner’s World magazine. Learn more about The Penguin at johnbingham.com.

Gazelle Sports has been recognized by Competitor magazine as one of the nation’s Top 50 Running Retailers. Gazelle Sports’ three retail locations strive to provide the world’s best customer care, focusing on creating friendly, positive, and long-term relationships with customers.

Media and event contact:
Joan Orman, Gazelle Sports, (269) 342-5996, jorman@gazellesports.com, www.gazellesports.com/events

John "The Penguin" Bingham Pens Memoir for Everyday Athletes

Boulder, CO, USA — August 10, 2011 — Known by fans as "The Penguin" for his back-of-the-pack speed, John Bingham is the unlikely hero of the modern running boom. In his new book An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age, the best-selling author and magazine columnist recalls his childhood dreams of athletic glory, sedentary years of unhealthy excess, and a life-changing transformation from couch potato to "adult-onset athlete." An Accidental Athlete is now available in bookstores, running shops, and online. Download the book's introduction at velopress.com/penguin.

Overweight, uninspired, and saddled with a pack-and-a-half-a-day smoking habit, Bingham found himself firmly wedged into a middle-age slump. Then two frightening trips to the emergency room and a conversation with a happy piano tuner led him to discover running—and changed his life for the better.

In turns inspiring, poignant, hilarious, and heartbreaking, An Accidental Athlete is a warm and engaging book for the everyday athlete. Bingham tells stories of the joys of running—the pride of the finisher’s medal, a bureau-busting t-shirt collection, intense back-of-the-pack strategizing. An Accidental Athlete is about one man's discovery that middle age was not the finish line after all, but only the beginning.

"The Penguin does it again! An Accidental Athlete is a charming, witty and relatable tale of John finding himself through running. In this great book he shares his journey with us one stride and two laughs at a time." — Deena Kastor, American marathon record holder, Olympic medalist, and 12-time national champion

"John 'The Penguin' Bingham has touched a nerve with runners worldwide like no one in the last decade. He's funny but serious, informal but inspirational, and his spoken and written words have become the rallying cry for tens of thousands of runners who have found a patron saint where they least expected one—in the back of the pack. With The Penguin as their leader, they have found not just the courage to start, but also the determination to finish." — Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World magazine

“Most of us can truly identify with John Bingham’s story: There are no gold medals, no laurel wreaths, no world records. But John shows us that we have something more important: a chance, if we have the will and believe in ourselves." — Dave McGillivray, Boston Marathon race director

An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age
John "The Penguin" Bingham
Paperback, 5" x 8", 212 pp., $16.95, 978-1-934030-73-8
Available now in bookstores, running shops, and online

John "The Penguin" Bingham is author of several books about running and featured columnist for Competitor magazine, spokesman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program, and race announcer of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series. His popular column The Penguin Chronicles ran for 14 years in Runner's World magazine. Learn more about The Penguin at johnbingham.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 is the book-publishing division of Competitor Group, which publishes Velo, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and produces the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series, TriRock triathlon series, and the Muddy Buddy adventure race series.

For author interviews and events, free media sample copies, or more information, please contact:
Dave Trendler, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

Running shops can order books or request author events through wholesale@competitorgroup.com.

VeloPress Updates Triathlon’s Most Popular Swimming Resource, Swim Workouts for Triathletes

Boulder, CO, USA — June 10, 2011 — The most popular swimming resource in triathlon is now new and improved. Swim Workouts for Triathletes, 2nd Ed. is the best-selling collection of swim workouts in triathlon. This waterproof book that triathletes can take to the pool helps triathletes make every lap count. The book is now available in bookstores, tri shops, and online. Triathletes and swimmers can download 5 free swim workouts at www.velopress.com/swim.

It’s no secret: Most triathletes are weak swimmers. Too many triathletes neglect their swimming form and rely on unfocused workouts. The result is lost time on race day.

Swim Workouts for Triathletes features 80 freestyle swim workouts with the structure, variety, and drills triathletes need to become more efficient swimmers. Each workout is designed around a specific goal—endurance, speed, form, force, muscular endurance, or anaerobic endurance—making it easy to prepare for any race and improve all-around swimming skill.

