My 15 Hour Training Week
This week I take you through a typical week of my training. I am getting prepared for some pretty epic gravel races and events that will really push me both mentally and physically so my training can be tough. I’ve […]
My Gravel Racing specific training
As I’m placing more of an emphasis on gravel racing than fixed gear crit racing in 2020, I’ve enlisted the help of Train Sharp to prepare. In this video I talk you through the early winter training I’m doing to […]
Fitness & FTP Tests | How and Why?
The way people train has changed. Of course, I only know this anecdotally as I’ve not actually been training long enough to remember ‘the old ways,’ but whereas a lot of work was previously based on feel, the past five […]
ŠKODA Mentoring – We Have A Winner!
Remember I launched a competition in conjunction with ŠKODA to find someone who’d like helping achieving their cycling goals this summer? After a huge number of entries on YouTube and Instagram we chose a winner, London based Nelsy. Nelsy, a […]
My Fuelling Strategy
Morning! Last week was crazy – I shot a video here in Devon with ŠKODA before heading straight to the airport for a couple of days shooting mountain bike gear with Fox in Catalonia. Forty-eight hours later I went direct […]
Ten things you didn’t know about training for a long ride
Many of us have targets that help motivate us or give us a little direction over the winter months, whether they’re having a go at racing, riding a first Century or tackling a Sportive. With the first day of spring […]
Training Update: Fun vs Gains
Afternoon all! I’ve finally managed to find time to sit down for a minute with a cuppa and write a blogpost, something I’ve been meaning to do all week. Life is really hectic right now, despite this normally being the […]
Self coaching vs tailored training
Happy New Year readers! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and got in plenty of riding or enjoyed putting your feet up for a change. I went for a combination of the two as I somehow managed to get a […]
Herbalife Q & A | How to fuel for endurance events
This weekend Dave and I will travel to Wales to compete in a 24-hour race at Newport Velodrome Cyclone 24, riding as many laps as we can over the course of a day (and night). As part of a team that includes […]
How to recover from training more quickly
If you’ve been following my ŠKODA posts, you’ll hopefully have found some useful tips for training, multi-tasking and riding long distance events such as Ride London. I also touched on how you can compliment the things you can do on […]
RideLondon with ŠKODA
I’ve just got back from a week in Iceland racing mountain bikes which was just the most amazing experience in so many ways. I can’t wait to tell you more about what I got up to over there and to […]
Five things cyclists need to do off the bike
I’ve been obsessed with riding bikes for a large part of my life now but for much of that time I didn’t scratch too deep below the surface, I just hopped whichever bike I fancied riding and pedaled away. But […]
How I’m #DrivenBySomethingDifferent
Hot on the heels of racing several rounds of the ŠKODA sponsored Tour Series, I am delighted to be able to announce my partnership with ŠKODA this race season. With their sponsorship of the biggest races in the global cycling calendar such as the […]
How I was bitten by the training bug
This time two years ago, I’d just recently written a guest post for Brooks England ‘Just don’t call it training,’ where I talked about my worries that undertaking any kind of organised training would detract from the sheer fun and blessedly […]
Review: Herbalife Protein Powders and Bars
As I’ve mentioned before in numerous posts, I get through a fair amount of sports nutrition products, mainly because I train hard and they’re convenient to take on rides. It’s also because they last a long time, so I can have […]
A Big Challenge – Ride Across Britain
Both Dave and myself are very excited about a new challenge we’ve signed up for this year, Deloitte Ride Across Britain. In September, we’ll be cycling the length of Britain in 9 days riding just shy of 1000 miles, from […]
Video: London. Postural Restoration for back pain & Athlete Lab visit
My latest vlog details my trip to London for some help with my cranky body and a visit to Athlete Lab (with some ice-skating thrown in for good measure). Luke Worthington I was in the big smoke for a couple […]
Adapting training plans for winter
When I wrote my 2016 ‘To Do’ list I had little idea of how my year would actually pan out, so unfortunately there’s quite a lot of stuff on there that I’ve not achieved, but not to worry, I intend […]
VLOG: Gran Canaria training camp paradise
One of my resolutions this year that I didn’t have to abandon due to reasons out of my control (I had all kinds of cycling plans I couldn’t fulfil due to injury etc) was to create more videos for my […]
Follow Contador – Polartec’s Training Camp
As an athlete, blogger and journo, I get asked on quite a few pretty sweet trips, but Polartec set a new standard with the last one. What could be better than a five day trip to train in Gran Canaria […]