I carried out some turbo training last night Weds 26 Feb at my clubroom – I called this session Kitchen Sink no 2 as it had a bit of everything, well almost. It comprised of the following: Kitchen sink number Two Warm-up comprising of 10mins easy spinning. Main Set 10mins spin-ups. With resistance and gear…
I was lucky enough this week to ride the boards at this awesome venue. It was part of a coaching evening for recruiting new coaches as this auspicious arena. Part of the evening was to coach riders and be coached yourself to see if your style and presentation skills were suitable and that you fitted…
Zack’s a new rider I’ve taken on for 2014 and a real livewire, big things are expected from Zack in the New Year and I’m looking forward to the experience with working with him. Interestingly, Zack contributes to a blog he has designed, zackw1995.blogspot.com Check it out, very interesting.
So pleased for Anthony, who has been training hard of late. Acheived a excellent 3rd place in last Saturday’s Hillingdon Circuit road race. He has been knocking on the door of late and fully deserved this placing. With these points he cruised to 3 category status. Well done Anthony.
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve passed my British Cycling Level 2 track cycling course. Now looking forward to tackling level 3 when the courses are announced especially at the London Velodrome.
To gain my British Cycling level 2 track cycling qualification I’ve been coaching at Welwyn Track. Assisting the fine club members of the Welwyn Wheelers. With nearly 60 rides turning up for the Saturday morning session it is pretty full on. And in Saturday’s Telegraph magazine, it mentions the London Velodrome is going to open…
I’ve recently been approached by several cyclists requesting some coaching who are riding the above event. Whilst I’ve been able to help as these were experienced riders, if anyone else out there needs some assistance don’t leave it any later! You’ve been advised.
I’ve been coaching Phil now for several seasons and this year his results have blown me away on how far he has come. In a recent Sportif in the Home Counties, Phil came second overall – Gold Standard and averaged 18.5mph, superb result, well down Phil. And all this on a proper structured training program dovetailed…
It’s my intention to become a more all round coach and feel the need to get qualified in coaching track cyclists. Having been a track cyclist myself for many years starting off at the now defunct Paddington Track in West London when I was a teenager. I’ve riiden quite a few of the outside tracks…
