Thanks for your question Keith. Yes a lot of ups and downs in sprint cycling, i am lucky that i have supportive and positive people around me. I have built a great relationship with people that know me well and sport and i lean on them when i need help with things. I think the hardest thing to do is realize that you are having a hard time and then taking the steps to work your way through why you are and putting in place a plan to overcome these things. Planning is the best way to overcome things that may pop up and also experience pays for itself tenfold i think! We never stop learning so it is always hard to plan ahead but we do the best we can to cover all the bases and work hard to create a good environment to train in and around!
Great question Pete. Some time before the race itself I will have prepared my tactics and gone through a plan with my coach. Once waiting for the start of the race I am cool calm and collected, I try to have nothing running through my mind. I have confidence knowing that I have my plan and I am going to go and execute that plan.
This is a question I haven’t had before. The reason for the gym is for rehab/injury prevention and strength and power work to be converted to the bike. I would say there are stages when gym is a higher priority than track and vice versa at times throughout the year. Looking over my programs I would say percentage wise we would do 70% Track/Bike to 30% Gym work.
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