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2016-12-08 17:28:19 - One of the most difficult problems that coaches have is persuading athletes to take recovery days, easy weeks and have a few weeks dossing at the end of a season. I have...
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2016-10-04 07:21:52 - As some of you know I recently went to the Italian Alps and Dolomites, taking on 700 km/450 miles and 20,000m/65,000 feet of climbing over six days' riding. It was a...
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2016-07-20 10:32:16 - You may have heard the term 'burning matches' when you have been out cycling with friends or in groups. Exclamations such as 'she burnt all her matches early on and...
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2016-01-04 16:52:19 - Having just completed my monthly set of fitness tests, I am pleased to say that the training that I started at the beginning of November is slowly starting to translate...
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2015-12-09 17:04:06 - Are you confused by heart rate zones? If so you shouldn't be surprised, because I reckon that there are something like 80 different ways to calculate and present them. I...
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2015-11-16 13:04:20 - It's that time of year again when all the magazines and blogs are full of contradictory advice about base or endurance training - Why should you do it? How should you do...
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2015-09-15 13:19:16 - The last few weeks have been a bit of quiet time for me when it comes to my training regime, after 8 months of solid training for a variety of events this year. With all...
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2015-07-06 11:13:58 - A 04:15 alarm seems premature for a 07:30 start but we have been advised to get down to Bourg early to make sure that we are at the front of the pen - we are in pen two...
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2015-05-06 11:27:52 - With the start of the race and sportive season upon us, and feeling inspired to head out and race, it is crucial that you don't get carried away with training and forget...
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2015-05-04 13:47:22 - The Cobbled Classics are behind us and thoughts turn to the Alps once again. We are down in the south west of France this week getting some warm(er) weather training in...
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2015-04-30 10:52:15 - This is the first piece from Rob Wakefield of Propello who will be contributing regular training pieces to sportive.com. To kick off, Propello is offering a free...
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2015-04-28 21:04:42 - We arrive in Liege in magnificent sunshine and 25c heat having taken in a couple of the famous Flanders climbs, the Koppenberg and Muur, on the journey over from the UK....