Triathletes can pick and choose workouts, slotting them into their current training, or begin one of the four new swim training plans from these accomplished swim coaches. Triathletes who take Swim Workouts for Triathletes with them to the pool will strengthen their swim and become better triathletes. The second edition of Swim Workouts for Triathletes includes:

• Waterproof, spiral-bound pages with big, high-contrast lettering for easy reading through goggles
• The 10 best drills for improved freestyle performance
• 30-minute sessions to fit a quality workout into a busy day
• Open-water workouts to get ready for race day
• Beginner & advanced swim sets for each workout
• 4 training plans for sprint, Olympic & half-Ironman®, Ironman®, and general fitness

Swim Workouts for Triathletes, 2nd Ed.: Practical Workouts to Build Speed, Strength, and Endurance
Gale Bernhardt and Nick Hansen
Spiral-bound waterproof paper with 4-color interior
5"x 7", 120 pp., $29.95, 978-1-934030-75-2

Gale Bernhardt is one of the most experienced and accomplished coaches in triathlon. She coached the U.S. triathlon teams for both the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the 2003 Pan American Games, and she has served as a world cup coach for the International Triathlon Union development squad. Gale holds the highest certifications offered by USA Triathlon and USA Cycling. She is author of four VeloPress books for cyclists and triathletes.

Over the course of his coaching career, Nick Hansen has been at the helm of some of the nation’s most prestigious swimming programs: U.S. National Team swimming coach, University of Wisconsin head coach, University of Arizona assistant coach, and masters swim coach. Nick holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology and formerly served at the University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Clinic.

For review copies, free workouts for republication, and author interviews, please contact:
Dave Trendler, Marketing and Publicity Manager, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com, velopress.com/shops

Get More from Each Workout with The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery

Boulder, CO, USA — April 21, 2011 — The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery is the first and only comprehensive exploration of the art and science of athletic rest. Runners, triathletes, and cyclists will gain more fitness from every workout with this new book from Sage Rountree, an expert cycling, triathlon, and running coach and yoga instructor. The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance is now available in bookstores; bike, tri, and running shops; and online. Learn more and download a free preview at velopress.com/recover.

Endurance athletes plan their workouts carefully, yet it’s during the crucial recovery period between workouts that they become faster at their sports. Recovery is when the body repairs itself and adapts to become stronger than before. Those who neglect their recovery will gain little from training, risking injury, overtraining, and burnout.

Rountree’s book guides athletes to full recovery and improved performance. She explains how much rest athletes need, how to measure fatigue, and how to make the best use of recovery tools.

Drawing on her own experience and extensive interviews with coaches, trainers, and elite athletes, Rountree details daily recovery practices, demystifying common aids like compression apparel, supplements, and ice baths as well as more exotic technologies. Athletes will discover which methods work and how and when they are most effective.

Rountree offers recovery plans for a variety of events, from short distance bike races to ultramarathons, so athletes can rest assured that they are ready for the next phase of training and racing.

The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery is an invaluable resource that enables athletes to maintain the balance between hard training and rest so that they can feel great and compete at their highest capability.

The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance by Sage Rountree
Paperback with tables and figures throughout
6" x 9", 232 pp., $18.95, 978-1-934030-67-7

Sage Rountree is an internationally recognized authority on yoga for athletes and an expert endurance sports coach. She is a certified coach with USA Triathlon and the Road Runners Club of America as well as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. A successful competitor in running and triathlon, she has raced distances ranging from the 400m to the 50K, super sprint triathlon to Ironman®. Sage is a frequent contributor to Runner's World, Triathlete, and Yoga Journal magazines and has contributed to USA Triathlon Life, VeloNews, Running Times, Inside Triathlon, and Endurance magazines as well as several websites. She is a featured instructor at Kripalu and offers yoga workshops for athletes and coaches around the country. Sage is the author of The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga and The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga. Learn more at sagerountree.com.

