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Coaches Corner Week 8

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club and Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club. This is our last episode of Coaches Corner before we start training outside! We are circling back in this episode on how to systematically tackle discomfort issues on your bike and then jump into the question of how to properly set and evaluate your tire pressure. Linke to Silca's Tire Pressure Calculator: https://info.silca.cc/silca-professional-pres...

Jul 06, 2020•36 min

Coaches Corner Week 7

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club and Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club. This week we have Jac Holmes as our guest Loma on the Pod and we have a bit of a deep dive into long rides. How do we prep for them and prevent muscle soreness? How can we maximize our training rides and time in the saddle without compromising training outcomes by churning out junk miles? And how can we tell that we might need some more recovery?

Jun 25, 2020•27 min

Coaches Corner Week 6

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club and Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club. This week we have Marek as our guest Loma on the pod to talk about his early Fondo-type riding experience at the Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town back in 1980, and ask Paul about tactics for Fondo riding. Before that Coach Paul and I discuss incorporating strength work and non-cycling endurance sports into our cycling training. Please note there were som...

Jun 11, 2020•35 min

Coaches Corner Week 5

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club and Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club This week we have Tim as our guest Loma, talking about "good legs" and how to get them, after Paul and I discuss the ins and outs of gravel riding on the lower mainland. We had a bit of an internet bandwith issue this week, so there are a couple clippy portions of the discussion, but they don't last for very long, so please bare with us.

Jun 05, 2020•36 min

Coaches Corner Week 4

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club and Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club This week's questions: How to fuel post-ride; How to pace long rides; Whether to do Zone 1 rides if you've only got 4 hours a week; and goal setting during the pandemic. As always, please reach out to Alex with any questions on this week's workout, and send us your goals for the pandemic!

May 28, 2020•39 min

Coaches Corner 3

Hosts: Alex Spraggs, race director of the Meraloma Bike Club Paul Moffatt, owner of Velosophy.ca and cycling coach for the Meraloma Bike Club This week's questions: How to fuel your ride - a long discussion about nutrition for cycling In relation to this week's threshold workout - whether riders should push through to the top of the hill or turn back down after the interval is done.

May 21, 2020•31 min

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