Post edited 5:20 pm - February 20, 2010 by Mark G

• Yes you did well first of the season so hope it goes well from here! 

Yes shame about tomorrow just dont want to get you guys across then have to cancel.  With this sort of activity I dont want to run the risk of snow and ice and that is highly likely with a 9am start.

I had planned

• riding through and off as a team
• leading a team member through a bunch
• race strategy
• and to finish off team lead outs for sprints.

Hi thought i would bring this link out again.  The first local road race of the season took place today at Croft circuit.  Also next month the National Point Series XC MTB starts.

So at this time of year if you are a racer targetting early races you will be training that top end fitness with plenty of speed workouts and for road racers short term muscle endurance work.  Make sure you enter races in plenty of time and plan for the season -making sure your season has your rest and recovery periods in and for road racers that want to race the whole season this is particularly important.

I hope the winter has not disrupted your training too much!   If you have any questions then post them on here.  

Website looks good are you going to put a link on your profile name like mine

Post edited 6:20 pm - December 16, 2009 by Mark G

I ran a coach led bike session on 5th Dec at Ampleforth College for NYP Tri.  14 cyclists attended the day and the following areas were covered -

components of fitness, 

event demands,

sports nutrition

and some turbo sessions

This is some of the feedback from the day:

Thoroughly enjoyed the whole day, lots of valuable information. The 2 (yes 2) turbo sessions I can safely say were not easier than Pete Reads last year! Many thanks - Andy P

•  Relaxed and practical
• All good - a good day
• Clear coaching and informative
• Excellent enjoyed it
• Easy Learning - well put

The next session will be on Sat 13th March 2010and in response to some of the feedback we will be looking at

cycling equipment

Bike set up and

cycle tests for checking progress   

If you want to come along for the day it is just £15 per rider for the day!  Let me know and I will forward your detaisl onto the event organiser.

Thanks

What if you've been off the bike for 3-4 months?

coach.. how long away from the bike is too long?

If you have stayed on it and not fallen off that's a bonus.

matthew said:

Re. an earlier post….

Running is now not a proplem - Great.

Mandy (my partner) has now said “Of course I will support you if you want to do the London Marathon”

How could I fit this in with my training for CYCLE road racing?

Should I bother?

Are the two disciplines that far from each other that it cannot be done.?

Matthew yes you can do two disciplines Triathletes do three.  To do well in both means an increase is training time. 

As a rule road racers will be doing around 13 hours a week then you have to fit in your running…..hope Mandy is very supportive! 

If this it too much of an ask then you have to decide which is most important to you and amend your training to suit.

Yes it is & yes they will but make sure there is enough 31.8mm width to fit the tt bars. Some handlebars (eg.Deda) are 31.8 for the clamp but then go down to standard size soon after for the tape area, this looks better as when the tape is fitted as the bars look the same width right accross the top of the bar. I had some in the past and the tt bars would fit but only with 'packer' tape wrapped round the edges of the tt clamps.

Post edited 10:25 pm - November 7, 2009 by Mark G

Toms said:

coach…. are rollers any good for you other than improving balance?

thank you.

Rollers are also regarded as being not only good for balance but also for developing a good smooth cadence.