I second this review. The book, paired with FitrWoman app, is life changing for female endurance athletes. The app tracks menstrual phases and lets you know what your current hormone levels are and how you can maximize training accordingly.
I’m already signed up for Rooted Vermont. You guys should definitely come out and give the East Coast some love!
And welcome, Amber! Great addition to the team and super entertaining on the podcast.
So glad to hear this! Thank you!
We can share. 
Thanks! And yes - the hair game standard is HIGH. Unless you employ Chad’s Bruce Willis tactic. I’m thinking I either need to find a stylist on par with the guys’ barbers, or pull a Demi Moore à la GI Jane. 
I’m excited too! Thanks so much for saying so. Really glad to hear you read and loved ROAR. Dr. Sims has been a longtime friend and was instrumental early on in my career, helping me navigate nutrition and hydration. Her work dovetails so well with the TR ethos of constant improvement - we can always learn something new, take a fresh perspective, and improve.
Keep your 
peeled …
YES! Rooted VT is going to be awesome. I’m a recent transplant to the East Coast, and I love it. Overland is another gem, in case any West Coast folks want to come out for a couple of weeks, or heck - make it a month!
@ambermalika I was on the fence to buy ROAR for my spouse…then I saw this amazon review:
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K. Smith
1,0 von 5 Sternen Ask a pharmacist
28. Februar 2019 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
Verifizierter Kauf
I’ve been a pharmacy educator for 18 years, and I’ve taught sex hormone physiology and contraception for many of those years. The authors of this book have no business giving advice about birth control products. First, the hormone-containing vaginal ring contains systemically absorbed hormones, and do not have local effects only as suggested in this book. Also, birth control pills do not produce superphysiologic estrogen or progesterone concentrations. All systemic hormonal contraceptives come with risk of blood clots but high-level endurance athletes also carry this risk due to lower baseline heart rate and a few other factors. There’s no research proving an additive risk and case reports don’t count. There are many health benefits of hormone contraceptives including lower rates of some forms of cancer, not to mention quality of life benefits like lighter more predictable periods. Some women risk anemia without lighter periods, and anemia is a well-established athletic performance inhibitor. Progestin-only pills are difficult to use if they are to prevent pregnancy and do not have any of the health benefits or period predictability of combination hormonal contraceptives. What about long-term adverse effects of progestin-based contraceptives (not IUD) on bone density? I really hope you read this Dr. Sims. As an endurance athlete myself, I love the work you are doing to raise awareness, but please get an advanced practice pharmacist to peer review your chapters dealing with prescription drugs. - a pharmacotherapy board-certified pharmacist
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Having heard positive feedback on the TR and endurance planet podcasts, that review got me thinking again and a bit puzzled as it also sounds reasonable to me (but I’m just a layman on that subject).
Wow! That’s a fascinating take. I would LOVE to have a longer conversation with the author of that review! I’m not a doctor, so I can’t justifiably defend any specific viewpoint on prescription birth control, as all my my knowledge is anecdotal. What I love about Dr. Sims’ book, and what I’d like to say more clearly here, is that she gets us to consider different perspectives and to ask important questions about extant research and medical practice. The real bummer here is that we don’t have the same depth of research on effects of various forms of birth control, especially as regards endurance sports and performance. That said, even if we did, so much of this remains highly individual. I’m a fan of taking everything with a big grain of salt, then figuring out what works for me. Truthfully, I don’t personally agree with everything in the book, but I love that Stacy challenges long-held views in a way that prompts us to think more critically about what we accept as training or nutrition gospel. For that reason alone, I think it’s absolutely a worthwhile read. Re: birth control - women experience such wildly different responses to all the various forms - and use it for an equally wide array of reasons - I think that component of female physiology falls under the category of highly, highly individual. And at the end of the day, the most empowering thing we can do as athletes is to know ourselves and not only treat our own bodies with care and respect, but also advocate for the same when it comes to medical providers and coaches alike.
Great podcast as always, folks and congratulations to @ambermalika for joining the team!
I was on the train while listening to @Nate_Pearson describing how handicap racing in Australia works and the reaction of both Jonathan and Amber made me giggle quite loudly. 
I haven’t tried that app but I do track it on my Garmin.
Kind of hoping there might be an occasional podcast just for us now that there’s a woman on board! Glad to have you around @ambermalika. Your first podcast was shared widely in Tulsa which is how I got addicted to TR.
Great pod cast - one of the best I think it filled my 4 hour drive and I found myself want to listen again. I can’t believe Nat eats 200g carbs before a ride and I thought eat a lot of porridge.
Been a great year of pod cast and very happy to welcome Amber to the team we be hear a lots from Pete (
I’m only half way through this weeks episode but really enjoying it!
Hopefully Ben is a forum member and reads this topic. I just wanted to share with him that there is definitely hope to qualify for 70.3 World Champs.
I did my first 70.3 in December 2016 at the age of 28. No endurance background as a kid, I played cricket as a kid through to my early 20’s. I managed to grab a roll down slot for the 2020 World Champs in Taupo a couple of weeks back. My FTP is 250w, weight 72.5kg, 6ft, 3.45w/kg. The race was 70.3 Western Australia, pan flat course, I went really conservative on the bike (avg 194w) and my times were swim - 29:08, Bike - 2:26:38, Run - 1:36:31.
Keep at it Ben, hard work and a little luck will get you what you’re chasing and hopefully I’ll see you there in St. George!
Finished the cast while on the treadmill. Thanks for the info on the fisher price. Was laughing out loud at that.
To the person who’s daughter is starting tri’s and has saddle issues. If this is a no-no, please mod this post. slowtwitch has a women’s specific forum. Is another place to get feedback.
I’m in for Rooted, I hope you guys can make it out. The Vermont gravel scene is fantastic and that’s a great time to visit. Also +1 on the Overland. It’s one of the original VT gravel races and brings out a lot of fast riders in a backyard party atmosphere.
Don’t know if I’ll make Rooted VT in 2020 but a suggestion for your 2021 gravel trip, The Dead Swede in Sheridan WY first weekend in June. Great western small town. Excellent course, the Hundo will challenge your legs, lungs, and handling skills as you climb up and down the Big Horn mountain range. Most important great party with lots of cold beer when you finish.
This is why the TR Podcast is invaluable to me. Although not everything is applicable to every rider, having hosts such as Pete and @ambermalika is invaluable. They are or have been right at the pointy end and have heaps of knowledge at their and ultimately our disposal. No disrespect to the rest of the TR team intended, they’re partially responsible for my progress.
So pleased that you’ve stepped up Amber, so many TR (and YouTube viewers) users are going to benefit. I’m going to have to try harder 
Hey TR team, thanks for the mention and glad you found geometrygeeks.bike useful! It means a lot to us.
It’s a spare-time project that’s grown way beyond our expectations (and now takes up a lot of time that I should be riding!). We have just over 6,500 bikes listed now and anyone can add to the database, so it’s growing every day.
Any ideas to make it better, from anyone, are welcome. Email on the site or tag me here. Continuous improvement!