Amber Pierce (Rais)

Cannondale athlete. Fan of food, bikes and beauty, not necessarily in that order. #BeAGoodWheel

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

Everyone:
Soap! Sanitizer! Tests! More nurses! More doctors! Vaccines!

Science:
HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@ayesuppose CHILLS! ❤️

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@ayesuppose I think that belongs under Selective Memory 🙃

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@rob_campbell @TrainerRoad Nice! If you’re interested in how our detection tool is different from other FTP estimations, there is more info here: https://t.co/vS4UqABrJ1

[TrainerRoad @TrainerRoad]

📢📢 @ambermalika has all the details on our new AI FTP Detection! Check out https://t.co/R4BROYtPtl for more.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

I would love to hear commentators throw these around while announcing criteriums and cyclocross races.

[Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology @HaggardHawks]

The ULTIMATE is the last.
The PENULTIMATE is the second from last.
The ANTEPENULTIMATE is the third from last.
The PREANTEPENULTIMATE is the fourth from last.
The PROPREANTEPENULTIMATE is fifth from last.

[Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology @HaggardHawks]

In 18th century slang, a WAFFLE-FROLIC was a sumptuous meal.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

Be kind to your body. It is always doing its best for you, keeping you alive and whatnot.

[TrainerRoad @TrainerRoad]

When you missed training because you were sick, that doesn’t mean you got a week off the bike.
Check out the full episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast:
https://t.co/NTjdpqSWoI

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

In pushing so hard against the parts of ourselves we don’t like we over-identify with them and give them additional power. Better to accept and even laugh at them. Paradoxically, this gives us the best chance to change.

Basically, drop the weight.

[TrainerRoad @TrainerRoad]

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Not Wordle, just the Ramp Test.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@ayesuppose @KathrynBertine Just typing it was 🥴

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@ImpulzNL @TrainerRoad @leejonathan_ Thank you! I hope you enjoy Part 2 as well!

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

This interview is unlike any I’ve ever done. While I’m mostly an open book, I never publicly shared this story. I needed to tell it the right way, for the right reasons. 

Thank you @trainerroad & @leejonathan_ for helping me do just that. Pt 1 of 2 https://t.co/3foYicYyIQ

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

What a genuinely kind & generous person. I never heard an unkind word about him. I'll always be grateful for that experience & hope to pay it forward someday.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

Fond memory of JA:
After swim practice one day at Stanford, we ran into JA w/Mr. Avery checking out construction of Avery Aquatic Center. They were both so kind. JA asked if we were heading to the dining hall for dinner. We said yes. He said, not if you don't want to! ...

[Stanford Alumni @StanfordAlumni]

Stanford alumnus, friend and benefactor John Arrillaga, '60, passed away yesterday at age 84.

His daughter, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, '92, MA '98, '99, MBA '97, shares her father’s story including his relationship with @Stanford: https://t.co/qqra3XFqtf

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

It is such a fond memory from my time at Stanford. It still blows my mind that he dropped a few hundred dollars apiece on a bunch of random athletes on a whim.
More importantly, at a time I was feeling intense imposter syndrome, he made me feel like I truly belonged there...

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

Some thoughts as you wade through diet ads in you post-holiday social feed.

Remember, it’s not what you do between Thanksgiving & New Year’s Eve; it’s what you do between New Year’s Eve & Thanksgiving that most impacts health. Also, it’s a pandemic. Be gentle with yourself.

[TrainerRoad @TrainerRoad]

Food fuels performance and provides needed nutrients. But far too many of us moralize what we eat in the name of performance, with profound impacts on how we relate to food. TrainerRoad’s @ambermalika offers a different perspective. https://t.co/rFwt2qsTmt

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@lauren1717 Wait it’s a DONUT?? YES PLEASE

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

I adored this movie as a kid and continue to love it to the point of mild obsession. This piece had me cheering.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

@DaveWhite99 Sport is rife with people who prey on athletes, when there should frankly be no place for them.

[Amber Pierce (Rais) @ambermalika]

This is an important, heartbreaking read. I went through Safe Sport certification & like Karelle was astonished at how triggering it was. I’d seen/been subjected to so much abusive behavior - much of which is normalized in sport. But it is never ever okay. https://t.co/NoZ0smd3hn