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

America’s 22 Million Injured Runners Can Get Back on Their Feet with Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running

Boulder, CO, USA — April 12, 2011 — Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running: How to Fix Injuries, Stay Active, and Run Pain-Free is the first comprehensive guide to avoiding and overcoming running injuries. The American Medical Athletic Association has estimated that every year 37-50% of America’s 44 million runners suffer a running-related injury severe enough to bring them to a halt. For these runners, injury is a frustrating fate that delays their fitness, performance, and weight-loss goals. With Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running, runners can beat injuries and enjoy running pain-free. The book is now available in bookstores, running shops, and online. Runners can download a preview of the more than 100 injuries and conditions covered at velopress.com/runningdoc.

Lewis G. Maharam, MD, better known as Running Doc™, is the most trusted doctor in running. From head to toenails, his book explains healthy running practices and guides runners to the right diagnosis and treatment for over 100 running injuries and related health problems.

The book begins with healthy training and gear practices that will help runners avoid injury. Maharam covers non-injury health issues like colds and flu, aches and pains, and healthy running for women. The book’s illustrated Injury Manual includes diagnosis and treatment information for injuries to the feet and ankles, legs and knees, groin and hip, back, neck, and head.

Maharam offers simple, effective treatments for every common running injury. Using clear illustrations of injured areas and therapeutic strength and mobility exercises, he describes medically proven ways to fix injuries like runner’s knee, shin splints, Achilles’ tendinitis, IT Band Syndrome, plantar fasciitis, and dozens of other maladies. For more difficult injuries, Maharam explains when runners should seek professional medical care.

Runners should enjoy their sport free of pain, yet more than 1 in 3 runners will get hurt this year. With Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running, runners can fix injuries, stay healthy, and run pain-free.

Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running: How to Fix Injuries, Stay Active, and Run Pain-Free
Lewis G. Maharam, MD with foreword by Frank Shorter
Paperback with 2-color tables and figures throughout
7 3/8" x 9 1/4", 248 pp., $24.95, 978-1-934030-68-4

Lewis G. Maharam, MD, is one of the world’s most extensively credentialed and well-known running health experts. Better known as Running Doc™, Maharam is the medical director of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon series and former medical director of the New York Road Runners Club and the New York City Marathon. He has appeared on World News Tonight, Today, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, CNN, and Fox News. His work has appeared in Runner’s World and Competitor magazines, and he is the author of four books.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, and nutrition.

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

Joe Friel Writes New Book Your Best Triathlon for Serious Triathletes

Boulder, CO, USA — January 6, 2011 — Joe Friel, the most trusted coach in the sport of triathlon, has written a new book for committed triathletes. Your Best Triathlon: Advanced Training for Serious Triathletes is a master plan for committed triathletes to achieve their best race ever. The book is now available in bookstores, triathlon and running shops, and online. To preview the book, please visit velopress.com.

In Your Best Triathlon, Friel guides triathletes through every week of their season, outlining clear objectives and the guidelines to meet them. Friel reveals the highly refined training plans he has developed over his 30-year career coaching elite and age-group triathletes. He provides a tool kit of proven workouts that isolate and develop specific abilities. Hundreds of thousands of triathletes have relied on Joe Friel and his ground-breaking best-seller, The Triathlete’s Training Bible. Now with Your Best Triathlon, Friel takes triathletes beyond the Bible and coaches them to their best performance ever.

Triathletes using The Triathlete’s Training Bible will create their own custom, self-coached training plan and use the book to learn everything they need for season after season of success in the sport. Triathletes who train using Your Best Triathlon will achieve breakthrough race performance by training the same way Joe Friel coaches his personal clients. In Your Best Triathlon, Friel defines the goals of each training phase and explains his strategies for achieving them. Triathletes will use Friel’s training plans for sprint, Olympic, Ironman 70.3®, and Ironman® race distances and will master Friel’s most effective workouts to improve specific abilities like endurance, economy, and muscular power. Within each workout and training plan, Friel offers simple modifications to better manage personal limiters. Your Best Triathlon adds depth and detail to the Training Bible approach, presenting relevant information at the right phase of training. Triathletes will refer to Your Best Triathlon throughout the season, just as they would check in with their coach.

