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Coaching: Don’t Fear the Group Ride (Podcast #4)

Group RidesSome recent commentary on being afraid of “not having the fitness” to participate in group rides (along with some comments that I was a little critical of group rides in my last podcast) has inspired this week's podcast.  This week I'll be discussing the skills necessary to succeed in group rides, even if the group happens to be stronger than you.

I'll be discussing some techniques and skills that will help give novice group riders and riders with lesser amounts of fitness a fighting chance of hanging with the group and accomplishing their group ride training goals.

I'll cover the following:

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Combining Group Rides With Your Training Plan (Podcast #3)

One of the biggest questions that I've faced in the past few weeks has been in relation to structured training plans.  I've heard the following enough times to realize that it's a huge concern for many cyclists:

What about group rides?  Where do those fit into my training plans?

Well, the short answer is that if you know the group dynamic and what fundamentals your plan is focusing on, you can often integrate group rides successfully.  For a more detailed description, listen to the podcast below.

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Planning Your Tour of the Battenkill Training (Podcast #2)

If you're thinking about racing Tour of the Battenkill this coming season, you'll need to think about training soon (and registering soon: November 15th!)  If you want to do more than just finish (or just suffer, as people overwhelmingly chose in a Facebook poll) then you'll need to train a few specific things.

It won't be enough to go out and do 65-mile rides, you'll need to focus on things like core stability, muscular endurance, cadence range, cadence control and VO2 max repeatability.  In this podcast, I discuss why you need those facets of fitness in order to survive this monster.

As always, comments are welcome.

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Thoughts on Lance Armstrong and the Fallout of USADA/UCI (Podcast #1)

Since a written post on the Lance Armstrong fallout would be far too long to actually read, I've pulled together a podcast to discuss some of my personal thoughts on the fallout from the USADA and UCI reports.

As always, comments and questions are welcome.

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