Book Talk with Peggy Maass Labiuk
A fantastic event for author Peggy Maass Labiuk in Waikiki, HI, with the Tradewind Cycling Club AGM. Peggy rode for Tradewind Cycling Team Hawai’i and is wearing their jersey in her author photo along with the National Champion stripes on the sleeves and collar.
At the event, Peggy talked about her new book, Cycle Psyched: Pro Wisdom and the Mental Training to Excel, co-written with sports psychologist, Dr. Saul L. Miller.
Cycle Psyched is a complete mental training program for cyclists, presenting clear techniques and exercises for managing challenges and improving the psychological aspect of performance. Personal anecdotes and insights from over 90 world-class cyclists—including 4x Tour de France winner Chris Froome, cycling legend Greg Lemond, 3x World Champion Peter Sagan, and Race Across America winner Leah Goldstein—reinforce and enhance the methods provided. Whether you are an elite competitor or a recreational rider, Cycle Psyched is an invaluable guide to strengthen your mental cycling power.
Peggy Maass Labiuk is a former US National Team Road and Track Racer, who excelled by being tough, smart, and psyched. She shares her cycling acumen as a World Championships medalist (Individual Pursuit), 2x National Champion (Criterium, Kilometer), and World Record Holder (24 Hour Endurance Record, 490.5 miles, human paced) in anecdotes and coaching notables. Her success in such a broad range of events (track, road, US Olympic and World Championships Teams) and having coached from club to elite levels (British National Women’s Endurance Squad) led to the practical execution of the sport psychology plan presented in Cycle Psyched. While Labiuk now rarely competes, she coaches, trains on the velodrome, and still scores some Strava segment QOMs.