Your Best Triathlon offers all triathletes access to Joe Friel, one of the world’s most experienced and respected triathlon coaches.

Your Best Triathlon: Advanced Training for Serious Triathletes by Joe Friel
Paperback with 2-color charts, tables, and illustrations throughout.
7 3/8" x 9 1/4", 360 pp., $24.95, 978-1-934030-62-2

Joe Friel is one of the world’s most experienced and respected endurance sports coaches. He has over 30 years of  experience coaching elite and age-group cyclists and triathletes. He is an elite cycling and triathlon coach and holds a master’s degree in exercise science. His training books The Triathlete’s Training Bible, The Cyclist’s Training Bible, Going Long, and Your First Triathlon are best-selling training resources in endurance sports.

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 is the book-publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., which publishes VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and produces the Rock ‘N’ Roll marathon and half-marathon series, TriRock triathlon series, and the Muddy Buddy adventure race series.

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
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Lose Weight Quickly with Matt Fitzgerald’s Racing Weight Quick Start Guide

Boulder, CO, USA — January 5, 2011 — Three out of four endurance athletes are concerned about their body weight, but fad diets can be dangerous for athletes. Now runners, cyclists, and triathletes can kick off their 2011 season with a rapid weight-loss training program from best-selling author and coach Matt Fitzgerald. Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes is the first fast-paced weight-loss training plan designed for endurance athletes. The Quick Start Guide is now available in bookstores, endurance sports shops, and online.

Racing Weight Quick Start Guide applies all the principles of the best-selling book Racing Weight in a detailed set of weight-loss training plans that are designed to help athletes shed weight quickly. Athletes will devote 4 to 8 weeks to starting a weight loss of 5, 10, or 20+ pounds.

Readers will drop pounds quickly as they follow a schedule of high-intensity workouts and strength training as well as a menu of calorie-restricted, high-protein meals and snacks. Low-volume and high-volume plans make it possible for cyclists, runners, and triathletes with a wide range of experience to maintain their training levels. These athletes will replace fat with muscle while keeping their appetites in check.

Once they have hit their quick start weight-loss goals, readers can continue to lose unwanted weight using the proven strategies of the Racing Weight program. Athletes will zero in on their racing weight through improved diet quality, balanced macronutrient levels, proper timing of meals and snacks, appetite management, and training for lean body composition.

The Racing Weight Quick Start Guide will accelerate every endurance athlete’s season for leaner and faster racing.

Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes by Matt Fitzgerald
Paperback with charts and illustrations throughout
6" x 9", 288 pp., $18.95, 978-1-934030-72-1

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of numerous books on running, triathlon, nutrition, and weight loss. His most recent books are RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel, Racing Weight, Brain Training for Runners, and The Runner’s Diary. 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 TrainingPeaks.com 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.

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 is the book-publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., which publishes VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and produces the Rock ‘N’ Roll marathon and half-marathon series, TriRock triathlon series, and the Muddy Buddy adventure race series.

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
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Natural Running Explains How to Run the Barefoot Way—While Wearing Shoes

Boulder, CO, USA — December 7, 2010 — Natural Running is the middle ground runners have been looking for, explaining how runners can enjoy running as nature intended while protecting themselves from unnatural surfaces. By learning to run the barefoot way—with shoes—runners will become more efficient, stronger, and healthier runners. Backed by studies at MIT and Harvard, running form and injury expert Danny Abshire presents the natural running technique, form drills, and an 8-week transition plan that will put runners on the path to faster, more efficient, and healthier running. Natural Running is now available in bookstores, running and triathlon shops, and online.

In Natural Running, Abshire explains how modern running shoes distort the efficient running technique that humans evolved over thousands of years. He reviews the history of running shoes and how changing technologies have influenced running form and the incidence of overuse injuries. Abshire makes the case for the barefoot running style but warns that barefoot running comes with its own dangers. By learning the natural running technique, runners can enjoy both worlds—comfortable feet, knees, and legs and an efficient running form that reduces impact and injuries.

