Cristina Goyanes
Cristina Goyanes assumed she was athletically challenged until she signed up for her first triathlon at 25. She's since completed 10 along with a handful of century bike rides and other random physical feats. The freelancer writer, who lives in Brooklyn with her two road bikes, covers fitness, sports, and travel for various magazines.
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Friday, 5/24/13 at 11:35 AM
You can have a super pimped-out bike, the sweetest clip-in cycling shoes, and the flashiest logo'd Lycra outfit on the road, but to get—and stay—good, you need to hydrate properly, and just plain H2O...
Wednesday, 5/22/13 at 3:50 PM
Superstar media-mogul Oprah Winfrey may be dipping her hand, particularly her green thumb, in another completely unrelated business: agriculture. The 59-year-old recently revealed that she has plans...
Wednesday, 5/22/13 at 1:41 PM
The plan was to pedal 105 miles and traverse some 8,000 feet of climbing with 6,000 riders from 70 different countries on Sunday as part of my personal AIDS/Lifecycle ride training. But this year's...
Monday, 5/20/13 at 12:00 AM
After winning an Academy Award in 2012 for her role in the film The Help, Octavia Spencer decided to tackle a new roll—the one wrapped around her middle. Having tried every diet out there and failed...
Friday, 5/17/13 at 2:02 PM
With complete, unabashed desperation, I begged my good friend and cycling buddy Angelica Ocasio to please, please, please do the AIDS/Lifecycle ride with me just a few months ago. I couldn't bear the...
Friday, 5/17/13 at 10:52 AM
All this training for the AIDS/Lifecycle ride (only 16 days til I pedal from San Franscisco to L.A.!) got me thinking about my relationship with my Cannondale bike. It's a little scary how easy...
Friday, 5/17/13 at 10:24 AM
Be inspired by these stars who’ve conquered a marathon or triatholon.
Wednesday, 5/15/13 at 3:42 PM
When it comes to food controversy, we love to eat it up—even if we don't know the full story. Proof of our hunger to quickly blame the hidden dangers on our dinner plate lies in recent international...
Friday, 5/10/13 at 11:24 AM
The phrase "rest day" has never really made sense to me. It implies that you're training your butt off every day that isn't a "rest day." For me, and many others who aren't pro athletes or Olympians...
Friday, 5/10/13 at 8:05 AM
Trainers, athletes, and readers share their faux pas so you don't make the same mistakes.
