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That Triathlon Show

Optimal Bike Pacing and Best Bike Split with Ryan Cooper | EP#131

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Cooper, founder of Best Bike Split, chief scientist at Training Peaks and a world-leading expert on the physics of cycling joins us to teach optimal bike pacing in your triathlon bike leg.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -General and specific pacing advice for half and full distance triathlons -Pacing for draft legal racing - when is the right time to make a break? -How should you adjust your power and effort for hills, headwinds and crosswinds? -Aerodynamics vs. Power vs. Weight - how do they impact how fast we get around a bike course, and which should we prioritise? -How triathletes can use the Best Bike Split software to plan their ideal race in great detail   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts131/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free!    LINKS AND RESOURCES: *Best Bike Split website *Aerodynamics, Rolling Resistance, Weight, and Return On Investment with Sebastian Schluricke | EP#90 *How to shave 14 minutes off your Ironman bike split with Jon and Chris Thornham | EP#31 *Aerodynamics mastery and free speed on the bike with Nuno Prazeres | EP#25 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is@SciTriat.

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But in terms of the pacing itself, you're not going to see a 70.3, you're not going to go out and suddenly do a lot of punchy riding and like really accelerate, decelerate.

0:10.0

You should kind of keep that same even keel.

0:13.0

That Trafflon Sole, 131.

0:37.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:40.3

I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, we discuss pacing on the bike with Ryan Cooper,

0:45.9

founder of Best Bike Split, Chief Scientist at Training Peaks,

0:49.5

and the world-leading expert on the physics of cycling and how it translates into practical pacing advice.

0:55.9

Many of you are probably already familiar with Best Bikesplit, and if you're not, we'll talk

1:01.0

a bit more about how you can use this software in the interview. I really, really like it myself.

1:06.5

I think it's incredible. And you can sign up for a free account which already gives you many great

1:12.1

functionalities to really help you bike better pace better and ultimately run better off the bike as

1:18.7

well if there is a bit of a background noise now in the intro and the outro of the episode not

1:25.3

during the interview that's because I'm again recording while traveling.

1:30.0

I'm now sitting at an airport cafe, heading back to Finland for a week for my sister's

1:35.0

graduation from high school, which is a big thing in the Scandinavian countries at least.

1:41.9

So congratulations to her, and I look forward to seeing her and my family again.

1:46.6

But yeah, let's not waste any more time on chit-chat.

1:50.7

Let's thank our sponsors.

1:53.1

This episode is sponsored by precision hydration, and as a regular listener,

1:57.3

you already know that precision hydration helps you optimize your hydration in training

2:02.7

and in racing for you individually, because everybody's sweat sodium content is individual.

2:09.4

It's not a one-size-fits-all. And you can take their free online sweat test on precisionhydration.com.

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