Natural Running teaches runners to think about injuries as symptoms of poor running form. Abshire specifies the overuse injuries that are most commonly associated with particular body alignment problems, foot types, and form flaws. Runners will learn how to analyze and identify their own characteristics so they can start down the path to natural running.

Abshire explains the natural running technique, describing the posture, arm carriage, cadence, and land-lever-lift foot positioning that mimic the barefoot running style. Runners transition from heel striking to a midfoot or forefoot strike, which studies show is how the body evolved to run. So that runners can relearn this more natural running gait, Abshire offers an 8-week transition plan, complete with a tool kit of strength and form drills that build and maintain the musculature required for natural running.

Natural Running is the newest way to run and also the oldest. By discovering how they were meant to run, runners will become more efficient, stronger, and healthier runners.

“Abshire is one of the leading voices in the current natural running revolution.” — Danny Dreyer, author of ChiRunning

“Danny brings a simple, sensible approach to transforming your running. His knowledge of running form and biomechanics can help all runners become more efficient.” — Mark Allen, six-time Ironman® World Champion, and co-author of Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You

Natural Running: The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running by Danny Abshire with Brian Metzler
Paperback, 6" x 9", 200 pp. | $18.95, 978-1-934030-65-3

Danny Abshire is a passionate lifelong runner and cofounder of Newton Running, where he has spent 10 years designing and refining Newton Running shoes. As a longtime running form coach and injury expert, he has worked closely with thousands of athletes, from beginners to Olympic elites, helping them improve their running form and technique. Brian Metzler is Senior Editor for Running Times and has written about endurance sports for Runner’s World, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, and Outside.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, nutrition and diet, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress is the book-publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., which publishes Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines and produces the Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon and Half-Marathon series.

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
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Lennard Zinn to Launch New Book at Boulder Cycle Sport

Boulder, CO, USA — November 30, 2010 — Boulder-based cycling writer Lennard Zinn will launch the fifth edition of his mountain bike maintenance and repair book next week at the Boulder Cycle Sport South Broadway location. Zinn is one of the world’s most trusted experts on bicycles, and his book Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling book on mountain bike care and repair. Zinn has long ties to the Boulder cycling scene through his bike frame-building company Zinn Cycles and his writing for Boulder-based cycling magazine VeloNews. Please come meet Lennard for this book signing! Copies of the new edition of Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance will be available at the event.

Tuesday, December 7, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Lennard Zinn Book Signing
Boulder Cycle Sport - South
629 S. Broadway, Ste K.
Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 444-2453 x2  | bouldercyclesport.com

Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling mountain bike maintenance book for good reason: it covers every procedure to repair, maintain, tune, or upgrade a mountain bike in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. Weighing in at a whopping 464 pages with 600 illustrations, this new fifth edition offers total coverage of all the newest mountain bike tech without neglecting tried-and-true components. Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed. is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online. Readers can preview the book’s table of contents and its entire index at velopress.com/zinn.

With Zinn’s book, anyone can properly maintain, tune, fix, or upgrade a mountain bike to ensure years of trouble-free riding. Newcomers and experienced mechanics alike will benefit from complete instructions for basic and advanced repairs, exploded views of how parts go together, time-saving tips, and smart recommendations from Lennard Zinn, America’s leading expert on bikes.

Lennard Zinn was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for nearly 50 years. A professional frame builder and bike designer, Lennard is also the technical writer for VeloNews magazine and Singletrack.com and hosts the popular Q&A column on VeloNews.com. His other books include Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn’s Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner’s Manual. He lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.

Boulder Cycle Sport was founded in 2005 by two University of Colorado graduates in order to provide a community-based bike shop for all cyclists. The shop's goal is to provide the highest level of customer service and to offer cycling products they truly believe in. Whether you are a first time rider, recreational enthusiast or an elite-level racer, Boulder Cycle Sport strives to be the foremost resource for all your cycling needs.

