S9 Ep11: Life in the Peloton – Nate Wilson
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
So I got my recorder out of my backpack and asked Nate about his methods and philosophy but also the mental side of a relationship between a coach and an athlete.
Nate is a young guy – younger than some of the athletes he coaches – and he's raced at a good amateur level himself so I was really interested to know if there are any differences between coaching a keen amateur who wants to get the best out of themselves and a pro rider whose living depends on their performance.
It made me think about my own training and relationship with my coach as well, so I hope that you take something interesting from it no matter what level of riding you do.
I've got a block of back-to-back racing coming up which I'm really looking forward to. I'm back to the south of France to race Haut Var this weekend, then it's up to Belgium for Opening Weekend and then I'll be at Strade Bianche again, which I'm really looking forward to.
Listen out for Talking Luft with Nate over on the original Life in the Peloton feed next week and I'll be back with another episode here on The Cycling Podcast in a couple of weeks.
Hope you all enjoy the pod. Until next time, take care,
Mitch
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get a everyone and welcome to life in the Peloton. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm sitting here with Lionel Bernie, my co-host for the show this week. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome Lionel to another episode. |
| 0:35.9 | Hi Mitch, how you doing? |
| 0:37.1 | I'm doing well actually. |
| 0:38.2 | I've just had a massive block of training. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm on a little bit of a rest day. |
| 0:41.8 | I've got a few days leading into my first race of the year, Houdfa. |
| 0:45.5 | And very much looking forward to it. |
| 0:47.4 | Maybe a cold beer tonight. |
| 0:49.1 | Kick back and let the legs recover. |
| 0:52.1 | There's a tough little climb at the end of, I think, stage two into fail. |
| 0:55.8 | Which, Paris Nese has been up a couple of times, I know, a bit of a sting in the tail. |
| 1:00.7 | So that training will stand you in good stead for that, I'm sure. |
| 1:04.1 | I had to do my bike selection. |
| 1:05.8 | What we're doing these days is we get an email a few days before the race and you have |
| 1:09.8 | to choose your bike and your wheel set up for the race ahead. |
| 1:14.1 | And you get, you know, a quick look at the stages, mainly looking at the profiles. |
| 1:18.0 | And of course you can change it last minute, but they just want an idea of what you're thinking |
| 1:21.6 | for the whole race. |
| 1:23.2 | And I just went light bike, EVO, Super Six EVO, which is our climbing bike with the |
| 1:30.8 | low profile wheels, the entire race. |
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