Sprinting, FTP Increase, Leadville Equipment and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 210
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2019
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
Clif Bar Racing's Pete Morris will join us for a deep dive into the mechanics of a sprint, how much FTP increase you can expect in a year, equipment tips for the Leadville 100, how to regain motivation and more!
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
• Carson City Off-Road race analysis
• Congrats to the Stans-Pivot Pro Team and Clif Bar Racing's Nick Gibb!
• Course recon tips
• Triathlon relay tips
• Low hanging "aero" fruit
• How to train for a specific course
• How to know your limits without power
• What most people misunderstand about fueling rides
• How to train for races that start hard
• A deep dive on the mechanics of a sprint
• Leadville equipment tips
• How much FTP increase is normal in a year?
• How to regain motivation
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody and welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist |
| 0:04.5 | to ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road. |
| 0:07.8 | We are not joined by our head coach Chad Zimmerman this week. |
| 0:10.3 | It's a holiday week. |
| 0:11.3 | Yes. |
| 0:12.3 | But instead we have you Pete Morris. |
| 0:13.8 | Wow. |
| 0:14.8 | I'll take it right. |
| 0:15.8 | A slightly better, less better looking version of Chad more here. |
| 0:19.1 | Cliff Barracian's Pete Morris and trainer Rhodes Pete Morris. |
| 0:21.8 | Yeah, both. |
| 0:22.8 | Thanks for being on, man. |
| 0:23.8 | Yeah, this is the best. |
| 0:24.8 | I love being on here. |
| 0:25.8 | It's really good to have you on this week because we're going to talk about things that |
| 0:27.9 | specifically have to do with you on a bike and you working here. |
| 0:32.3 | So it's all good stuff. |
| 0:33.9 | And also our CEO, Nate Pearson. |
| 0:35.7 | Hello. |
| 0:36.7 | This is the first time we've had a regular podcast without Chad that I can never remember. |
| 0:40.4 | I feel like it might be. |
| 0:41.4 | Yeah, it is. |
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