CYCLING TRAINING TIPS FROM A PRO | Alex Wild | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 509

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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(00:00) Welcome!

(00:46) Alex Wild's Racing Goals for 2025

(01:11) Should the Life Time Grand Prix Change Their Rules?

(04:39) How to keep training after a big race (Unbound Gravel)

(06:36) Gravel World Championships vs. Lifetime Grand Prix

(14:56) Balancing Multiple A Events

(20:12) Training Periodization strategies for a whole season

(26:33) Alex’s favorite type of workouts + training tips

(36:01) Equipment and Nutrition Updates

Join Coach Jonathan Lee and pro cyclist Alex Wild as they discuss how Alex manages training periodization over a whole season, including details on Alex’s 2025 race calendar. In this episode, they explore strategic race selections, whether or not the Life Time Grand Prix should change their rules, and the importance of mental and physical recovery in peak performance. Alex shares insights into his training regimens, such as high-endurance rides and the benefits of training with specific micro-periodization. They also touch on equipment and nutrition plans, offering tips to help athletes at all levels. Don’t miss this comprehensive guide to mastering your race season!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Alaska Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer Rodham, coach Jonathan Lee,
0:03.8	and we have with us Alex Wilde from Cycle Sports, from carbs, nutrition, or carbs fuel, forgive me.
0:10.3	Glad to have you on, Alex.
0:12.4	Thanks for happening, as always.
0:14.0	Yeah, man.
0:14.8	It's a new year, new you, maybe, maybe the same you.
0:17.9	We're going to talk all about the training and racing and stuff that you're going to be doing this year.
0:21.3	The whole point of this podcast is to talk about how to pick races that, or events or goals
0:27.0	that benefit you, like, and how Alex has walked through that process and which ones he's
0:31.7	going to pick this year.
0:32.6	And that's going to teach us all, maybe some things that we can do when we're picking out
0:35.9	our goals this year.
0:42.2	Alex, you've recent last year, race the Lifetime Grand Prix, did all the other, like,
0:47.6	marquee big events. You also did some other like international racing too. What are your main goals this year? You're in the Lifetime Grand Prix again, but what are your other,
0:51.7	or what are your main goals amongst all of the races you'll be doing for
0:54.6	2025 yeah uh so i started the calendar with the lifetime grand prix that's number one priority
1:01.1	so making sure i hit all those events especially with the changes there we only get one drop race
1:06.5	which for me means going to every race because you never know what's going to happen.
1:12.3	What's a drop race? We should break that down for people.
1:14.4	Oh, yeah, yeah. So there's six events in the series. You get scored your best five of six.
1:19.4	So essentially with the, the way it works is say you got five first places and one sixth place. Essentially, you would be scored
1:30.5	as first place. So it just drops that lowest number. So it's highest, highest score wins in the
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