Webinar: The Nuts and Bolts to Fat Adapting and Intermittent Fasting to Boost Athletic Performance. Recently had the distinguished privilege of hosting an online webinar with pro cyclist and Athletic coach Anna Sparks. She is a feisty ball of energy and passion to say the least. Her driver and commitment to health lifestyles and top level athletic performance is hard …
Supplements Proven to Boost Your Cycling Performance
There are no shortage of supplements out there on the market that allegedly make you faster, stronger, lighter, and so on. It can be overwhelming and often conflicting to sort through all of this. After trial and error of many of these supplements I have found that a few of them are much more preferable than others. Some are a …
Tips on Hacking Your Cycling Performance | Webinar Video
Here is the video recording from the Webinar titled: Tips on Hacking Your Cycling Performance, dated 3/22/2018. Hosted by Ben Dodge the bicycle lawyer and endurance cyclist along with fellow ultra cyclist and teammate Jason duPont. Discussing many ideas on how to improve cycling performance. Topics such as Fat Adaptation, Lactate Thresholds, Aerobic Thresholds, Xert, Supplements, and more. Link is …
Self Driving Uber Car Hits and Kills a Cyclist
In what is possibly the 1st ever fatal crash involving a self driving Uber, the police are routinely keeping everything close to the vest. There is video evidence in the case but it can’t be released yet “due to the ongoing investigation.” This crash involves a pedestrian and a bicycle and is landmark as there are no other precedents that …
“Shhhhh No One Cares”
I saw an interesting t-shirt for sale today on FaceBook and couldn’t help how it precisely captures the mindset of so many people I come into contact with through my business as a bicycle accident lawyer. As a committed cyclist and a dedicated bicycle crash lawyer I find it completely disturbing how little people seem to care about cyclists. Trust …
Kill A Cyclist And Get Away With It
As distributing as the title implies, in this article we discuss the tragic unfairness of bicycle laws that simply allow for drivers to hit and kill a cyclist with little to no punishments. So what happens if you hit and kill a cyclist in Arizona? I can tell you from years of personal experience representing the surviving family members of …
LOTOJA 2017
LOTOJA 2017 By: Ben Dodge, Esq., Ultra Cyclist For our 3rd year in a row now our team has been lucky enough to race LOTOJA. LOTOJA is the longest single day USAC sanctioned road race in the united states. It is approximately 203 (give or take) miles crossing through parts of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Starting in LOgan Utah, you …
Mastering “How to Pee” During a Bicycle Race
Mastering “How to Pee” During a Bicycle Race By: Ben Dodge, Esq., Ultra Cyclist Why the heck would you have to worry about peeing in a bicycle race? Why not just pull over and pee? Well, I admit that pulling over and peeing is by far the safest thing to do and the lawyer in me will always endorse safety! …
“Hardest Ride Ever”
This morning I rode in a memorial ride for a fellow cyclist who was tragically struck and killed this past Wednesday. It was an honor to be a part of this ride because of the incredible love and support felt by everyone there, with an estimated 300+ cyclists in attendance. It was also heartbreaking because of the deep loss felt …
The 4 Basic Principles for Ultra Cycling 101
Welcome to the world of pain called Ultra Cycling. But it doesn’t have to be. I’m writing this to those of you who may be venturing out on your first ever “long” bicycle ride. Over the coming year or so we will be doing many “ultra” rides and many of you are coming out for the first time. Per their …