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

Distributors/retailers please find ordering information at velopress.com/shops or contact:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

Lennard Zinn Updates Bestselling Mountain Bike Maintenance Book

Boulder, CO, USA — November 9, 2010 — Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling book on mountain bike care and repair for good reason: it covers every procedure to repair, maintain, tune, or upgrade a mountain bike in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. Weighing in at a whopping 464 pages with 600 illustrations, this new fifth edition offers total coverage of all the newest mountain bike tech without neglecting tried-and-true components. Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed. is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online. Readers can preview the book’s table of contents and its entire index at VeloPress.com/Zinn.

With Zinn’s book, anyone can properly maintain, tune, fix, or upgrade a mountain bike to ensure years of trouble-free riding. Newcomers and experienced mechanics alike will benefit from complete instructions for basic and advanced repairs, exploded views of how parts go together, time-saving tips, and smart recommendations from Lennard Zinn, America’s leading expert on bikes.

“Understanding the mechanics of your bike, knowing how to adjust it to suit your riding style, and knowing how to keep it running smoothly are essential to your mountain biking performance. Nobody teaches these skills better than the famous artiste ‘Leonardo da Zinnski.’” — Ned Overend, World and National Mountain Bike Champion

Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed. offers total mountain bike coverage:

• The basics: simple instructions for regular maintenance, how to choose and fit a bike, full coverage of cross-country, hardtail, full suspension, downhill, and hybrid bikes old and new
• Advanced repair: integrated-spindle cranks, clipless pedals, suspension forks, internal headsets, hydraulic brakes, hub and cassette overhaul, and much more
• New tech: the newest components including BB30, BB92, PF24 cranksets, inertial valve suspension forks, air sleeve rear shocks
• Problem-solving: for frozen parts, stripped threads, missing pieces
• Wheels: wheelbuilding and general maintenance and repair; tubeless tires, sealant systems, flat repair, tire sizing and choice
• Complete reference: glossary of bike terms, specifications for bolt tightening, gear chart for 26- and 29-inch wheels, and a comprehensive troubleshooting index

Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed.
by Lennard Zinn, Illustrated by Todd Telander
Paperback. 2-color interior. Over 600 illustrations.
8 ½" x 11", 464 pp., $24.95, 978-1-934030-59-2

Lennard Zinn was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for nearly 50 years. A professional frame builder and bike designer, Lennard is also the technical writer for VeloNews magazine and Singletrack.com and hosts the popular Q&A column on VeloNews.com. His other books include Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn’s Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner’s Manual. He lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.

VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher with books on cycling, triathlon, running, nutrition and diet, and the histories and personalities of our sports. VeloPress is the book-publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews magazine, VeloNews.com, and Singletrack.com.

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

Distributors/retailers please find ordering information at velopress.com/shops or contact:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

2011 VeloNews, IMBA, and Inside Triathlon Calendars Are Now Available

Boulder, CO, USA — November 9, 2010 — VeloPress is pleased to announce the publication of 2011 calendars from VeloNews, the International Mountain Bicycling Association, and Inside Triathlon. The editors of VeloNews and Inside Triathlon and staff of IMBA select the most beautiful and inspiring photographs in road cycling, cyclocross, mountain biking, and triathlon to create stylish wall calendars for 2011. These calendars make wonderful gifts for any cyclist or triathlete. The 2011 calendars are now available at bike shops, REI, and from online retailers like VeloGear.com and TriSports.com.

VeloNews 2011 Road Racing Calendar
from the editors of VeloNews magazine
12" x 12", $14.95, 978-1-934030-69-1

International Mountain Bicycling Association 2011 Calendar
A portion of proceeds benefit IMBA.
12" x 12", $14.95, 978-1-934030-71-4

Inside Triathlon 2011 Calendar
from the editors of Inside Triathlon magazine
12" x 12", $14.95, 978-1-934030-70-7

Retailers, please order through AlpenBooks, American Cycling, The Hawley Company, or IPS. For ordering information, please visit velopress.com/shops or contact:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

To request a media copy for your gift guide, please contact:
Dave Trendler, Marketing and Publicity Manager, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

Meet VeloPress Authors at Interbike!

