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Have concrete goals.  

Understand rest.  

Don't obsess over metrics that don’t achieve your goals.  

You are not your FTP.

INTENSITY won’t do diddly for you if you don’t have the endurance to match.

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A look back so that you Do Better Than My Pro JMSR 2019.

Just wasn't prepared for this type of event and got SHELLED last year. Take some tips with you so that you do better than I did!

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Full post: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/peaking-for-cycling-race

The question below came in about peaking for a bike race, and how to know what to train, and when to train, when you aren’t trying to peak. But really, we first need to look at what a peak is, how one achieves it, and if w even need it!

Thanks Michael for submitting the question; it’s a great one that isn’t discussed much when we talk about peaking and achieving top performance for a bike race.

In this post we’re going to discuss:

Hey dude, I've been wanting to know a lot more about everything that has to do with peaking throughout different points in the year for different A races, and how to train when you're not trying to peak for a race. And also knowing when you're at a peak or falling from it. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like that's more of an uncovered topic. So I thought maybe you could inform other people who follow EVOQ on it at the same time if you haven't done this already haha.

I've just been worried about peaking too early, or not knowing when I'm peaking and overtrain, or not peaking at a race because I've been training too much. Also don't know how to kinda take time off and then build to peak by the next race.

We just decided to record a coaches call, and the future ones will be indoors so you can't hear the birds.

It's been so helpful having Patrick truly coaching me this year after a previous year of full on self coaching...it's way too hard to do this on my own, Thanks Patrick!!

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This one is a bit long; it might be worth checking out the full blog: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/4/11/how-to-pace-a-time-trial-in-cycling

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https://www.evoq.bike/blog/complete-polarized-training-guide 

Polarized Training For Athletes in 2020? 

Four Things I Like and Dislike About Cycling's Polarized Training

Check out the full blog, it's long!

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/cycling-nutrition-guide

Carbohydrate Periodization. True Carb Loading has been a challenge: how do you make sure the glycogen stores are REALLY full without overeating?

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/gravel-racing-training-tips 

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The big difference with a gravel race is that there’s NO COASTING. Or, way less of it than most of us are used to from road racing.

Gravel takes the difficulty up a notch.

For gravel race you need to be able to consistently pedal a bike for a very long time. Many of these races are 100 miles or more, so you really need a 100 mile gravel training plan.

Remember, your training needs to reflect the demands of your racing, and we’ll get to why it’s not just going to be a sweet spot group ride out there! Cue VO2Max work!