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  • Training through menopause – suggestions?

    Q.    I have worked with a coach and saw steady gains in my power and endurance after coming to the sport of cycling a little late in life.  Then I hit a brick wall called menopause.  After a year of trial and error to figure out how to keep improving and not lose ground I am stumped.  The changes in my hormones have caused a serious lack of endurance, a small weight gain, and I never know if I will be able to finish a long ride or race competitively because my energy levels are completely unpredictable.  To say that...

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