Alan Milway on training elite downhill racers, game changing data, Norco insights and more!
The Ride Companion
TRC Media House
4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 169 minutes
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Summary
Alan Milway is arguably the most respected strength and conditioning coach in mountain biking.
On this episode of The Ride Companion Alan walks us through exactly how he works with the worlds most elite athletes like Greg Minnaar, Danny Hart, Gee Atherton, Charlie Hatton and how he asseses performance to ensure he gets the most out of all his athletes.
Alan also discusses the current state of downhill, the data he's acquired on athletes and what it means for the future of the sport, top training tips for pros and amateurs, what he learned from a mysterious horse racing trainer, his role on track walk, his new position at Norco and shares exactly what's going on behind the scenes with the teams plans for 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You get to sections and you're like, that is not a manicure burn. |
| 0:03.8 | That's a gnarly off camber rooty bit. |
| 0:05.8 | And that's when things shake out. |
| 0:07.3 | You're like, here we go. |
| 0:08.2 | And I really hope that downhill can keep that because these manicured bike parks, they, I mean, who cares what I think. |
| 0:16.6 | But I don't think they bring out the best in a rider. |
| 0:18.7 | You know, the riders can do so much more. |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah. but I don't think they bring out the best in a rider. You know, the riders can do so much more. This episode of The Ride Companion is bought to you by Crankworks. |
| 0:33.2 | It's race season. |
| 0:35.0 | That's right, Davy. |
| 0:36.4 | Crankworks Rotor returns March 16th to 24th, celebrating 10 years of Crank Works Rotorua. |
| 0:42.3 | Since then, it's played host to some of the most memorable moments in Crankworks |
| 0:45.9 | history and is now referred to as the soul of Crankworks. |
| 0:50.2 | So, what can we expect from Crank Works Rotorua, 2024, and how can we watch and play along? |
| 0:56.5 | Well, Ollie, the Rockshocks Tanifar, DH will take place on March the 18th, and the event is free to spectate. |
| 1:04.8 | Hey, this could be a little teaser into Who's on Form for 2024. |
| 1:08.9 | Mick Hanna took the W last year ahead of Baz Van Steenbergen, Blenke and the UK's very own Tiger King, Bernard Kerr. Of course, you'll have Rob Warner on the commentary too. The festival of all things biking continues at Skyline Roteroa March 20th to 24th, with the Maxis soap star memory of Magaza taking place on |
| 1:28.4 | Sunday March 24th. The big question is, can anybody stop Amelia Hansen? Can recent guest Tom |
| 1:34.2 | Einstein improve on his third place at Joyride? And can Max Frederikson slide onto that podium? |
| 1:39.2 | Mate, for 2024, there's also equal prize money across the SWC women's and SWC men's categories with more than |
| 1:46.6 | 500,000 Canadian dollars to be given out during the 2024 Crancworks World Tour and SWC. |
| 1:54.1 | Similarly, the triple crown of slope style will be rewarded to any rider who wins three |
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