Hannah’s Leadville, Steep Climbs, Saddle Problems, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 438
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🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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(0:00) Welcome!
(0:50) Hannah’s tips for steep climbs
(3:30) Hannah’s analysis of her race at Leadville
(5:50) Should you go with an early move, or stick to a conservative pacing plan?
(8:00) What to do if you realized you missed the key move in a race
(12:30) Why Hannah chose to take time off in the middle of her season
(15:30) How Hannah manages rest week anxiety
(20:45) Post-race blues / What to do if you don’t have a goal event on your calendar?
(22:50) How to balance life and training
(25:15) Are group rides replacement for training?
(28:10) Does your training have to be intense if you are doing less volume?
(36:25) Saddle tips/ Are cycling saddles always uncomfortable, and are we just not talking about it?
(39:30) How your posture affects saddle selection
(43:45) How chamois cream could actually make saddle problems worse / how bib shorts affect saddle choice
(51:15) Signs you are underfueling your workouts
(52:45) How pros fuel their training
(54:55) Coach Jonathan’s hack for avoiding post-training binges
(1:05:55) Are tire inserts actually worth the weight penalty?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist ask a cycling coach podcast |
| 0:03.9 | presented by trainer road today. We have Hannah auto with us and I've y'all drain and we're going |
| 0:07.6 | to talk about Hannah's ledville learnings. We're also going to talk about saddled problems. We're |
| 0:11.6 | going to talk about rotational weight and if it makes a difference lots of good stuff. But first |
| 0:16.2 | things first Hannah we got this from James and he says I saw Hannah coming through the twin |
| 0:20.4 | lakes alternate station and gave and this is at ledville and gave her a cheer. My day at ledville |
| 0:25.6 | was a memorable one with friends but I've got to ask how do y'all not walk power line. |
| 0:30.5 | Where I was every single person was walking but I still tried that only lasted for about 30 seconds |
| 0:36.1 | until I literally fell over. Can you ask Hannah next time she's on as a note he says that I had |
| 0:41.6 | 32-52 for my gearing. Hannah we can go into that and then let's go into the learnings that you had |
| 0:47.2 | from ledville and everything since then. Yeah thanks so much James for the cheers there were a lot |
| 0:53.1 | of people cheering out there and it was super greatly appreciated it made me smile so much so |
| 0:59.3 | thank you it was noticed and kudos to you for trying to ride power line like I feel like that |
| 1:05.6 | is definitely one of the big things is because it is such a intimidating piece of the course a lot |
| 1:13.1 | of people ride up and we're just like okay and here is where I walk. So kudos to you for trying |
| 1:18.8 | it's the first step. Honestly the fact that a lot of people were walking is probably a reason |
| 1:24.9 | that you also had to walk. Traffic is a major contributor there because there isn't a lot of room |
| 1:32.5 | for error. Also looking up towards the top of the climb is a big thing you want to have your eyes |
| 1:40.9 | focused upward not looking down at your wheel because you will start to go really slow start to |
| 1:46.0 | get a little shaky and if you're looking down you go where your eyes are. So the fact that you |
| 1:51.6 | fell over very likely that could have been a factor balance and confidence I know I mean there's |
| 1:59.3 | several times going up power line or going up combine you know maybe you hit a little sketchy |
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