Welcome to a special episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer

road.

I'm coach Jonathan Lee and this week we're going to be hearing from Sarah Laverty, who

is the host of the Science of Getting Faster podcast, one of the other podcasts we do here

at trainer road.

If you haven't listened to it, you're missing out.

It's where we interview researchers about a specific study on a topic that relates to

you and how you can get faster as a cyclist.

So Sarah is going to walk you through just like some teasers and some recaps of recent episodes.

Then you know what to expect and then of course down in the description you'll be able

to click right there.

There's a link that you'll see to go to the Science of Getting Faster podcast and subscribe.

You can also search for it on any podcast app that you use and you can subscribe there and

make sure you don't miss a single episode as they will make you faster.

They're fantastic listens.

So without further ado, I'm going to hand it over to Sarah.

I hope you enjoyed this special episode.

We'll start with episode five where we discussed Dr. Tim Podlekar's study, which investigated

the Long Hill belief that carbon intake above 9 grams per hour was not beneficial to performance.

Dr. Podlekar first explained how we use different substrates, why we're interested in maximizing

our carbohydrate availability and how we might do so.

Are there then specific intensities that we utilize our carbohydrate stores more than

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