Ask a Cycling Coach: 108 – Singletrack 6 - Stage 3

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

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🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Stage 3 was the highest stage yet and nearly 100% singletrack, and Coach Chad is back! Topics covered in this episode: • Big pre-race breakfast or constant snacking: which is best? • Pacing in a fast group • How to adjust your race strategy for a bad start position • Things to consider when receiving info about a course • How to manage fear in a race • Avoiding flat tires in rocky terrain • How to know when to back off and let a group go • Trusting your strengths on race day • Stage 4 preview

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast. It's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Zimmerman.
0:08.8	Her buddy.
0:11.3	It just hurt her words.
0:12.8	It does much better.
0:14.0	Okay, good.
0:15.0	And our CEO Nate Pearson.
0:17.0	Hello.
0:17.6	And we are live from Rosalind, British Columbia for single track six.
0:23.0	If you haven't been listening, you can listen back to the previous three episodes where we did a preview.
0:27.4	And then we've done a recap from stage one and stage two.
0:29.8	We're racing a six day, yes, six day six stages mountain bike stage race.
0:36.4	Sort of by we mean you.
0:38.1	Yeah, that's true. I'm racing six.
0:40.1	It is still single track six for me. It's called that single track six.
0:43.6	And it's known for being a really technical mountain bike stage race.
0:47.4	It's got gnarly downs and we knew that.
0:50.4	But the gnarly up certainly have caught us off guard to but it's been an awesome terrain.
0:55.2	I think the gnarly downs caught us off guard too.
0:56.9	Everybody I talked to has said this is not representative of what this race has been in years past.
1:02.0	Yeah, so it's definitely I think pushing the limits of XC.
1:05.7	But it's been it's been awesome for me personally.
1:08.6	I've loved it.
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