Consistency, Disappointing Races, Peaking Too Early, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 351

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Santa Cruz’s Keegan Swenson, Amber Pierce, and Ivy Audrain join Coach Jonathan for a discussion on what they do to maintain consistency, how to manage expectations after disappointing early season races, what to do if you’ve experienced a lot of improvement in the Base Phase, Keegan’s plans for the course record at Epic Rides’ 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo and much more!

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Consistency, Disappointing Races, Peaking Too Early, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 351

Topics Covered in This Episode

  • What has changed about Keegan’s training this year
  • How Keegan is preparing for the shift from gravel to MTB
  • Keegan’s strategy for Epic Rides’ 24 Hours in The Old Pueblo
  • How to deal with disappointing results in early season races
  • How to regain motivation after years of training
  • Tips from pros on how they maintain consistency in training
  • How to balance recovery nutrition with lactose intolerance
  • Rapid-fire questions
  • How to gain confidence in the middle of a big field
  • Does AI FTP Detection work without max efforts?
  • What to do if you’ve had big gains in the Base Phase

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@Jonathan can you get @Keegels to see what RoboChad offers as an AI-FTP?

If he doesn’t want to give specific numbers, I’d still be interested to hear how accurate it is (and numbers in a 20-50W bracket). I’m picking he’s well into the pointy end of what the AI has seen.

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A great pod, @IvyAudrain present, AND a teaser for workout levels v2?

Oh lawd he comin

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@Jonathan mentions red being faster and nerds and I was sure he was going to drop some warhammer lore on us for a minute

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The whole discussion on areas of friction was absolutely on point - made me go away and assess what I can change to streamline things as I shift back to working from the office!

Thank you, all.

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I enjoyed this podcast. I especially liked Keegan Swenson’s advice on eating. Congratulations on the 24 hours of old pueblo win!

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@2:11:05 Jonathan starts smiling more and more within just 11 seconds, which pretty much indicates easter eggs :smile: → THE TEAM being “this” close to finalizing outside unstructured rides.
@2:11:21 Amber specifically says “unstructured riding as well” …
@2:11:31 to 41 Amber is smiling as though she knew that it is almost ready :hugs: :star_struck:
Please tell us it is ready and out in a few weeks :smiley:
Can’t wait to test it out! At least beta would be fine :innocent:

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