How To Increase Training Consistency, Racing vs. Training, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 413

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • (0:00) Chad update
  • (12:55) Is a TT bike worth it?
  • Hacks to make your road bike more aero
  • (37:06) Is training late at night bad?
  • How to increase consistency
  • (57:14) How to recon a race without pre-riding
  • (1:16:21) Should you get more PRs from races or training?
  • (1:30:49) How to pace team relay races
  • (1:39:33) Tips for bathroom stops in long races

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I’m just here for the entertainment. Come on, forum, comment!

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:astonished:

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I thought it was April 1 today, I respect their decision. Not everything needs to be public, hopefully all parties involved are okay.

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:astonished: indeed!

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:frowning_face: :anguished: good luck for the future Chad, thanks for all the FTP you’ve helped me with over the last 7yrs :+1:

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Nate’s mention of AI FTP PREDICTION (future state estimation) around 4:45 in the POL plan changes is interesting. They’ve talked about it at least as a concept before, but it’s the first time I remember hearing they actually have something workable worth mentioning even if it’s only internal to them right now.

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“It was not a voluntary departure” - such a weird thing to say, when following up with “we’re not going to share the details of it”. Exactly the kind of comment that stirs the rumour mill and gives more away than necessary.

Speaking of which, it’s also strange that only Pete really got a ‘farewell’ podcast. Amber left with zero fanfare, Chad gets a really cryptic send off… strange.

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I’ll just say this. We don’t know any details about the decision. Therefore anything said is merely a speculation and speculations are a dangerous thing to play with.
Wish both Chad and TrainerRoad all the best in the future.

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Oh shit…I need to tune in with this drama :grimacing::grimacing:

I feel silly about how invested I must be because this news really hit me. I’ve listened to almost every podcast episode, and I feel like I lost a friend. Probably time for me to take some time away from the podcast. Hope Chad is okay.

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I’ve wondered about Amber’s disappearance from the platform podcast lots of times but never dared to ask…

The news about Chad makes me sad, it’s like Trainerroad lost part of it’s soul.

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I feel like Amber was just busy being a new mom and had bigger priorities than coming back for a farewell podcast. Sure a farewell podcast might have been nice, but kind of made sense that it didn’t happen.

Chad’s sudden departure though is very shocking

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Whoes voice will the workout text be now?

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The terminator Terminator GIF | Gfycat

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Just to temper the sense of drama: Amber left on good terms, A Heartfelt Thank You From Amber, saying she was moving on to new challenges. Whatever the situation was for her, this is not that.

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Who what where when why did he go?!

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I moved your comment/post under the related podcast topic, to keep all discussion in the same place.

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“It was not a voluntary departure”

Meaning he was terminated? Or he wanted to leave and TR didn’t want him to? Confused about this wording.

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If their intention was to create way more questions than answering, they succeeded. Such a weird way of releasing info.

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