EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

Too many times I hear "Today is Chris' race to get in the break". It's really hard to always make that happen, and then if he doesn't make the initial break, where does the team go from there? Bike racing is insanely dynamic, so picking your squad's winner before the race is not the best idea for the team. Give this a listen and let me know some other tips that you give new racers in terms of how to race on a team, ESPECIALLY when 10 guys on the same team are there to race. If you have BIG NUMBERS, BE ACTIVE! Attack early, counterattack when the moves get brought back, and when you have numbers in the break, let THAT one stick! If you have numbers, you guys should win A LOT. Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE https://youtu.be/EjwE8gwL5Kc

be PROUD of your successes. Maybe I’ll post a Megajoule Training Series. Let me know if that might be helpful; details in this mini pod. Close out 2020 STRONG LIKE BULL 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Full blog: www.evoq.bike/blog Tanner is the man, and so stoked that he sat down for a quick chat. My internet even crashed and burned and he hit me up the very next morning to keep things rolling! We chat on a myriad of topics, including: 2018: Racing in Belgium What did you learn in Belgium? Any specific training for the Belgian kermesse racing? What should younger riders with aspirations of racing in Europe do today with the road race scene shrinking, and criteriums becoming more of the norm? Maybe an audible to gravel racing? On that topic, where is cycling going? gravel only? What are tanner’s plans…he's only 27 years old! Find out how an autogenerated email address had me thinking he was just a few years younger than me. I'm almost 39 Who is his coach? PowerHouse cycling in New Zealand. Any post COVID plans for 2021? Natural State Cadence, his coaching company. Check them out at: www.naturalstatecadence.com https://youtu.be/qNv9wU9K8Lw

The really good stuff is at the end. Dig it, GO FOR IT. So many will take the easy way out. There’s a little bit of discomfort and they back off. Optimize your time, even if youre riding 20 hours a week! Or 8. Or 6.

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IMO, this one is good. Maybe I'll start rating these in the notes. 5 out of 5! Lol.  Seriously though, rest. REST! It's when you actually make gains!!!

Is 5 Training blocks enough to get racing? Midweek tempo, how much should I do before racing? Clarify tempo bursts; how long are these bursts? How long should my weekend endurance ride be? What if i’m doing Rapha's Festive 500? Can I go ham? Racing and the yellow line, the sprint finish…burn a match Racing and confidence, when you’re with the big dogs How to beat someone faster? be willing to lose. Roll the dice Brendan@evoq.bike https://youtu.be/MGdMWxfsgR4

It's a balancing act...how much lactate do you produce, and how fast can you clear it? www.evoq.bike/blog

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Clif Notes: new athlete, never rests, feeling like he's crumbling.  Let's get you the bullet points so that you can avoid this, or see some ways that you can look at your distribution of riding in order to make an assessment of where to go next. Many times, less is more. Did he do too much VO2Max recently, or was it just spread out smashing...clearly those are different, but just looking at a Polarized Weekly Chart, you can't decipher that.