Ramp Test Openers, Explosive Sprints, Pacing Rolling Climbs and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 249
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 4 March 2020
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Why you don't need openers for the Ramp Test, training your sprint for explosive repeatability, optimal pacing for rolling climbs and more is all covered in Episode 249 of The Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why you don't need openers for the Ramp Test
- Moving through the field on narrow roads
- Pacing rolling climbs to keep your momentum
- What essentials to bring for crit and road racing
- Optimal tire setups for crit and road racing
- Training tips to make your sprint explosive and repeatable
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:06.0 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee and we do not have our head coach chat to remember with us. No, it's not |
| 0:11.4 | It's gonna be a quick or racing |
| 0:13.4 | No, it's not |
| 0:15.6 | Cliff or racing and trainer roads Pete Morris. Thank you. Thanks for having me guys |
| 0:19.9 | I love I love being here. You're clipped out head to toe |
| 0:22.1 | I didn't realize until I sat down |
| 0:24.1 | I thought I'm sure |
| 0:26.1 | Here we go at another clip bar there |
| 0:28.8 | He's eating a clip bar now. You can join us on YouTube this time. It's Wednesday at 8 a.m. Pacific |
| 0:33.6 | But usually it's Thursdays at 8 a.m. Pacific and you could have seen Pete very |
| 0:38.4 | Posedly holding up that clip bar there and we also have our CEO Nate Pearson. Hello. How you doing good? |
| 0:42.7 | You are getting ready to go the reason that we're doing this early is really because you're getting ready to go to Australia |
| 0:47.3 | Yeah, that's correct. I'm going tonight. We're doing a so here's the schedule so far land on Friday race head from park on Saturday |
| 0:56.2 | Sunday we're doing a group ride that link will be in the show notes producer Tucker for episode 249 |
| 1:02.8 | 90m start after that we're gonna go to |
| 1:06.2 | Like food and drinks we are changing the spot so that it's really close to the start finish Terry Hills tavern |
| 1:12.9 | Cool, I don't know what that means, but nothing really matter |
| 1:19.6 | And then Tuesday now I might race that there's like a racetrack that you could race on |
| 1:24.1 | We should do what I could do have front park a but they say that's the day that it's like |
| 1:28.4 | Like the real that's the hammerfest. Well, maybe like continental or or like you know level people are there |
| 1:34.3 | Well, that's fun and then Saturday again is another |
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