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Mental Toughness, Crazy Sprints, Recovery Weeks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 282

Mental Toughness, Crazy Sprints, Recovery Weeks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 282

How to be a tough athlete, pro tips for the final kilometer of a race and why you lose most sprints, why you feel slower after a recovery week and much more with new guest host Ivy Audrain!

More show notes and discussion in the TrainerRoad Forum.


Topics covered in this episode

  • New guest host Ivy Audrain!
  • How to fix low back pain on the bike
  • How to pick a training plan for the Specialty Phase
  • How not to get boxed in during a sprint
  • Pro tips for the final kilometer of a race
  • Bunch sprint tactics
  • How to improve technical skills without racing
  • Why you feel slower after a recovery week
  • How mindset affects training
  • When to do a spindown calibration
  • Is a certain pedal stance correct?
  • Calories vs. carbs per hour
  • Cyclists and running
  • Jonathan’s Chilean walmart bike story
  • How to be a tough athlete
  • How to get better at longer intervals

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Jonathan Lee
Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee is a Level II USAC / USAT certified cycling coach and the host of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-cycling-coach-trainerroad/id1035433041?mt=2&amp;utm_source=Author%20Byline&amp;utm_medium=Blog%20&amp;utm_content=Jonathan%20Byline-%20%20AACC%20link&amp;utm_campaign=Bylines"><em>Ask a Cycling Coach</em> podcast</a>. His background in the sport of motocross has translated into a passion for cycling, mountain biking and all things training. If you have a training question, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ya3EOx0tWRpwlF8TfxdcKL2UeESgBoEAwpLVmwrlt3g/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1&amp;utm_source=Author%20Byline&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_content=Jonathan%20Byline%20-%20%20Google%20AACC%20form&amp;utm_campaign=Bylines">submit your question</a> for Jonathan to answer on the next episode of TrainerRoad’s podcast.