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Alison Starnes wins Giro di San Francisco
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted September 8, 2011 at 11:55am

I was able to win a bike race. What do other people do on Labor Day? I am not sure. I rode into the city, raced, and rode home. Not a bad day in the office. Winning is fun. Racing is fun. Riding is fun. It is all part of the process of trai...more

Alison Starnes: Disclaimers about my last race
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted August 16, 2011 at 7:44pm

For some reason I need to add a few disclaimers. I might have been the only one in the field that was sporting pink nail polish. I did investigate most of the riders just in case, but this does not include painted toenails… Anyone want to confess th...more

Alison Starnes: Bike racing makes me happy.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted August 11, 2011 at 12:40pm

The smile says it all. Bike racing is fun, it is hard, and it is worth it. There is nothing like a bike race to put a big smile on my face. You know the suffering is coming, but you can inflict some of that too. Why not? No pain no gain, right?...more

Party on Two Wheels.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted July 14, 2011 at 12:35pm

It was the best party on two wheels. It was the San Rafael Twilight Criterium, put on my Ryan Dawkins at Project Sport. And a party it was. I love this race. It has everything you could want a more. Podium girls, big crowds, twilight, champagne, ...more

Alison Starnes just took a week off her bike. Hold your applause.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted July 4, 2011 at 11:40am

I just took a week off my bike. Yes, please hold your applause. Hold your gasps of shock and disbelief. I just did it. I don’t know how I did it, but I did it. Wholeheartedly and completely. Disbarring a broken pelvis, I couldn’t tell you ...more

Where am I?
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted June 25, 2011 at 6:40pm

Where am I again? Oh yeah, Georgia. Atlanta? No. Augusta? That’s right. Am I stage racing, again? No, its just Nationals, but it sure feels like another stage race. Pass the yogurt covered pretzels, bread and butter pickles, and electrolyte, Pl...more

Stage 1. Nature Valley Grand Prix
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted June 16, 2011 at 1:16am

Here is a video from the podium today. Time Trial. Eddy Merckx style. No aero equipment allowed. Rain. Time Trial. 1st. KStrong (PB2012). 2nd. Evie (HTC). 3rd. Me (PB2012). 4th. Amber Neben (HTC). 5th Kmac (PB2012) Looks like a Peanut Butter & Co/ HT...more

Motto for the day: Like a soldier…
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 29, 2011 at 2:53pm

People use sayings and catch phrases to motivate themselves. Does this really work for you? How many times has someone told you, “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger…” Does that quote really mean anything anymore? It, like many other ...more

In honor of National Bike Month: Cycling Safety Tips
by Team WE Sports
posted May 24, 2011 at 1:19pm

Now that we're heading back outdoors after a long, cold winter (in the northeast), here are some cycling safety tips that you may have forgotten....more

The Amgen Tour of California Women’s International Time Trial Challenge
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 19, 2011 at 1:14pm

What does it take to be defined as the world’s fastest. Is it simply one event? One moment? One race? One medal? Or is it cumulative victories and continued domination. Is it consistency? Or is it so much more than that… The world’s fastest women...more

This bike is fast
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 7, 2011 at 5:31pm

A Felt. Zipp Wheels. Custom Pearl Izumi Speedsuit. Too bad it was at altitude after 6 weeks of racing. Photo by Silas Fallstich ...more

2011 St. Anthony's Triathlon Report
by Bike Diva
posted May 3, 2011 at 6:14pm

28th Annual St. Anthony's Triathlon My husband and I got back into town late Monday afternoon, so I'm just getting around to getting my race report written for the 2011 St. Anthony's triathlon. St. A's was an Olympic distance race which took place in St...more

Alison Starnes' 3 Words to Describe the Tour of the Gila: Wind. Hard. Mountainous.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 3, 2011 at 10:12am

Just say those three little words that I need to hear. In a pre stage race interview, the Tour of the Gila media correspondent visited our house in Silver City. Beyond asking the typical questions regarding our background and finding the sport of cyc...more

What am I doing at the Tour of the Gila?
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 1, 2011 at 2:37pm

Good question. Pronounce it as you will. The Hee–laa, or the Gee–laa. It is all the same. Hills. Mountains. Wind. I am riding in the wind. Not much different than Holland, but much wider roads. Photo by Jonathan Devich I am climbing. ...more

Alison Starnes What I learned cycling in Belgium and Holland…
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted April 26, 2011 at 11:34pm

Things I learned this trip: There are two sides of Belgium. The Flemish side, and the French side. I like the French side. I am bias to the French. Holland has a lot of bricks. Brick roads. Brick houses. Brick everything. Very orderly wi...more

Alison Starnes: Refine, refine, refine
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted April 25, 2011 at 10:36am

An obvious danger of trial by fire is you can still get burned. But that is what makes us stronger, further refines us, and makes us more valuable. A refining process requires high heat and pressure in order to make something more precious, and more b...more

Fleche Wallone is a spring classic for women cyclists
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted April 21, 2011 at 12:21pm

I am partial to France. Holland is orderly and welcoming, but something about France always tugs at my heart. That being said, I am not in France. However, I was in the French side of Belgium for the classic race, Fleche Wallone. The roads suddenl...more

USA Cycling team is like a traveling circus
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted April 7, 2011 at 3:01pm

We are a traveling circus. My “anniversaire” was only 12 hours. This is what happens when you cross the GST. I flew straight from my birthday to not my birthday. And unfortunately United Airlines didn’t say “joie d’anniversaire” to me by g...more

Too school for cool.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted March 31, 2011 at 10:18am

Who like peanut butter? A hundred hands immediately started waving in the air. I realized I was getting nervous. Who likes bikes? More hands. I went on a school visit today to the Redland’s Montessori school. I didn’t know what I was getting ...more

Christine "Peanut" Vardaros: Offseason Blues
by Christine
posted March 6, 2011 at 12:29pm

OK, well not exactly feeling blue but it is strange to be off the bike for so long. I don't think it would be as strange if, with the bike, i also abandoned everything that comes along with it - the routine, habits and lifestyle.Last night, Jonas call...more

Support Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 Cycling Team by attending our camp as a VIP guest
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted February 21, 2011 at 10:02am

Peanut Butter & CO TWENTY12 will be having our team camp in Marin! Some may say, don’t you wish you could travel somewhere for your camp? I say, no. Marin has some of the best riding in the world, and I don’t even have to pack my toothbrush to g...more

Bike Diva's Final 2011 Race Schedule - Jam Packed!
by Bike Diva
posted February 11, 2011 at 11:33pm

Above: Bike Diva during the run portion of the 2010 Miami Man 1/2 Ironman duathlon. Bike Diva Races 2011 marks the 4th year that I've been racing. Every year around this time I go through the same routine. I find the dates of all the potential races I w...more

Mastering the art... of riding in the cold
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted December 20, 2010 at 9:31am

I have been riding in the cold recently. And by cold, I mean below 60 degrees. I know that doesn’t amount to anything to most of you, but for me, that is cold. It is cold and wet here, and the descents can be long. 50 degrees in the fog can be p...more

If you want to train really well, you have to be a little bored...
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted December 7, 2010 at 10:09am

“If you want to train really well, you have to be a little bored . . . those [rides] every day need to be the most interesting things going on in your life. . . he ran, ate, ran, ate, slept, and arose to do it again.” My friend brought my attenti...more

SRAM: The Bloopers
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted November 21, 2010 at 10:45am

For the SRAM commercials for the Tour of California, yours truly was featured. What I didn’t know was there was this “blooper” reel. It is pretty entertaining. Check out me, and some other pros like Phinney, Cancellera, and Schleck being quite...more

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