Cole Paton is in his words “just a mountain biker that races gravel”. Cole is a gravel privateer and mountain biker and in this podcast you can find out how he manages gravel and mountain bike racing, high volume training, why he got off Strava and an insight into Cole’s nutrition.

How to keep up with Cole:

Instagram - https://instagram.com/colepaton?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

YouTube - https://youtube.com/@Cole_Paton?si=lx27QG77pDBs4Znz

The Feed discount club - https://thefeed.com/high-performance/cole-paton

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:57 Who is Cole Paton as a cyclist?

2:41 How does Cole Structure his year with multi discipline with training and racing.

4:47 Travelling and how this fits with training

5:31 Cole’s Coach

6:19 Metrics during high volume training

8:07 How Cole finds Zen in suffering and training

9:31 Cole’s Breath Work on and off the bike

11:29 Gym Training / activations and how Cole uses it

13:04 What is Cole’s favourite workouts

13:50 Group rides or solo rides

15:01 What is the one thing that has gotten you to where you are as a cyclist

16:30 Are you ever distracted by other people’s training / Strava?

19:06 overtraining, power and Strava KOMS holding Cole back.

20:25 Off the bike challenges helping you to become a better athlete.

22:33 navigating cycling after leaving school

23:01 What is your best attribute in cycling that helps you in cycling?

25:31 What do you want to improve in your racing?

26:30 How Cole is improving his fatigue resistance for long races

27:48 Long tempo and low threshold efforts

29:00 Cole’s daily routine for performance and recovery

31:11 Best bit of advice Cole has ever received

33:50 Cole’s on bike nutrition on a long training ride

37:23 Cole’s on bike nutrition for intense sessions

38:04 Cole’s race nutrition

40:04 What supplements does Cole use

40:40 How to connect people with Cole’s nutrition

41:25 What cycling tech is Cole into

44:00 Do ASOS aero socks stay up?

45:00 What is underrated in cycling!?

47:34 What is overrated in cycling?

48:34 What does Cole never do?

49:08 Would Cole ever ride a TT bike and race road

50:12 What races do you have coming up?

51:33 Consistency and fun are the key to successful cycling and life

53:06 Sustainability in cycling

54:22 Any last words of wisdom

55:39 Appreciating the rollers

56:20 How to keep up with Cole

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