The drive from Seattle to San Diego is 1,255 miles and, without stopping, takes about 20 hours. That is an awful long way to travel just to see a friend pedal a bike, but Jill Kintner is thinking that it’s the least she can do for Arielle Martin.
Martin is competing in one of the biggest bicycle motocross events of the season today and Saturday at the Olympic Training Center. The San Diego stop is  … More
The first national championship jerseys were awarded on the second day of the 2011 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championshipsat the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Competitors in the 2008 Olympic Games Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./OUCH), Jennie Reed (Seattle, Wash./OUCH) and Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) were among the eight athletes to earn medals in Thursday’s races.
The second of five days of national championship track racing saw over 120 of the nation’s best track cyclists contest the individual pursuit, scratch race, men’s team sprint, time trial and omnium contests  … More
USA Cycling and the Medicine of Cycling group have released recommendations for treatment of riders who have sustained head trauma in cycling. Foremost amongst the guidelines is that any rider with a witnessed loss of consciousness during training or competition should be immediately removed from competition for evaluation by a medical professional trained in diagnosing traumatic brain injury or concussion.
“Concussion can occur without direct impact or loss of consciousness, and can result in physical, cognitive or emotional symptoms that may be evident immediately or evolve over days or weeks,†explained Dr. Anna Abramson of the University of California, San Francisco and co-founder of Medicine of Cycling. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates  … More