WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU A FASTER CYCLIST? | Pro Cyclist Ryan Standish | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 540
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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(00:00:00) Welcome!
(00:00:13) Ryan's Recent Race and Training Insights
(00:01:08) High Altitude Training and Power Adjustments
(00:10:10) Pacing Strategies for Leadville
(00:19:45) Race Analysis and Performance Metrics
(00:29:34) Consistency in Training and Coaching Insights
(00:39:52) Balancing Structured Work and Endurance Rides
(00:40:25) The Role of Enthusiasm in Training
(00:43:01) High Carb Intake: Fad or Future?
(00:46:57) Ryan’s Silver Rush Race Recap
(01:02:51) Preparing for the Tahoe Trail 100
(01:03:56) Pacing and Nutrition Strategies
In this episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast presented by TrainerRoad, Coach Jonathan and pro athlete Ryan Standish dive deep into training consistency, pacing at high altitude, and effective nutrition strategies for hot conditions. Ryan shares his experience balancing professional cycling with real-life commitments and gives insights into his recent Silver Rush 50 podium finish. Coach Jonathan talks about his recent experience at the Death Ride and how he'll apply those lessons to the upcoming Tahoe Trail 100 in his quest to qualify for Leadville. They discuss ideal pacing strategies, equipment choices, and how to calibrate your training for high elevations. Whether you're aiming for a Leadville spot or just want to optimize your training and racing, this episode is packed with practical advice. Don't miss out on these key insights to make you a faster cyclist!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer road. And today we have Ryan Stanish with us from Scott Bikes, from Rocket Slothco. Yeah. Ryan, it's good to have you with us, man. Yeah, it's good to be back. I feel like it's been a little while. It has. Yeah. Now, Ryan just got second place at the Silver Rush 50. That is a Leadville qualifying event. |
| 0:22.0 | It's in Leadville. |
| 0:23.7 | It starts with a run. |
| 0:27.2 | Up a mountain. |
| 0:30.6 | 30% like loose Rocky Hill. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah. It's wild. |
| 0:32.7 | We're going to go over that. |
| 0:33.7 | We're going to go over a lot of different things. |
| 0:34.9 | But today we are going to, the wider premise of this episode is like what actually makes you faster? We're going to talk about a lot of different things but today we are going to the the wider premise |
| 0:37.5 | of this episode is like what actually makes you faster we're going to talk about how to be faster at |
| 0:41.3 | altitude but the principles apply to pacing we're also going to talk about like what things |
| 0:45.6 | Ryan has found most helpful in his training been a professional for for many years but also not |
| 0:50.8 | just a professional with the life that allows him to just train and do nothing else, |
| 0:56.6 | but Ryan has consistently throughout his career in different periods had to balance career |
| 1:01.7 | and everything else. So it's really relatable for all of us listening to this as well. So we're |
| 1:06.9 | going to talk about a lot of great stuff. It's going to be good. We got this question from Ryan, |
| 1:29.7 | and it's a bit of a long one and a two-parter, but we're going to go through the whole thing. His question really is in the spirit of Leadville. It's about high altitude, summer, racing, and all that stuff. Ryan says, I live in Boulder, Colorado at about 5,300 feet, but most of my hard interval work happens higher up, typically between 7,000 to 8,500 feet. |
| 1:31.8 | So these are, those are big numbers. |
| 1:37.2 | We're talking somewhere around 2,500 to 2,700 meters, I think. |
| 1:38.3 | I could be wrong on that. |
| 1:42.4 | Ryan might be better at running the numbers than I am in my head. |
| 1:42.9 | Yeah. |
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