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Standing Climbing, Sub-8 Leadville, Multiple Peaks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 142

February 23, 2018 | Jonathan Lee | 4 comments

Standing vs. seated climbing, what it takes to go sub-8 at Leadville, peaking more than once & more in this episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

Topics covered in this episode

What it’s like to ride at professional team camps
Tactics or power to weight – which matters most?
How pro cyclists eat
How to beat a strong racer in a crit
How to train for Leadville
Why TT racers should race leadville
What it takes to go under 8 hours at Leadville
How to build useful sprint power
Is chloride bad for cyclists?
What to look for in an electrolyte drink
How to train between goal events
Differentiating between physical and psychological fatigue
How to use RPE to train
Ventilatory thresholds explained
Should you not stand on the trainer?
Which is faster: seated or standing pedaling?
How to reduce anterior pelvic tilt
Why cyclists need to loosen their hips

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Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee is a Level II USA certified cycling coach and the host of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. 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, submit your question for Jonathan to answer on the next episode of TrainerRoad’s podcast.

Comments

Charles says:

February 27, 2018 at 11:49 am

Nice podcast guys. Am following the training plans for Leadville this year. What body weights are you working off of? Trying to get a range of w/kg to go sub-9. I’ve been told you need to be putting out >4 w/kg.

Thanks

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Mark VanTongeren says:

February 27, 2018 at 4:35 pm

Thanks for the podcast and for sponsoring our Coast to Coast Gravel Grinder (thanks Chelsea). This is a 210 miler across Michigan on May 12. So 10 weeks out – 18 weeks less than what you recommend! For riders that haven’t done a lot of work this winter, is there still hope? I’ve been sharing Chad’s Dirty Kanza plan from 2017 but is it time to share a more drastic TrainerRoad plan?

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1. Bryce Lewis says:
  
  February 28, 2018 at 9:05 pm
  
  With 10 weeks remaining, riders who have sufficient experience and time on the bike from previous seasons may benefit from skipping SSB I and jumping into SSB II right away. This will allow them to complete Half of the Build phase in the 10 available weeks, which will be a boon for them on race day 🙂
  
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natz says:

March 6, 2018 at 12:10 am

It”spretty easy to slow bike traffic in front of a school or other pedestrian crossing: put a few orange traffic cones on top of the striped yellow line on either side of the school entrance, it narrows the path and warns cyclists to stay in lane. The bollards by the Williamsburg bridge have this effect. A better solution would be to raise the bike lane up to sidewalk grade outside the school, which slows bikes and let”s cyclists know they”re on shared space, but there”s probably not enough time for a capital project like that.

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