VeloPress and VeloNews Will Host an Author Meet and Greet at Interbike on Wednesday, 5-6 p.m.

Boulder, CO, USA - September 15, 2010 - It's not every day that you get to meet the top experts and coaches in cycling. Join some of the sport's top authors during a VeloPress Author Meet & Greet at Interbike!

VeloPress Author Meet & Greet
Wednesday, September 22, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
VeloPress/VeloNews Booth # 2131
Beer and wine provided.
Books available for autographing.

VeloPress authors attending the Meet & Greet include:

• Hunter Allen, developer of TrainingPeaks WKO+ and co-author of Training and Racing with a Power Meter, 2nd Ed.
• Sally Edwards, founder of Fleet Feet Sports and Heart Zones USA and author of Triathlons for Women, 4th Ed., Heart Zones Cycling, and The Heart Rate Monitor Books
• Dirk Friel, Chief Marketing Officer of Peaksware and author of Workouts in a Binder® for Indoor Cycling
• Brett Horton, co-owner of The Horton Collection featured in Cycling's Golden Age: Heroes of the Postwar Era, 1946-1967
• Steve McCauley, Director of the USA Cycling Development Foundation and co-author of Bike Racing for Juniors: A Guide for Riders, Parents, and Coaches
• Joe Parkin, editor of BIKE magazine and author of A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium and Come and Gone: A True Story of Blue-Collar Bike Racing in America
• Thomas Prehn, former U.S. Road Champion and author of Racing Tactics for Cyclists
• Andy Pruitt, Director of the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine and author of Andy Pruitt's Complete Medical Guide for Cyclists
• Lennard Zinn, technical writer for VeloNews magazine, owner of Zinn Cycles, and author of Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed., Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 3rd Ed., Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, and Zinn's Cycling Primer

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

Distributors and specialty retailers please order through:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

Meet Frazz Cartoonist Jef Mallett at the Chicago Triathlon

Author Packing Two Book Signings and Three Triathlon Races into One Weekend

Boulder, CO, USA - August 25, 2010 - Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist Jef Mallett will test the limits of human endurance this weekend by participating in the Chicago Triathlon Triple Challenge and meeting fans and fellow triathletes at two autographing events. The Triple Challenge features the Fleet Feet Sports Supersprint Triathlon on Saturday and the Sprint and International-distance races on Sunday. Mallett is the creator and cartoonist of the triathlon-friendly Frazz comic strip, which is set in an elementary school and stars a janitor who is a triathlete in his spare time. Mallett will autograph copies of his new book Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete at two events this weekend.

Friday, August 27, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 28, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Fleet Feet Sports Booth
Multisport & Fitness Expo
Hilton Chicago
720 S. Michigan Ave.

Mallett's new book explores the triathlon lifestyle, with which Mallett is all too familiar! 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. His wide-ranging text and wonderfully insightful illustrations celebrate the necessary rituals and inescapable quandaries of the triathlete.

Peter Sagal, the Chicago-based host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and a 2009 Chicago Triathlon finisher, describes Trizophrenia as "a funny, heartfelt, serious work of evangelism."

Jef Mallett is the cartoonist 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 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. Jef blogs regularly at jefmallett.net.

To schedule interviews with Jef Mallett or host an event, please contact:
Dave Trendler, Marketing and Publicity Manager, VeloPress, (303) 245-2138, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com

The Chicago Triathlon press contact is:
Louise Edwards, Louise Edwards Public Relations, (312) 751-5511, PRLou@aol.com

To order Trizophrenia for retail, please visit velopress.com/shops or contact:
Jen Soulé, Sales Manager, VeloPress, (800) 811-4210 x2169, wholesale@competitorgroup.com

UPDATE: Phil Hersh of the Chicago Tribune profiles Jef Mallett and his very busy weekend!